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Transgender 101
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session Type: Workshop
This facilitated workshop is intended to assist parole and probation agents in interacting, respecting, and accepting transgender clients. It is imperative that Agents understand the unique needs and have the cultural competence to treat this population as they wish to be treated. These skills are necessary for us to effectively provide clients with the resources and assistance needed to become and remain productive and reduce rates of recidivism. Further, this workshop will provide current and useful information to parole and probation agents regarding the safe and respectful treatment of transgender offenders by providing academic, cultural, and legal viewpoints of the issues that make this group distinctive. We will discuss intake procedures, classification, placement and housing, medical and mental health care and treatment, suicide prevention, potential victimization, policy development, staff and offender education, for supervision in the community. Participants will engage in role playing and other interactive techniques.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Denise Dennison
Probation/Parole Agent, MD Dept of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Denise M. Dennison is currently a senior parole/probation agent for the state of Maryland; currently working in Baltimore City and has been since 2011. Ms. Dennison graduated from Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland in 2009 with Bachelor’s Degree in social work. Ms. Dennison is a Baltimore native and as part of the LGBTQ community, she is dedicated to the fair treatment of LGBTQ members that are currently on parole or probation.
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