Give Kids The Room To Explore Who They Are

<p><strong>Sarah Saint,</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">advises and litigates on behalf of public and private educational institutions and school boards on an array of education law issues, including special education and disability issues, civil rights laws and tort claims. She has a particular focus on diversity and civil rights issues, including issues related to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and religion.</span></p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tips for districts to create more inclusive settings that connect with trans kids.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Navigate serving both very liberal and very conservative districts to approach how to create psychological safe places for learning communities. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Learn to identify the importance of when a person is ready to be supported by the school system by” letting the process in” instead of “coming out.”</span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avoid these assumptions or myths about transgender children.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stop allowing your students and staff to wear “costumes” at school with ways to help them shed the layers and be their authentic self.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn how to take the first step in creating a space dedicated to showing your school is safe.  </span></li> </ul> <ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">If you care about the survival of children they should not be the one to open the doors and demand to be heard or demand to be allowed to be authentic.</span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You need to care about the “third spac