Training Overview What’s the best way to provide equal access to services for both LGBT and non-LGBT people? What should you do when a straight-identified client doesn’t want to be housed in the same room as a gay client? Should a transgender person be in the men’s group or the women’s group?
Willy conducts cultural competency trainings on working with LGBT populations, with particular expertise in transgender issues. Welcoming, interactive, and fun, his trainings provide an opportunity to ask burning questions, engage in dialogue, and problem solve on the complexities and challenges that sometimes arise when working with LGBT communities. Trainings address many topics, including terms and identities, how to show respect to the population, and LGBT-inclusive organizational policies and procedures.
Willy utilizes a multimodal, interactive curriculum that includes large and small group discussion, didactic learning, film clips, and case studies. The content, format, and time frame can be tailored to the specific needs of the group. Willy often creates training exercises that are specific to the organization’s field, services, populations served, and/or relevant experiences with LGBT issues.
Willy specializes in teaching practical skills for providing culturally competent services for LGBT populations. Attendees gain knowledge, feel engaged, and leave energized and better equipped to create non-discriminatory service environments in their work settings.
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 “I recommend Willy Wilkinson’s LGBT cultural competency trainings without reservation to any agency wishing to increase awareness and ability to serve and include LGBT individuals in their programs and service delivery systems. Willy skillfully leads participants to a higher level of understanding through warmhearted and engaging dialogue. Anyone working in health and human services would benefit from his down-to-earth and research-rich training approach. Willy quickly creates an open and interactive environment where there are no ‘wrong’ questions and everyone leaves feeling rewarded.”-- Madalynn C. Rucker, Executive Director, ONTRACK Program Resources, Inc., Sacramento  “Not only was your training informative, it evoked personal thought and accountability. I had to assess my personal messages that may be received unintentionally. It is my hope that you will continue to share your vast expertise with the community as we learn to embrace all of Creation. I look forward to implementing the information that was given in our community outreach. Thanks again.”-- Nosente Uhuti, Vice Chair, Nubian AIDS Coalition Inland Empire, Riverside |
