The Opening Doors Project staff will provide substantive training based on the resource manual for lawyers, judges, advocates and other child welfare professionals. We will come to your state to deliver the training, or work with you to design a training that you can deliver for your staff. Sessions may be local or in conjunction with national child welfare or LGBTQ youth conferences.

Trainings will provide information on effective techniques of representation and may include exercises for advocates and judges to better understand their own biases concerning LGBTQ youth and ways to improve their practices.

Please see the attached sample agenda for an example of a full-day training. Project staff will work with you to craft a meaningful training program that will improve practice in your jurisdiction and benefit LGBTQ youth.