Brandon-Friedman, Richard2024-07-302024-07-302022-10-06https://hdl.handle.net/1805/42452Video available at: https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/7w62g167xVideo available at: https://youtu.be/enCaARdCvCA?si=ietT_hvIYQKVZsYtThe 2022 Charles Bantz Community Scholar Award was presented to Richard Brandon-Freidman, Assistant Professor in the Indiana University School of Social Work and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Indiana University School of Medicine. The project, “Families in Transition: Development of a Therapeutic Group for Gender-Diverse Youth and Their Caregivers,” is a collaboration between GenderNexus, Gender Expansive Kids & Co. (GEKCO), and PFLAG-Fishers. This research project will evaluate a therapeutic support group designed to meet the needs of gender-diverse youth (GDY) and their caregivers. The group will enhance the social and emotional well-being of participants through psychoeducation, skill development, familial relationship and communication building, and community connectedness.en-USOther