Reflecting on the Needs of Gender Diverse Students in School and in the Community: A Question of Thinkability.
This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of people with the goal of heightening self-awareness and broadening thinkability - the ways that we think about and respond to gender diverse children.
School staff members, parents and clinicians face many challenges in responding effectively to the academic, emotional and social needs of LGBTQT+ students. Our speakers will be offering their insights regarding the inevitable pressures that come into play in the interactions between gender fluid or transitioning children and the school or other clinical professionals charged with helping them.
Transference and countertransference issues in clinical work and in daily relationships will be discussed. Highly relevant concepts that will be introduced include “adolescent ruthlessness” perceiving gender transitioning as a possible form of “creative becoming” and reflective practices that foster healthy identity development in children.
Conference presenters will explore the challenges and note the progress, or lack thereof, as schools strive to provide mandated supportive, non-discriminatory environments for all students including gender diverse and transgender students.
Speakers and audience members will include: school mental health professionals, school administrators and teachers; clinicians who work with gender diverse children and adolescents; educators of gender diverse children and leading writers and researchers in the area of non-binary gender identification in school age students.
This program provides an opportunity for participants to gain realistic information about this timely, and often controversial, topic. Open conversation between presenters and the audience will be encouraged. Most significantly, the event will support each of us as we reflect upon our own biases as well as on the possible role we can take in advocating for schools, and for the community at large, to be safe spaces for our gender non-conforming and transgender children.
Conference Information
Date
December 6, 2025
Time
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST
Location
Ruth S. Harley University Center
Adelphi University
One South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
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CEUs
7 CE contact hours available for NYS: Psy, SW, MHC, MFT & Psychoanalysts and APA: Psy
Fee
$100 – General Admission
$75 – Derner Alum, Adelphi faculty/clinical supervisor, Non-Adelphi psychoanalytic Candidate/student
$40 – Derner student/Postgraduate candidate
Speakers
Oren Gozlan, PsyD, ABPP, FIPA
Oren Gozlan, PsyD, ABPP, FIPA is a Registered Clinical Psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO). He graduated the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis (TIP), Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP), as well as Washington Center for Psychoanalysis ‘New Directions in Psychoanalysis’ program.
He is a psychoanalyst member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society (CPS) and the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA).
Dr. Gozlan is the Director of Clinical Training at the Adler Graduate School Inc., where he also teach. He is a faculty member at the Toronto Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP) and an instructor at the Canadian Institute for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (CICAPP).
His experience includes provision of assessment, psychodiagnostic and psychotherapy at Kinark Child and Family Services and at Toronto East General Hospital. He has over 20 years of experience working with adults, couples, and families in the provision of therapy and various assessments. He appeared as an ‘Expert Witness’ in court (inclusive of LAT proceedings, Superior Court etc.). He has written on topics such as gender and trauma and presented at various conferences and workshops.
Margie Brickley MSEd
Margie Brickley MSEd is Program Director of Graduate Program, Supervised Fieldwork Advisor and Course Instructor at Bank Street College of Education. She is a graduate of the Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention program at Bank Street College of Education where she teaches courses in development and assessment and engages in reflective supervision as an advisor to fieldwork students. She is an experienced infant/toddler teacher and early interventionist. Margie holds an Infant Mental Health Endorsement (Level IV Research/Faculty). Current research projects focus on examining the developmental interaction approach in different contexts, understanding ACEs and resiliency in teachers, and applying recent research about gender.
Credentialing Information
Adelphi University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Adelphi University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Adelphi University, Derner School of Psychology, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0024 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0607 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0185; for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0083; and for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0058.
Disclaimer Statement
This continuing education seminar, seminar instructor/s, and the Postgraduate Programs as the seminar’s sponsor, receive no commercial support for the content of instruction (e.g., research grants funding research findings etc.), or benefit for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs, etc.) that are known to present a conflict of interest.
Cancellation Policy
Full refunds are issued for cancellations made up to 7 working days before the event. Cancellations of less than 7 days for any reason, or no-shows are not refunded. Credit towards a future event/workshop are issued for cancellations less than 7 days and up to 24 hours before the event. No credit is issued for cancellations less than 24 hours before the events or no-shows.
Planning Committee
Stephen Hyman, PhD
Co-Director of the Postgraduate Psychodynamic School Psychology Program
Joaniko Kohchi, MPhil, LCSW, IECMH-E®
Director of the Institute of Parenting and the Postgraduate Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Programs
Ionas Sapountzis, PhD
Professor and Director of the Masters and PsyD School Psychology Programs
Matthew Tedeschi. PhD
Co-Director of the Postgraduate Psychodynamic School Psychology Program