LIVE: Introduction to Conducting Forensic Psychological Evaluations of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals
August 22, 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific
4 Hours | 4 CEs
Live Program via Zoom
Sara Boyd, PhD and Dee Farmer present a live virtual professional training program on Introduction to Conducting Forensic Psychological Evaluations of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals in partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP).
This training covers considerations related to language and evaluator behavior regarding interviewing and writing reports about transgender and/or gender diverse individuals in the context of forensic mental health evaluations. The program provides practical recommendations and basic scripts for evaluators to speak accurately and appropriately to and about transgender and/or gender diverse evaluees during interviews and testimony.
The presenters will discuss commonly used tests in forensic settings, including personality/psychopathology-focused self-report measures, risk assessments, and trauma-related assessments, focusing on acknowledging the limitations of existing measures that use gendered norms, did not include or account for transgender people in test development samples, and/or may not provide adequate coverage of relevant psychological phenomena. There will be practical suggestions for how to choose, use, and describe formal psychological testing in reports.