Sexual identity
Sexuality has many different aspects. As a professional we need to be alert to different sexual identities of our clients. We should have special concern for the lgbtq group within care. Another element of concern is the cultural and religious background of all those involved.
Assumptions on the opposite sex
With this exercise students explore the assumptions on the other sex they have learned in their education and how influences their way of thinking.
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Icebreaker distance/proximity
An icebreaker with which participants may become aware of their limitations in terms of distance-proximity, peer pressure and possible coercion.
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Intersectionality
This exercise can be used to start a conversation on the concept of “identity”. It can also serve to deepen reflection on multiple discrimination. With this exercise on “intersectionality”, in which different axes are defined, students can start a conversation on the influence the different axes have on their identity and their life.
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Multiple identities mosaic
This exercise helps to explain the concept of multiple identities/intersectionality. Students may be able to analyze their own identities.
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Reflexions on sexual identity
In this exercise participants reflect on the concept of sexual orientation and sexual identity, and discuss how sexual identity can be taken into consideration in professional work.
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Sextest
This exercise deals with the own frame of reference concerning sexuality: which things do students think that have to do with sexuality. The final message is: “everybody is different”.
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The genderbread person
This exercise aims to make clear the differences between gender, sex, and sexual orientation.
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The two suitcases
The exercise emphasizes what a child brings visibly and invisibly when he or she has experienced complex traumatic experiences and is placed in a residential setting
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