. >> and a licensed clinical social worker paul gibson, a well established and experienced practicing psycho therapist, dealing with lgbtq youth, populations in san francisco, is our stc, certified instructer and delivers a curriculum that i have attached to the material here today. we intend to deliver this course two more times in the coming fiscal year having already done so in the last october, and we want to insure that our entire staff, are informed and have the benefit of taking this course. please know that the juvenile probation department remains committed to entiring the development of a departmental culture of lgbtq youth acceptance, respect, among our staff and residents alike. i want to say that one of the populations that we know we can learn from are the lgbtq youth that come in contact with us in our detention center. >> and i have seen the power of this group in prompting the acceptance among their peers and on the living units. the efforts of the department to present the development and implementation of policies outlined in the prison rape elimination act, prea an