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The purpose of this study was to develop the School Counselor Transgender Intersex Advocacy Competence Scale (SCTIACS). The SCTIACS is a training tool to use in teaching school counselors and other school stakeholders to advocate for gender minority students. Development of the SCTIACS involved a three-step process: generating items, reducing items, and gathering data from school counselors to conduct principal component analysis and test validity and reliability.

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advocacy gender intersex LGBT school transgender

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School Counselor Transgender Intersex Advocacy Competence Scale (SCTIACS): Construction and Validation

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