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The Future of Grief Camps: Themes and Standards in a Changing World
ZoomThere are so many ways we are seeing shifts in how we support youth and families experiencing grief, from shifting camp models to creating more accessibility throughout a program. While there is so much power in how diverse bereavement camps have become, it can also feel important to come back together as a field to […]
In Today’s World: Cultivating Collective Intercultural Wellbeing and a Sense of Belonging in the Community
ZoomIn today’s multiple pandemics of oppression, mass trauma, forced migration, COVID-19, and climate change, there is sustained traumatic stress with corresponding opportunities to heal. Historic, collective, and intergenerational trauma have spread dis-ease throughout human nature. Humanity has experienced more and more fragmentation, collective violence, and isolation. In this workshop attendees will begin to understand the […]
Creating the Container for Us: How to hold space for ourselves and each other after a student death
ZoomHow might we build our skills and visions for how we will come together as staff after student loss? How might we make sense of school-based loss, and how that informs who we are as administrators, educators, clinicians, and youth advocates? When students die, we understandably and necessarily mobilize to support our surviving students, […]
Compassionate Leadership: Moving in and Through Difficult Conversations
ZoomCompassionate leadership shines a light on strengths-oriented, wellness-centered, trauma-informed practices as the foundation for our communications and organizational culture. This workshop will explore interpersonal and organizational strategies to enhance workplace wellness and collaboration, including leadership styles and how they impact our work, ideas for constructively giving and receiving feedback, and how to build a […]
Terrific or Terrifying? How to Engage Tweens in a Peer Support Grief Group
ZoomAre you afraid of tweens? There seems to be a universal belief that they are a bit of an anomaly. They lie in this no man’s land between child and teen. Their peers are the mirror they hold up to themselves and so is society and social media. The adolescent is trying to discover who […]
Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults in Their Grief Journey
ZoomThis engaging presentation will provide helpful strategies when working with adolescents and young adults who are grieving the death of a loved one. We will discuss grief reactions and changes in family dynamics, as well as ways to promote supportive relationships. We will examine interactive activities and creative approaches in young adult programming. Continuing […]