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SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Homicide Loss 101
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nHomicide loss brings up complex emotions\, challenges\, and experiences that often complicate the grief process for individuals\, children\, and families. Persons experiencing homicide loss must navigate the legal system\, potentially stigmatizing situations\, and cultural factors in addition to the factors that come with a grief event. Through this presentation\, we will discuss unique challenges\, the impacts of the trial process\, the impacts of witnessing homicide\, and language to discuss homicide loss with children. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify 3 unique challenges individuals\, families\, and children experience related to homicide loss.\nRecognize best practice language to use when discussing homicide loss with children at different developmental levels.\nRecognize the impacts of the trial process on children and families grieving homicide loss.\nIdentify the impacts of witnessing a homicide.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nBecca Olsson\, MSW\, received her Master’s Degree at the University of Oklahoma in Social Work in 2023. She has worked in the social services field since 2019 with experience in mental health services\, youth homelessness services\, sexual abuse and trauma therapy services\, and grief. As the Center-Based Program Coordinator at Calm Waters\, in Oklahoma City\, Oklahoma\, Becca manages the grief and divorce support group programs onsite at Calm Waters. In providing services\, she aims to help individuals and families feel less alone in their grief\, pain\, and loss. She is passionate about social justice and acknowledging and incorporating individuals’ and families’ unique identities and experiences into services. \nKaitlyn Roedl\, LPC Candidate\, received her Master’s degree at Southern Nazarene University in Counseling Psychology in 2021. She is currently a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPC-C). Kaitlyn is a therapist at Calm Waters in Oklahoma City\, Oklahoma and has over 2 years clinical experience and has worked in clinical and non-profit settings. Kaitlyn has experience working with children\, teens\, adults\, and families. Kaitlyn is passionate about creating a safe environment for children and families so individuals don’t have to feel so alone in their grief. Through creating a safe environment\, she hopes to increase access to grief support services and empower her community through education. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/introduction-to-grief-support-series-homicide-loss-101/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20240111T152551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T180505Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating inclusivity for children and all abilities in funeral planning and participation
DESCRIPTION:The process of planning a funeral is a multifaceted endeavor involving significant considerations such as cultural traditions\, accessibility\, religious/ spiritual beliefs\, communities\, and the ability to derive meaning from the experience (Causadias et al.\, 2022). It is imperative to create an age-appropriate\, death-positive conversation which can then expand participation to include often marginalized communities such as: BIPOCC\, LGBTQIA\, individuals\, and children who are neurodiverse. Understanding contemporary funeral care practices can help make it easier to advocate for the inclusion of children in funeral planning\, which can reduce psychopathology among children and adolescents (Becker et al\, 2021; Causadias et al\, 2022; McCaughan et al\, 2021). Walsh’s Family Resilience Theory supports including children in funeral rituals as it can help instill stronger familial and community relationships. Recognizing and addressing children’s emotional needs in the context of death and loss is a pivotal step toward promoting a healthier grieving process. Embracing a more inclusive and compassionate approach to funeral planning can help ensure that all individuals and communities can participate and find solace in the process. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nName best practices of contemporary funeral care.\nList five key elements in developing an inclusive funeral ceremony for all ages and abilities.\nExplain funeral procedures in age-appropriate explanations of funeral procedures for various age groups (ie: young children\, adolescents) and consider the unique needs and abilities of attendees\, including those with physical and cognitive challenges.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nStephanie Heitkemper\, PhD\, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of Resilient Minds Counseling PLLC in Denver\, Colorado and Camp Erin NYC Clinical Director. Stephanie completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology and Human Services at Old Dominion University in Norfolk\, VA\, and holds a Masters in Marriage Family Therapy from Regis University in Denver\, CO. She completed her PhD in Counseling and Psychological Studies from Regent University in Virginia Beach\, VA. Stephanie is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S)\, an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Approved Consultant and Certified Therapist\, a Fellow in Thanatology (FT)\, and is also a Trauma and Loss Specialist (CTS) and Trauma Informed Assessment Specialist (CTA). Her main passion is working with children and families recovering from grief and trauma. Professionally\, she finds the most joy in collaboration\, problem solving\, hands-on creativity\, and interactive play. In her free time\, Stephanie enjoys 5 am CrossFit\, coffee\, and exploring Colorado with her boxer\, Frank\, and her husband. \nJack E. Lechner\, Jr. CFSP\, MS\, CT is a distinguished individual with extensive experience in both the funeral industry and United States Army. He currently holds the position of President & Chief Executive Officer of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (CCMS). Jack’s knowledge and expertise in the funeral industry span nearly five decades. Before entering the academic field\, Jack practiced as a licensed funeral director in the state of New Jersey for a decade. In 1983\, he transitioned to a military career enlisting as an Infantryman in the United States Army. He went on to be commissioned as an officer in 1985. Jack’s final military assignment was at the honorable and prestigious Arlington National Cemetery. There he held several positions including Executive Officer\, Cemetery Administrator\, Deputy Superintendent. Jack’s dedication and contributions culminated in his appointment as Superintendent\, a position he held until August 2015. Throughout his military career\, Jack earned multiple military awards highlighting his exceptional service and dedication. These honors include the Defense Superior Service Medal\, two Bronze Star Medals\, three Defense Meritorious Service Medals\, five Meritorious Service Medals and various other commendations. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nCE Certificate retrieval request: The NACG maintains continuing education records for at least six years from the educational event’s completion date. Records include the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, the date and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and need a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete THIS form to obtain a copy. Please note if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, and a required evaluation was not completed\, a certificate cannot be provided per the policy. \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/cultivating-inclusivity-for-children-and-all-abilities-in-funeral-planning-and-participation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240301T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20240118T193238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130422Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | The Invisibility of Child Sibling Bereavement
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nDespite its significant occurrence\, sibling bereavement is the most understudied area of bereavement. This session will examine why the sibling relationship is so important\, the effects of sibling death across the different stages of childhood\, and interventions to help children who have had a sibling die. Also discussed will be how a child’s concept of death changes as the child grows\, the vital changes that occur in family dynamics after a child dies\, and the external factors that must be considered when working with children who have experienced sibling death. This session will also include an interactive component in which participants will examine case studies of actual children who have had a sibling die and discuss the efficacy of the care they received. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDefine 2 qualities of the sibling relationship.\nCompare developmental concepts of death across the span of childhood\nIdentify 3 ways in which adults can assist grieving siblings.\nExplain how the family dynamic changes after the loss of a sibling\nList 3 external factors that must be considered when working with bereaved siblings.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nMaureen F. Walsh\, NPFT\, is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and grief therapist. She has a private practice called Grief Weavers located at Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center in Kingston\, MA\, where she works with individuals\, children and families who are grieving. In March 2023\, Maureen was appointed the Education Outreach Director at Hope Floats. In this position she conducts grief trainings for schools\, clinicians\, and community organizations. She trains all Hope Floats’ group facilitators and volunteers and offers grief support to community members after sudden deaths\, i.e. homicide\, suicides\, overdoses and accidents\, Maureen is the author of Tuck Meets a Dragonfly\, a children’s grief story and The Weaving Hope Club\, a peer bereavement support program for school children. Maureen is certified as a Fellow in Thanatology by the Association for Death\, Education\, and Counseling. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/introduction-to-grief-support-series-the-invisibility-of-child-sibling-bereavement/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T140000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20240221T171122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T182059Z
UID:10544-1709038800-1709042400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Effective Story Telling in Grant Writing
DESCRIPTION:Writing a strong grant proposal goes beyond answering individual questions—it requires a compelling\, unified story that resonates with funders. This beginner-friendly webinar will provide essential strategies for crafting clear\, concise narratives that align with proposal requirements. Attendees will learn how to write effectively within word limits\, connect responses to create a cohesive story\, and integrate financial data to strengthen their case. Whether you’re new to grant writing or looking to refine your approach\, this session will equip you with the tools to craft fundable proposals. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nLearn strategies for writing with clarity within the word count\nUnderstand how to connect across questions to tell a unified\, compelling story.\nKnow how to use financial data to support their narrative.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nDeirdra Flavin\, MSc\, CFRE\, joined the NACG in 2019 in the role of Marketing and Development Director. After a decade in senior roles in marketing and sales\, her work more recently has been in the non-profit sector and includes leadership positions in both development and marketing. Prior to joining the NACG\, Deirdra was the Executive Director at Kids’ Haven: A Center for Grieving Children. She graduated from University College Cork with a BA in English and an MSc in Marketing Management. Originally from Ireland\, Deirdra currently resides in Lynchburg\, Virginia\, with her husband and three children. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/effective-story-telling-in-grant-writing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20240118T191430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130410Z
UID:10249-1706875200-1706878800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | How to Develop and Implement School-Based Grief Support
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nIt is imperative that schools are able to provide grief support to bereaved students to ensure that they are not significantly impacted relationally\, academically\, or emotionally. When adequate grief support is not provided\, it can lead to long-term relationship\, academic\, and career functioning disruptions. School-based grief support allows schools to support their students and staff in a manner that is conducive to a learning environment. This presentation will cover the multitude of ways that schools can support their students and staff. The development of these programs will be discussed\, including the presentation material for childhood bereavement training for school professionals\, how to provide direct support after the loss of students or staff\, and how to equip school professionals with the tools and knowledge to support their bereaved students.  How to implement a successful ongoing grief support group and one-on-one grief support sessions with students will also be discussed. This presentation will also include a demonstration of the tools and lesson plans used to aid in the discussion of grief with both students and school professionals. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDevelop a school-based grief support program to support bereaved students. Utilize current models as a guide\, such as New Hope Center for Grief Support’s school-based grief support model.\nCreate content and presentation materials to provide childhood bereavement training for school professionals so they feel better equipped to support students.\nImplement a grief support group within the schools to allow bereaved students to connect with one another to learn more about their emotions and reactions to grief.\nConstruct developmentally appropriate activities and lesson plans to use during support groups and one-on-one sessions with students.\nAdapt program content and activities based on developmental stages.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nJennifer Frush came on board as outreach and event coordinator in the summer of 2018. Her passion and energy helped increase New Hope’s reach and impact\, leading to her taking on the position of interim and then full Executive Director in January of 2020. She participates in the National Alliance for Children’s Grief online learning and webinars and other training. Jennifer sits on the following councils: Northville Community Cares\, Ascension Community Health Advisory Committee\, Community Mental Health Association through St. Mary Mercy Hospital’s Let’s Continue the Conversation Committee. She collaborates with eight Wayne Western School Districts. She is a trained facilitator for The Leader in Me school programs. She developed and led training for The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Families for Marine Elementary School. Additionally\, Hegira Health invited Jennifer to speak at their Focus on Zero suicide prevention conference and to moderate their celebrity panel. Like other staff and volunteers\, she received Trauma Informed Training and QPR (Question\, Persuade\, Refer) Crisis Training\, attended and participated several 2023 NACG Grief Conferences\, recently attending the 2023 NACG Grief Conference and Training. Jennifer conducts Grief Sensitivity Training\, Childhood Bereavement Training\, Facilitator Training\, and more serving as the Executive Director. \nLaurel Neitling\, BA\, joined the team in July 2023 as the Circles of Hope Program Manager. She previously graduated from Central Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and minor in management. She previously volunteered with New Hope as a support group facilitator. She experienced the loss of her father as a young child\, and that led to a passion for helping bereaved families get the support they need. Laurel has had the privilege of watching many of our participants grow through their grief journeys\, and she is grateful to work alongside such dedicated volunteers and staff members to offer grief support services to the bereaved. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/introduction-to-grief-support-series-how-to-develop-and-implement-school-based-grief-support/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20240111T173134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T182900Z
UID:10193-1706011200-1706016600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Sculpting Solace: Facilitating Grief Work through Sandplay Therapy
DESCRIPTION:Participate in this interactive presentation to deepen your understanding of sandplay as a therapeutic modality in grief work. Through a combination of experiential learning and theoretical insights\, discover how the tactile and symbolic hands-on nature of sand play creates profound and transformative space for grief exploration and healing. Presentation will include useful and practical ways to build your sandplay tool chest. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify the difference between sand tray therapy and sandplay.\nName and identify two parts to each of the five areas of Sandtray work: 1) Warm Up 2) Creation Stage 3) Exploring Stage 4) Ending Stage and 5) Breakdown stage.\nParticipate in online format of Sandplay.\nLearn useful language to promote discussion in sandplay facilitation with facilitators.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nStephanie Heitkemper\, PhD\, LPC\, RPT-S\, FT\, is the owner of Resilient Minds Counseling which specializes in working with individuals\, children\, families around change including grief\, and trauma. Stephanie finds energy in utilizing play therapy (as a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor)\, creative expression\, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (EMDRIA Approved Consultant) and. bibliotherapy in her counseling practice\, program creation and presentations. Stephanie serves on the board of directors for Heart Light Center (2017)\, a Denver based grief support and education center as well as Camp JoJo (2020)\, a camp dedicated to supporting teens impacted by suicide. In addition to Resilient Minds Counseling\, Stephanie is the Clinical Director of Camp Erin NYC\, which is part of Cope. Stephanie’s selfcare includes early morning coffee\, CrossFit and Ironman training as well as exploring Colorado with her husband and beloved boxer. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nCE Certificate retrieval request: The NACG maintains continuing education records for at least six years from the educational event’s completion date. Records include the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, the date and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and need a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete THIS form to obtain a copy. Please note if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, and a required evaluation was not completed\, a certificate cannot be provided per the policy. \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/sculpting-solace-facilitating-grief-work-through-sandplay-therapy/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20231006T164318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T183243Z
UID:9337-1701950400-1701955800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Neurodiversity and Childhood Bereavement
DESCRIPTION:Neurodiversity affirms cognitive diversity\, opposes the view that there is one “normal” type of cognitive functioning\, and reduces stigma for folx who identify as neurodiverse. Nevertheless\, there has been a lack of research on the intersection of neurodiversity and childhood grief. Grief support for children has not adequately addressed how neurodiverse children and adolescents may experience and respond to loss. This training seeks to provide definitions and examples of neurodiversity. In addition\, this training seeks to equip those who attend with skills and knowledge to integrate neuro-diverse affirming practices into bereavement support for children and adolescents. There has been a lack of research on how neurodiverse children and adolescents encounter and experience loss. In this training\, the concept of neurodiversity will be explored in depth. Subsequently\, attendees will be provided with information on how neurodiverse children and adolescents may not fit traditional paradigms of grief which have focused solely on emotional processing. Lastly\, attendees will be given a wide range of practical tools that will equip them to integrate neuro-diverse affirming practices into their clinical work. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDefine their understanding of neurodiversity.\nRestate the unique challenges neurodiverse children and adolescents face.\nDescribe how neurodiverse individuals experience grief.\nIdentify neuro-affirming interventions that can be used with grieving children and adolescents.\nFormulate ways to integrate neuro-affirming practices for grieving children and adolescents in diverse clinical settings.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nKailey Bradley\, MA\, LPCC-S\, NCC\, FT\, specializes in working with individuals of all ages\, with special interest and care given to children’s bereavement\, complicated grief\, perinatal loss\, and chronic illness. Kailey worked for 4. 5 years at a local Hospice agency and has provided over 50 workshops and trainings on grief throughout her career thus far. Kailey also has conducted over 100 grief support groups and has a passion for research on methods and strategies for offering creative and engaging bereavement support groups for children. Currently\, Kailey is an adjunct professor at Ashland Theological seminary where she teaches grief and crisis counseling courses. Kailey is also currently a doctoral student at Ohio University studying counselor education and supervision. She also co-owns Refuge Counseling\, LLC a private practice specializing in the intersections of grief\, sexuality\, chronic illness and spirituality. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nCE Certificate retrieval request: The NACG maintains continuing education records for at least six years from the educational event’s completion date. Records include the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, the date and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and need a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete THIS form to obtain a copy. Please note if it has been more than 90 days since the education event and a required evaluation was not completed\, a certificate cannot be provided per the attendance policy. \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/neurodiversity-and-childhood-bereavement/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230802T134600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130357Z
UID:8660-1699012800-1699016400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | The Kaleidoscope of Grief: Loss in Many Forms
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nTypically\, when we think about grief\, we associate it with loss due to a death. Yet\, we know that many children and teens struggle with complex issues such as housing insecurity\, out of home placement\, family members experiencing addiction\, out-of-home placement\, incarceration of a family member\, and a host of other challenging circumstances. While not related to a death\, each of these challenges is in fact a type of loss. Often these non-death losses and the grief that accompanies them go unrecognized by caring adults. In this workshop we will expand our view of grief to include death loss as well as the more ambiguous non-death losses that sometimes go unnoticed. Participants will leave with a greater understanding of the ways that children experience grief throughout their development\, the principles of grief-informed practice\, and tools to support children on their grief journey. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify a range of experiences as grief and loss.\nDescribe the ways that grief and loss impact children at home\, school\, and in the community.\nDiscuss the principles of grief-informed practice.\nExplore three ways that a caring adult can support a child who is grieving.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nAlexa Livelsberger\, MS\, LCSW\, is the Outreach and Education Coordinator at Highmark Caring Place\, a center for grieving children\, adolescents and their families where she works to heighten awareness of children’s grief through consultations\, presentations and trainings for professional and community groups. Lexi has a master’s of science in social administration from Case Western Reserve University and is a licensed clinical social worker in Pennsylvania. Lexi has worked with children and families in a variety of settings throughout her career\, including community mental health\, kinship care\, and victim service fields. \nJanet Arida\, PhD\, earned a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Northwestern University\, a master’s degree in Social Work from The University of Chicago\, and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a licensed clinical social worker and earned certification in Thanatology from the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Janet is currently a child grief specialist as well as the Outreach and Education Coordinator at the Highmark Caring Place in Warrendale\, PA\, where she oversees peer support groups for grieving children and their families. Additionally\, in her role as Outreach and Education Coordinator\, Janet works to heighten awareness of children’s grief through consultations\, presentations\, and trainings for professional and community groups. Prior to joining the Caring Place as a staff member\, Janet was a clinical instructor and researcher in end-of-life issues in the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh. During her career\, she has worked with children\, adolescents\, and families in a variety of clinical and community-based settings in both the Chicago and Pittsburgh areas. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/the-kaleidoscope-of-grief-loss-in-many-forms/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230706T211353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T191952Z
UID:8517-1698235200-1698240600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Interpersonal Loss and Bereavement Among Refugees
DESCRIPTION:The world is experiencing the highest volume of displaced people due to reasons ranging from natural disasters to political unrest. In 2019\, there were 26 million refugees worldwide (UNHCR\, 2021). The United Nations (2021) defines refugees as “persons who are outside their country of origin for reasons of feared persecution\, conflict\, generalized violence\, or other circumstances that have seriously disturbed public order and\, as a result\, require international protection” (para. 1). \nRefugees’ experiences are dangerous and often traumatic\, such as living in a war zone\, witnessing violence\, torture\, murder or disappearance of family members or friends\, and confinement\, as well as traveling treacherous journeys in horrible conditions\, often without food or water\, and sometimes having to separate from family members.  Therefore\, refugees may be at risk of experiencing a complicated form of bereavement. Scholars have urged the importance of humanizing refugees and creating welcoming communities among nations that welcome refugees. The presenter will introduce the unique aspects of refugee loss and bereavement. The presenter will discuss strategies and interventions for providing services to youth from refugee backgrounds. The presenter will also share practical considerations for community collaboration and advocacy to support refugee youth. Attendees will gain knowledge on how to provide culturally responsive services for refugee youth and their families. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify and describe the unique aspects of refugee loss and bereavement.\nIdentify and describe special considerations in working with refugee youth.\nDiscuss specific strategies and interventions for providing services to youth from refugee backgrounds.\nDiscuss community collaboration and advocacy efforts for supporting youth from refugee backgrounds.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nDana T. Isawi\, Ph.D.\, is an assistant professor of counseling at Northern Illinois University. She joined NIU in the fall of 2017. Isawi has experience in teaching a variety of graduate courses in mental health counseling\, school counseling and play therapy as well as providing supervision for graduate students. Isawi has clinical experience in the school and community settings both locally and internationally. Her professional experience also includes counseling intervention development\, implementation and evaluation. \nIsawi’s research and presentations focus on multicultural issues in counseling\, especially on the traumatic experiences of refugees and counselors working with trauma survivors. Her presentations also focus on cultural considerations in play therapy and in working with families from diverse backgrounds. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nCE Certificate retrieval request: The NACG maintains continuing education records for at least six years from the educational event’s completion date. Records include the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, the date and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and need a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete THIS form to obtain a copy. Please note if it has been more than 90 days since the education event and a required evaluation was not completed\, a certificate cannot be provided per the attendance policy. \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/interpersonal-loss-and-bereavement-among-refugees/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230706T214309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T193016Z
UID:8523-1696593600-1696597200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Grief Counseling Models and Interventions
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nTherapists are on the frontlines when people face the most challenging and devastating times in their life. Unfortunately\, when it comes to grief and loss\, most have been let down by their training programs in terms of how to help their clients at these most vulnerable times. This session will address when grief therapy is beneficial\, review important principles and procedures of grief therapy\, and provide a framework for delivering effective grief therapy. Participants will learn a variety of treatment techniques and interventions to use with clients across the lifespan and with differing types of grief. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify Worden’s 4 Tasks of Mourning and apply the model to their clinical work.\nImplement a variety of grief-focused treatment interventions.\nDiscern and conceptualize the treatment needs of their grieving clients.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nHeather Gaglio\, LMFT\, received her Master’s degree at Oklahoma State University in Human Development and Family Science with an option in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2012. She is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an Approved Supervisor through the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Heather has over 10 years of clinical experience and has worked in non-profit and private practice settings. Heather has been involved in supporting research in the field of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood programs as well. As the current Clinical Director at Calm Waters in Oklahoma City\, Oklahoma\, Heather oversees a team of therapists and clinical interns who provide over 250 hours of grief counseling to nearly 150 clients each month. She is passionate about increasing access of grief support and educating the community about healthy and helpful ways to support children and families through grief and loss so that no one has to grieve alone. \nJordan Park\, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) attended Oklahoma State University for her undergraduate and master’s degrees in Human Development and Family Sciences. She has a professional membership with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Jordan has worked at Calm Waters Center for Children and Families for 4.5 years serving in a variety of programmatic and clinical roles. Currently\, she is a full-time therapist\, seeing individuals\, families\, and couples who have experienced a death and/or divorce. Jordan is very passionate about healthy relationships and encourages individuals to know they are worthy of love and of being seen\, heard\, and valued. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/grief-counseling-models-and-interventions/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T143000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230802T182257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T180607Z
UID:8666-1694437200-1694442600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Changes in Childhood Bereavement Prevalence in the Wake of the Pandemic: CBEM Key Topic Report 2023
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n \nClick here to download the slides →\nThe COVID-19 pandemic devastated public welfare worldwide\, bringing excess deaths and moving bereavement to the front page. Before the pandemic\, Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) prevalence rates reflected an annual average of more than 260\,000 children under 18 becoming newly bereaved due to a parent’s death. In 2021\, this number increased to more than 383\,000 – surging nearly 50%. While COVID-19 directly accounts for a portion of the increase\, other socially stigmatized causes also contributed\, including overdose and homicide. For example\, accidental drug overdose deaths have risen for the past two decades\, yet overdose deaths spiked more than 31% in 2020\, the first year of the pandemic. This trend continued in 2021 when the age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths increased by 14% compared to 2020. As a result\, 20% of the children who experienced their parent’s death in 2020 and 2021\, grieved an overdose death. This year’s CBEM Key Topic Report explores parent deaths due to COVID-19\, overdose\, homicide by gunfire\, and suicide—causes that may lead to feelings of isolation\, guilt\, and uncertainty in grieving families—highlighting the ongoing impact of the pandemic in 2021. This webinar will review these findings and suggest how childhood bereavement professionals can use the results to promote awareness and advance advocacy. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, social workers\, bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar\nPlease note: CEs are not available for this webinar. \nCost: Free for all \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nReport the increase in childhood bereavement prevalence due to parent death in the first two years of the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic averages.\nDistinguish the different types of CBEM results\, Projected\, Current\, and Snapshot.\nDiscuss annual changes in childhood bereavement prevalence rates due to parent death related to overdose\, homicide by gunshot\, suicide\, and COVID-19.\nUnderstand how to find and interpret the 2023 CBEM Key Topic Report to promote awareness and advance advocacy for the childhood bereavement field.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nLaura Landry\, PhD\, is the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. She has 16 years of experience evaluating community-based programs and large-scale prevention initiatives and building organizations’ capacity to utilize data to drive decisions. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Laura oversees the Evaluation and Research Department. Her work focuses on evaluating Judi’s House services\, building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field\, and disseminating the prevalence of childhood bereavement to inform advocates and practitioners working in the field. \nMichaeleen (Micki) Burns\, PhD\, is the Chief Clinical Officer at Judi’s House/JAG Institute and adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado. JH/JAG is a comprehensive family bereavement center in Denver. A Licensed Psychologist with more than two decades of experience providing therapeutic assessment and support to families facing adversity\, Micki has witnessed the lasting impact of unaddressed grief. She is dedicated to ensuring appropriate care is available for all and raising childhood bereavement to a level of critical public importance. At JH/JAG she oversees the direct service\, research\, and training departments working towards a vision where no child is alone in grief. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/changes-in-childhood-bereavement-prevalence-in-the-wake-of-the-pandemic-cbem-key-topic-report-2023/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230815T154830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T194229Z
UID:8739-1693569600-1693573200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Grief 101 for the New Practitioner
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nMs. Phillips will present the foundation for grief therapy with children and adolescents. They will then present a curriculum developed by Ms. Phillips to help the beginning grief counselor establish a clinical practice. Concrete examples of activities used in the session will be demonstrated. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nParticipants will identify the developmental stages of children and how these impact bereaved youth.\nParticipants will learn of a basic curriculum of grief counseling.\nParticipants will identify appropriate treatment modalities with specific examples being taught.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nJennifer Phillips\, LCSW\, CATP has obtained her Master’s degree from the University of Southern Indiana. She has been practicing for over 30 years specializing in grief counseling in all ages. She holds certifications in child and adolescent trauma. Jennifer utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy and play therapy techniques. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/introduction-to-grief-support-series-grief-101-for-the-new-practitioner/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T140000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230809T143656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T194910Z
UID:8709-1693486800-1693490400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Courageous Well-Being Continued: Putting Theory into Practice
DESCRIPTION:This 60-minute session will build on the concepts presented in the first webinar\, Courageous Well-Being\, Finding New Pathways to Personal and Professional Renewal. As professionals and volunteers working with bereaved children and families\, you are well aware of the challenges of your work — vicarious trauma and grief\, burnout\, empathetic distress\, and work/life balance. It is essential to explore the strategies and practices that will help you cope with these issues. This interactive webinar will include writing exercises and practices you can use daily and share with your family and colleagues. Participants of this session should have attended Part I live or reviewed the recording from 7/19. You will need a paper or a journal for this session. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nDonna Gaffney\, DNSc\, PMHCNS-BC\, FAAN\, an advanced practice nurse-psychotherapist\, author and educator\, works with individuals\, communities\, and professional nurses in the aftermath of personal and national crises — 9/11\, Hurricane Katrina\, and the Coronavirus pandemic. Donna provides pro-bono psychotherapy through the Emotional PPE Project and facilitates Virtual Schwartz Rounds for the New Jersey Nursing Emotional Well-Being Institute. With extensive experience in classroom\, experiential and online education\, she offers workshops\, presentations and webinars nationally and internationally. Donna has taught and directed graduate programs at the International Trauma Studies Program\, Columbia and Seton Hall Universities. Her webinar series at the beginning of the pandemic\, Healing Ourselves\, While Healing Others\, was offered through Rutgers University School of Nursing and the Northeastern University School Health Academy. In addition to academic papers\, book chapters\, and articles for the lay press\, Donna is the author of The Seasons of Grief\, Helping Children Grow Through Loss. Donna holds graduate degrees from Columbia and Rutgers Universities\, and the University of Pennsylvania. She received the 2021 APNA Award for Excellence in Practice – APRN. In 2023 her book Courageous Well-Being for Nurses will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. \n  \nNicole C. Foster\, MA\, NBC-HWC is a national board-certified health and wellness coach\, consultant\, and writer. She is Head of Coaching at Lief Therapeutics\, a start-up that offers the only mental health wearable device using HRV-Biofeedback. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic\, she self-published an eBook\, Well-Being in the Waiting: Finding Presence During Unprecedented Times\, and provided complimentary copies to healthcare workers. Nicole collaborates with the With Grace Initiative\, a non-profit organization supporting children with cancer\, providing pro-bono workshops that promote connection\, support\, and psychosocial education in their Warriors of Wellness series. \nShe is a graduate of Columbia University’s Spirituality\, Mind-Body Institute and holds a Master of Arts in Psychology. Her personal essays surrounding the loss of her father in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 have been published in New York Magazine and Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper. She is the co-author of Courageous Well-Being for Nurses\, to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press in September 2023. Learn more about her work at www.NicoleCFoster.com and @NicoleCFoster on Instagram. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/courageous-well-being-continued-putting-theory-into-practice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230222T153138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195250Z
UID:7219-1692187200-1692192600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Facilitating Parent and Caregiver Support Groups
DESCRIPTION:Many children’s bereavement centers and programs across the United States offer concurrent support groups for parents and caregivers that are typically held during the same time as children and teen grief support groups are being offered. This presentation will cover practical tips for facilitating grief support groups for parents\, caregivers\, and other adults. Best practices for running adult groups will be discussed\, including group dynamics\, group cohesion\, and protecting the process. Additional topics include managing conflict and navigating challenging behaviors in groups\, such as advice-giving\, monopolizing\, interrupting\, or one-upping. Suggestions for effective ways to handle controversial topics when they arise in group will also be discussed. This presentation will include a discussion about providing grief support to parents and caregivers in a group setting while also providing helpful information to them about their children’s grief. Effective openings and closings will also be presented in this workshop. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nList best practices for running parent and caregiver bereavement support groups.\nIdentify challenging behaviors that arise in adult support groups and effective ways to handle them.\nDiscuss effective ways to protect the process and manage conflict in a bereavement group for parents and caregivers.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nPamela Gabbay\, EdD\, FT is a nationally recognized trainer and consultant who has served the bereavement field in many capacities during her 25-year career. Dr. Gabbay is currently the Director of Operations and Training for The Compassionate Friends and is on the TAPS Advisory Board. She is part of the training corps of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Dr. Gabbay has served in a variety of roles including being the Director of The Mourning Star Center for Grieving Children and Camp Erin\, Palm Springs. Dr. Gabbay is the co-author\, along with Andy McNiel\, of Understanding and Supporting Bereaved Children: A Practical Guide for Professionals. She is on the Executive Committee of ADEC’s Credentialing Council and served as the President of the Southern California Chapter of ADEC. Additionally\, Dr. Gabbay previously served as Vice President on the Board of the NACG. She was also an adjunct faculty member in the psychology department at Brandman University. Dr. Gabbay holds a Fellow in Thanatology (FT) from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and earned a Master of Arts degree in Cognitive Psychology from Claremont Graduate University. She earned her Doctor of Education degree in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/facilitating-parents-and-caregiver-support-groups/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230222T153009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195619Z
UID:7217-1689768000-1689773400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Courageous Well-being: Strategies for Personal and Professional Renewal
DESCRIPTION:Coping and self-confidence in your work require taking the time to understand the evidence-based literature and use effective strategies to enhance your well-being\, find meaning in your work and discover joy and support in relationships. This session will explore the essence of courageous well-being. Based on evidence-based strategies\, attendees will explore nontraditional approaches to minimize the consequences of stress and trauma—through nature\, the arts\, and creativity as indispensable wellsprings of respite and joy. The profound healing effects of advocacy for health and well-being are also introduced. Attendees will receive several handouts with practices and guides for use in their work and home lives. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDiscuss how working with bereaved children and their families can put professionals and volunteers at risk for empathic distress fatigue\, vicarious grief\, ongoing stress\, or burnout.\nDescribe the six elements of psychological well-being.\nExplore how trauma and vicarious grief are carried in our bodies\, hearts\, and minds and the strategies used to manage the consequences of their work.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nDonna Gaffney\, DNSc\, PMHCNS-BC\, FAAN\, an advanced practice nurse-psychotherapist\, author and educator\, works with individuals\, communities\, and professional nurses in the aftermath of personal and national crises — 9/11\, Hurricane Katrina\, and the Coronavirus pandemic. Donna provides pro-bono psychotherapy through the Emotional PPE Project and facilitates Virtual Schwartz Rounds for the New Jersey Nursing Emotional Well-Being Institute. With extensive experience in classroom\, experiential and online education\, she offers workshops\, presentations and webinars nationally and internationally. Donna has taught and directed graduate programs at the International Trauma Studies Program\, Columbia and Seton Hall Universities. Her webinar series at the beginning of the pandemic\, Healing Ourselves\, While Healing Others\, was offered through Rutgers University School of Nursing and the Northeastern University School Health Academy. In addition to academic papers\, book chapters\, and articles for the lay press\, Donna is the author of The Seasons of Grief\, Helping Children Grow Through Loss. Donna holds graduate degrees from Columbia and Rutgers Universities\, and the University of Pennsylvania. She received the 2021 APNA Award for Excellence in Practice – APRN. In 2023 her book Courageous Well-Being for Nurses will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. \n  \nNicole C. Foster\, MA\, NBC-HWC is a national board-certified health and wellness coach\, consultant\, and writer. She is Head of Coaching at Lief Therapeutics\, a start-up that offers the only mental health wearable device using HRV-Biofeedback. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic\, she self-published an eBook\, Well-Being in the Waiting: Finding Presence During Unprecedented Times\, and provided complimentary copies to healthcare workers. Nicole collaborates with the With Grace Initiative\, a non-profit organization supporting children with cancer\, providing pro-bono workshops that promote connection\, support\, and psychosocial education in their Warriors of Wellness series. \nShe is a graduate of Columbia University’s Spirituality\, Mind-Body Institute and holds a Master of Arts in Psychology. Her personal essays surrounding the loss of her father in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 have been published in New York Magazine and Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper. She is the co-author of Courageous Well-Being for Nurses\, to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press in September 2023. Learn more about her work at www.NicoleCFoster.com and @NicoleCFoster on Instagram. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n\nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/courageous-well-being-strategies-for-personal-and-professional/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230222T152724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195717Z
UID:7215-1684324800-1684330200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Using Fictional Characters to Help Children and Adolescents Who Are Grieving Live Interactive Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Reading about fictional characters’ grief and loss experiences can help children and adolescents deal with their own grief and loss. Many stories written for children and adolescents\, like the Harry Potter books\, are filled with loss and death. But literature\, like magic\, can open new worlds for people\, and show many possible ways to survive losses and challenges and even flourish beyond them. Using reading and storytelling to help improve a person’s mental health is often referred to as bibliotherapy. This session will present activities based on J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series to help children and adolescents deal with grief and loss\, as well as activities based on other books to help children who are grieving (including Everett Anderson’s Long Goodbye\, Charlotte’s Web\, Where the Red Fern Grows\, and The Hunger Games). The session’s goal is to give participants many practical individual and group activities\, including discussion questions\, worksheets\, and crafts\, that can help children who are grieving. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nSummarize how bibliotherapy can help children and adolescents who are grieving.\nDescribe how reading the fictional works presented may help children who are grieving.\nDiscuss specific activities using fictional characters that may be helpful for specific age levels and situations of children who are grieving.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nKathryn Markell\, PhD teaches Child and Adolescent Development and Death and Dying classes at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. She has published and presented scholarly work on how to help grieving children and adolescents\, including co-authoring the book “The Children Who Lived: Using Harry Potter and Other Fictional Characters to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents”. \nMarc Markell\, PhD teaches at Worsham College of Mortuary Science; he is also a professor emeritus at St. Cloud State University. He teaches Death Education for non-grieving children. Marc is a certified Thanatologist and Death and Grief Studies. He presents locally\, nationally\, and internationally. Marc has published three books on grief\, as well as book chapters and numerous articles. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/using-fictional-characters-to-help-children-and-adolescents-who-are-grieving/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230227T192856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195753Z
UID:7261-1681905600-1681911000@nacg.org
SUMMARY:The Intersection of Domestic Violence and the Grieving Process of Children
DESCRIPTION:Children who experience domestic violence are impacted at every level of their wellness. They can lose a caregiver or sibling(s) through separation\, housing stability\, and even the feeling of safety\, security\, and belonging\, all contributing to a child’s grief. This grief may be initially overlooked or dismissed as adults focus on establishing safety and meeting the basic needs of all involved. This webinar will teach professionals how domestic violence and grief are intertwined. The webinar will highlight how domestic violence impacts the grieving process\, particularly through secondary trauma and disenfranchised grief. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe how secondary trauma from domestic violence impacts a child’s grieving process.\nDiscuss the intersection of disenfranchised grief with children who have experienced domestic violence.\nImplement 2-3 therapeutic interventions to assist children who have lost a parent/caregiver to domestic violence.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nSheree Burnett\, MA\, LPC-S is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor. She has over 10 years of experience working with various populations in community mental health\, private practice\, hospital\, and university settings. She has particular training in working with trauma individuals and families who have experienced domestic violence. She has conducted didactic training\, participated in panel conferences\, assisted with developing a curriculum about domestic violence for the educational system\, and co-developed department initiatives to bring awareness about domestic violence and ways to celebrate survivors of domestic abuse. In addition\, Sheree has worked with and participated in training to assist children and their families about grief. She also obtained certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which further allows her to assist survivors and grieving individuals with their healing journey in therapy. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/the-intersection-of-domestic-violence-and-the-grieving-process-of-children/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20230131T154818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195925Z
UID:7038-1676462400-1676467800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Centering Intersectionality Within the Field of Childhood Bereavement
DESCRIPTION:It is commonly believed that grief is different for everyone and that we should not compare one child’s grief to another’s. Why can grief differ so much from one child to another\, even within the same family system? When a child experiences a death loss\, adults in their system may attribute a child’s thoughts and behaviors to being a “grief response” and center the child’s grief as their primary motivating factor. This unintentional oversimplification of what the child may be experiencing can make grief the only lens by which adults see children who are grieving. It can potentially harm a child’s health and well-being if supportive adults only see a child as a “single story.” This presentation will use the concept of intersectionality introduced by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw to help adults who support children see them as the complex\, socially constructed people they are. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nExplain Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s concept of intersectionality.\nIdentify areas of their practice where intersectionality can be incorporated into their work with children who are grieving.\nCreate an intake process that uses principles of intersectionality to help portray a more complete picture of a grieving child.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nAdam W. Carter\, Ph.D.\, is a professional counselor and counselor educator who received his doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision\, with an emphasis in multicultural counseling\, from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Adam has taught courses in CACREP-accredited master’s level clinical mental health programs and doctoral-level courses in counselor education and supervision and served as the Trauma-Informed Counseling Graduate Certificate coordinator at Northern Illinois University. During his time at Northern Illinois University\, he founded the Center for Grief and Loss at the University’s Community Counseling and Training Center\, where he provided clinical supervision and education to counselors in training. Adam’s ongoing research and scholarship program focuses on early childhood grief responses and preparing counselors-in-training to work with grieving children. Adam’s scholarly work also includes numerous peer-reviewed presentations focusing on topics such as trauma-informed counseling\, play therapy\, and developing research skills in counseling practitioners. His clinical experience is broad\, having worked as a counselor and supervisor in community mental health clinics\, in-home intensive settings\, community advocacy agencies\, and private practice. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org or at 980-298-1155. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please email info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs when you register by sending an email to info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/centering-intersectionality-within-the-field-of-childhood-bereavement/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20220902T175556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T200004Z
UID:6112-1670932800-1670938200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:The Rhythm of Emotion: The Use of Music Therapy to Give Voice to Grieving Children & Adolescents
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will explore the use of music therapy as a powerful tool for grieving children and adolescents. Participants will have the opportunity to gain information and knowledge about the interconnection between child and adolescent grief and music therapy\, discover ways of incorporating music therapy techniques with this population through clinical examples and guided practice\, and engage in music therapy experiences that may be used in self-exploration of their own grief journey. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has atheoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDefine music therapy.\nDiscuss the role of music therapy in grief and bereavement.\nDescribe 3 music therapy experiences that can be used in child and adolescent grief.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nAmy Entwistle\, MMT\, MT-BC\, a board-certified music therapist\, is a Child and Adolescent Grief Coordinator at Four Seasons. Amy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music performance with a minor in psychology from High Point University. She earned her Master of Music Therapy degree from Appalachian State University. She has worked as a hospice music therapist and bereavement counselor. Amy uses a body-mind-centered approach and various creative art modalities to meet the needs of grieving children\, adolescents\, and their families. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nCE Process Info: Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CE credits. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Dr. Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing all three sessions of this conference will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing all three sessions of this conference will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing all three sessions of this conference will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023.   Social workers completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please email info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs when you register by sending an email to info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542. \nAttendance policy: To earn CE units for this event\, you must attend the entirety of a session\, as demonstrated by your signature on the sign-in/out sheet\, and complete an online event evaluation. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/the-rhythm-of-emotion-the-use-of-music-therapy-to-give-voice-to-grieving-children-adolescents/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T153000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20220825T200748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T200529Z
UID:6013-1666706400-1666711800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Write Your Heart Out: Self Expression to cope with grief\, loss\, trauma\, & stress Live Interactive Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The W.H.O. recently reported COVID-19 pandemic has caused a 25% increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide and called for all countries to step up mental health services and support. Additionally\, the coronavirus and the public health measures designed to prevent its spread have been shown to have had a profound negative effect on many young people. Writing and poetry are powerful tools to help process and cope not only with COVID-19 effects\, but also for helping those dealing with grief\, loss\, trauma\, and stress management in general. Yet\, children\, teens\, and the adults in their lives often avoid writing because they think they aren’t a “good writer”. Attend this workshop to help them learn tools to overcome that negative self-talk barrier. Apply the research about free-form writing to help children and teens have a positive impact on healing and the immune system. In this interactive lecture/discussion\, experiential\, and personal reflection workshop\, we will explore and experience poetry and written activities. Caring professionals can use the activities to help families process their grief and trauma\, improve coping\, and prevent stress & burnout. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nImplement tools to identify and heal negative self-talk that interferes with writing and poetic expression\nUtilize journaling/writing techniques to help with grief\, loss\, trauma\, and stress.\nUtilize poetry techniques to help with grief\, loss\, trauma\, and stress.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nMichelle Post is a psychotherapist (LMFT) and coach in Los Angeles. She has specialized in grief since 2003. Her grief work has paralleled stress management teaching since 2000. Since 2007\, she deepened focus on burnout prevention for professionals. In 2019\, Michelle launched her own international business to coach others via live & online training\, self-care retreats\, and she travels to teach and consult. You can read more about her story and professional credentials at: www.PostInternationalInc.com and www.PostFamilyCounseling.com. Michelle uses transparency\, vulnerability\, and personal experience in her teaching like the fact that her friends have nicknamed her home\, ‘The Magical Fun Palace.’ \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org or at 980-298-1155. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing all three sessions of this conference will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this event will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing all three sessions of this conference will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023.   Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org or at 980-298-1155. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org or at 980-298-1155 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/write-your-heart-out-self-expression-to-cope-with-grief-loss-trauma-stress-live-interactive-webinar/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T153000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20220825T200356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T200644Z
UID:6010-1663250400-1663255800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:When Hearts are Stretched: Fostering Compassion Resilience Amidst a Pandemic Live Interactive Webinar
DESCRIPTION:For many care providers\, filling your own metaphorical cup is easier said than done. The spark that draws us to our work can begin to dim when faced with daily pressures and the mounting stress among our teams. Workplace dynamics\, time pressures\, personal stressors\, and repeated immersion in tough stories can take a toll. Then – we find ourselves a second year into a global pandemic. What anchors us during these times? What tools keep difficult conversations constructive and help us to productively manage the expressed anger and stress of others? How can we continually regenerate ourselves\, interact in ever-more effective ways\, and set up systems for healthy workplaces? Too often\, workplace wellness oversimplifies the complexity of systems. Together we’ll explore practical strategies related to individual employees\, collegial dynamics\, and larger work structures – with the goal of enhancing well-being and tools to address trauma and chronic stress. May you leave feeling inspired and empowered with tools to help you\, your colleagues\, and your employees keep on keeping on. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify impacts of pervasive exposure to stress and trauma.\nDifferentiate between individual\, interpersonal\, and organizational wellness strategies\nIdentify two tools to address chronic stress and grief amidst COVID.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nTina Barrett\, EdD\, LCPC is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Tamarack Grief Resource Center in Montana. Strengthening and stabilizing individuals and families following profound loss through groups\, camps\, counseling\, and workshops\, Tina has spent the past 20 years specializing in outdoor-based grief support. She has trained and supervised grief group facilitators since 1997 with special attention to strengthening family-systems and trauma recovery. Dr. Tina Barrett leads workshops for grief professionals at national conferences including ADEC and NBCC\, and serves on the Board of Advisors and as a Senior Consultant for TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors). \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org or at 980-298-1155. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing all three sessions of this conference will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this event will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing all three sessions of this conference will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023.   Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org or at 980-298-1155. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Adam Carter at adam.carter@childrengrieve.org or at 980-298-1155 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/when-hearts-are-stretched-fostering-compassion-resilience-amidst-a-pandemic-live-interactive-webinar/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220804T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220804T153000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20220627T014330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T200829Z
UID:5175-1659621600-1659627000@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Rebuilding & Reengaging: School-Based Grief Support Post Pandemic Live Interactive Webinar
DESCRIPTION:We know the impact that COVID-19 has had on students’ social development\, mental health\, and academic progress. This experience has also significantly changed how our schools operate. Schools with high levels of grief that need support have competing priorities and limited staff capacity. This presentation will identify some of the various barriers to school-based grief programming and explore solutions to help programs rebuild their school-based grief support through engaging new school partners and re-engaging previous school partners. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDiscuss the changes and challenges in administering school-based grief programs.\nImplement strategies to engage new school partners.\nDiscuss ways to renew and steward relationships with lapsed school and community connections.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nElizabeth Carson is the State Outreach Manager at Kate’s Club. She works closely with the Program Director on KC Connects\, the outreach program of Kate’s Club. As State Outreach Manager\, Liz works to increase awareness of Kate’s Club within the broader Atlanta community\, so that Kate’s Club can meet the needs of more grieving children in the Atlanta area. She also works to develop new partnerships with schools and community organizations\, as well as to further engage existing Kate’s Club partnerships. Originally from Columbus\, Georgia\, Liz graduated from Emory University in May 2014 with a B.S. in Anthropology and Human Biology and a master’s in social work from the University of Florida in 2022. While enrolled at Emory\, Liz was student director of the Emory chapter of Camp Kesem\, a national organization that provides free camps for children coping with a parent’s cancer. She is also a graduate of Emory’s Community Building and Social Change Fellowship Program\, where she worked within Atlanta communities on projects pertaining to asset-based community development. These experiences have made Liz a strong believer in the importance of peer support and community engagement. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please email info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs when you register by sending an email to support@ce-go.com or by calling us at 888 498 5578. \nAttendance policy: To earn CE units for this event\, you must attend the entirety of a session\, as demonstrated by your signature on the sign-in/out sheet\, and complete an online event evaluation.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/session-details-rebuilding-reengaging-school-based-grief-support-post-pandemic/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T153000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20220719T232738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T201057Z
UID:5434-1654524000-1654529400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Connect\, Build\, and Grow! Combing group work\, play therapy and Lego building to explore grief
DESCRIPTION:Discover how building Legos can also build social-emotional well-being! This interactive workshop focuses on the use of Lego-based therapeutic interventions for exploring grief. Participants will learn about the “Skillful Builders” model and will explore the benefits of group play therapy to better understand and cope with grief. Participants will also learn therapeutic techniques for implementing Lego-based play into individual and group therapy sessions. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nExplain how to plan and conduct group session using Lego based activities and grief interventions.\nIdentify three (3) prominent dynamics in play therapy groups which support grieving children.\nDescribe two (2) grounding skills and two (2) containment skills that can be implemented in group.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nStephanie Heitkemper\, MA MFT\, LPC\, RPT\, FT specializes in working with children and families around change including grief\, trauma\, and transition. Stephanie finds energy in utilizing play\, creative expression and bibliotherapy in her practice and program creation. Stephanie is the owner of Resilient Minds Counseling\, PLLC in the Denver Metro area and the Camp Therapist for Camp Jojo. Camp Jojo focus’ on supporting teens who have been impacted by suicide in a unique model that weaves mental health education along hands on adventure. \nMeredith Hammond\, MA\, LPC\, RPT-S is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor with a private practice in Northglenn\, Colorado. Meredith holds a post-graduate certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy\, is trained in EMDR I/II and Brainspotting. For Meredith\, play therapy is a passion and she seeks to incorporate the healing power of play into her work with clients of all ages. Meredith’s passion about family and play continue outside the office\, as she avidly enjoys running and enjoying the outdoors with her three sons and husband. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/connect-build-and-grow-combing-group-work-play-therapy-and-lego-building-to-explore-grief/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T153000
DTSTAMP:20260525T075811
CREATED:20220719T230919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T201128Z
UID:5429-1652882400-1652887800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Manage "A Win-Win: Utilizing Interns to Support Your Agency while Training Future Grief Professionals"
DESCRIPTION:The students of today will soon become your employees and colleagues of tomorrow. Interns can provide a critical resource for agencies to enhance current efforts\, grow\, and develop new strategies; they also provide a way for your agency to develop competent professionals and “pay it forward”. Join us for this collaborative session to explore ways to capitalize on the energy\, creativity\, and passion of student interns. Explore ways to deepen academic partnerships\, recruit students\, and develop robust training and supervision strategies to ensure a win-win for agencies and students alike. Whether you are just getting started or have been supervising students for years\, everyone is welcome to join this conversation. Brought to you by two interns-turned-employees\, now working as agency and university professionals\, and one of their former practicum students! \n  \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nImplement strategies to recruit academic partners and student interns.\nAssess agency’s capacity\, strengths\, and needs for student interns.\nIntegrate best practices for training and supervising student interns.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nJennifer Wiles\, MA\, LMHC\, BC-DMT is the Director of Children’s Services for Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home in Wayland\, MA. She is the director of Camp Erin Boston and HEARTplay\, a bereavement program for children\, teens and young adults of all abilities in the greater Boston area Her current work focuses on Expanding the Language of Grief\, which strives to make bereavement support available to those who are marginalized with limited access to services. Jennifer is a board-certified dance movement therapist/licensed mental health counselor and is on the adjunct faculty of Lesley University’s Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences where she also serves as a clinical site supervisor. \nCathy Fox\, MSW serves as Assistant Professor and Field Education Director for the Social Work Program at Creighton University. As an alum of the program herself\, she enjoys educating and supporting students as they prepare to become future helping professionals. Prior to moving to academia\, she served over eight years as the Program Director and Director of Operations at Grief’s Journey\, a grief center in Omaha\, Nebraska. The majority of her research and practice is in the field of grief and loss\, grounded in trauma\, child development\, and family systems\, with a strong background in mental health and suicide. Cathy currently serves on the Program Committee for Mourning Hope\, a grief center in Lincoln\, Nebraska\, and is an active member of the National Alliance for Grieving Children. \nErin Spalding LCSW\, Program Director joined The Christi Center in 2007. She earned her Bachelor’s in Psychology and her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Texas. She has worked in a variety of social service settings including\, support for the HIV/AIDS and LGBT communities\, case management\, counseling for youth with developmental disorders\, and hospice. Her clinical experience has focused on providing services for kids\, teens\, and minority populations\, particularly in the areas of grief and loss. Her job duties include outreach\, program management\, program enrichment\, crisis intervention\, community trainings\, intern supervision\, and group facilitation. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/manage-a-win-win-utilizing-interns-to-support-your-agency-while-training-future-grief-professionals/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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