Live Interactive Webinar
Creating the Container for Us: How to Hold Space for Ourselves and Each Other After a Student Death
ZoomHow might we build our skills and visions for how we will come together as staff after student loss? How might we make sense of school-based loss, and how that informs who we are as administrators, educators, clinicians, and youth advocates? When students die, we understandably and necessarily mobilize to support our surviving students, their […]
Data and Evaluation Training Series #5: Evaluation Design and Analysis
ZoomGiven limited resources and stretched capacity, data collection procedures and program evaluation strategies at the individual program level often fall short in terms of identifying gaps in service, areas for growth, and program impact. Today, philanthropic giving demands a quantifiable return on investment in exchange for donations and grants. Combining nearly 20 years of experience […]
Introduction to Grief Support Series | Beyond Risk Factors and Warning Signs: An Introduction to Suicide
ZoomSuicidology has been a distinct discipline for over half a century, yet suicide is still misunderstood as a symptom of psychiatric illness – treat the illness, suicidality will go away. This has never worked and suicide rates, particularly among Black youth in America, continue to climb (Jackson-Lowman et al., 2023). This is partly because of […]
Compassionate Leadership: Moving in and Through Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
ZoomCompassionate leadership shines a light on strengths-oriented, wellness-centered, trauma-informed practices as the foundation for our communications and organizational culture. This workshop will explore interpersonal and organizational strategies to enhance workplace wellness and collaboration, including leadership styles and how they impact our work, ideas for constructively giving and receiving feedback, and how to build a culture […]
Terrific or Terrifying? How to Engage Tweens in a Peer Support Grief Group
ZoomAre you afraid of tweens? There seems to be a universal belief that they are a bit of an anomaly. They lie in this no man’s land between child and teen. Their peers are the mirror they hold up to themselves and so is society and social media. The adolescent is trying to discover who […]
Introduction to Grief Support Series | Attachment Theory and the Enduring Impact on Grief
ZoomAttachment Theory offers profound insights into how individuals form and maintain emotional bonds, regulate their emotions, and adapt to change throughout their lives. From birth, our attachment style is formed within the context of relationships and influences our sense of self, identity, and values. When experiencing grief and loss, our attachment style directly impacts how […]
Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults in Their Grief Journey
ZoomThis engaging presentation will provide helpful strategies when working with adolescents and young adults who are grieving the death of a loved one. We will discuss grief reactions and changes in family dynamics, as well as ways to promote supportive relationships. We will examine interactive activities and creative approaches in young adult programming. Continuing […]