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SUMMARY:Occupational Therapy’s Role in Supporting Children’s Grief: Tools\, Sensory Strategies\, and When to Refer
DESCRIPTION:When children experience a stressful life event\, their nervous systems can have difficulty regulating. Children exhibit grief reactions in various ways that may present similarly to sensory and emotional dysregulation. Occupational therapists can partner with families to provide a holistic mental health approach. This presentation will address the role and benefit of occupational therapy\, mental health strategies that may help\, and when to seek out occupational therapy services. \n  \n\n \nHandouts:\n\nSlides\nHow To’s\nReferral Checklist \nSensory Equipment\nSensory Presentation\n\n  \nBecome 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\nParticipants will be able to describe occupational therapy and how it can benefit children experiencing grief\nParticipants will be able to identify two occupational therapy mental health strategies/tools that can be utilized in a clinic or at home.\nParticipants will be able to recognize when to refer a child experiencing grief to occupational therapy services.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nMichelle Michaels is an occupational therapy doctoral student at Huntington University\, who is completing her capstone experience project while collaborating with the National Alliance of Children’s Grief (NACG). She is extremely passionate about her project working with the NACG due to her personal experiences with childhood grief following the death of her mother. She also has ten years of experience working with children with and without disabilities as a care provider\, direct support professional\, and a personal paraprofessional aid. She gained occupational therapy clinical experience through her Level II Fieldwork placement at an outpatient pediatric clinic that utilized a sensory-based approach. Once she has passed the NBCOT exam following graduation in April\, she plans to go into travel occupational therapy. \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 info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/occupational-therapys-role-in-supporting-childrens-grief-tools-sensory-strategies-and-when-to-refer/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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