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SUMMARY:Data and Evaluation Series Training #1: Data Basics
DESCRIPTION:Given 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 quantifiable return on investment in exchange for donations and grants. Combining nearly 20 years of experience in designing bereavement-focused evaluation protocols with the power of the CBEM\, with philanthropic support provided by the New York Life Foundation and in collaboration with the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)\, Judi’s House/JAG Institute offers a series of free trainings to share best practices in data collection and program evaluation. \nThis first workshop on Data Basics will outline where to start with essential data capture for process evaluation and highlight how organizations can capitalize on what they may already be collecting as well as what community data are available. Presenters will discuss the role of data in the childhood bereavement field\, review data fundamentals (e.g.\, types and sources of data) using accessible examples\, and provide tips on how to start strong with data gathering to help tell your story. \n\n \n\nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience:Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar\n \nObjectives:\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify key data sources for evaluation\nDiscuss types of data and when to utilize them\nExplain how to establish practical strategies for gathering data\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nMaria Bartini\, PhD\, is the Evaluation Manager at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. With a doctoral degree in Life-Span Developmental Psychology from the University of Georgia\, she has over 20 years’ experience teaching research methods\, statistics\, and child development at the college level. In her academic career\, she also conducted evaluation research in schools\, colleges\, and youth sports organizations with the overarching goal of improving the lives of children and adolescents. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Maria contributes to the evaluation and research activities at Judi’s House. Her work focuses on building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field of childhood bereavement and evaluating the impact of Judi’s House services. She can be reached at mariab@judishouse.org. \nMaddy Saunders\, MS\, works as a Research Associate at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. In her role\, she helps lead the Childhood Bereavement Changemaker expansion\, collaborating with organizations across the country to support implementation of data-informed strategies in decision-making\, program implementation\, and evaluation. Maddy holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology with concentrations in Evaluation Research and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She can be reached at maddyv@judishouse.org. \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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or (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 ensure 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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, date\, and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and require a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete this form to obtain a copy: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. Please note that if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, 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/2025-data-and-evaluation-series-training-data-basics/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T143000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20241217T171259Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Widowed Parents\, Strengthening Families: A Holistic Approach to Grief
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will focus on the psychosocial functioning of parents who have lost a spouse or partner and are raising children on their own.  The presenter will provide an overview of relevant research\, insights from support groups specifically for widowed parents will be shared\, and recommendations for how to support parents in ways that are also healthy for the grieving child. \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: 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  \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nSummarize research findings relevant to this population\nUnderstand the unique challenges facing widowed parents\nIntervene with grieving families in ways that support widowed parents\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nJustin Yopp\, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC Chapel Hill.  Dr. Yopp co-directs the Widowed Parent Program\, which provides support for and conducts research with parents who have lost a spouse or partner and are raising children on their own.  Dr. Yopp has run support groups for the population for nearly 15 years. He co-authored The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life\, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2018. Prior to joining the faculty at UNC\, Dr. Yopp served as a psychologist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis\, Tennessee. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, 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: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. 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/supporting-widowed-parents-strengthening-families-a-holistic-approach-to-grief/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20250122T173535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130645Z
UID:12865-1744372800-1744376400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | NACG Resources
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. \nThe NACG has created a diverse set of resources through its dedicated workgroups\, designed to provide information and strategies for those supporting grieving children in various roles. These free resources are easily accessible on the NACG website\, where they can be shared directly\, downloaded\, emailed\, or printed. In this webinar\, we’ll dive into the NACG Resource Hub to explore the tools available and how they can enhance your work with families and communities. NACG staff and members will offer insights into the development process\, practical applications\, and the wide range of topics covered. Join us to discover how these resources can support your outreach and care efforts. \n  \n\n \nNot 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  \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nNavigate various NACG resources on the website.\nUtilize tools from the NACG Resource Hub in my work.\nUnderstand the process of how resources are developed by the NACG.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nMegan Lopez\, MSW\, LMSW\, joined NACG in 2014 and serves as the National Program Director. Megan has served as a Social Worker and Program Leader throughout her nonprofit career and has provided support to children\, teenagers\, and families in a variety of settings. Megan is an experienced presenter and trainer using an interactive style in her teaching and facilitating on a variety of topics related to program management\, childhood bereavement support\, grief in the school setting\, and group facilitation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science in Social Work from The University of Texas at Arlington. Megan resides in San Antonio\, Texas with her husband and two children. \nJosephine Wheeler Ahart\, MA\, LPC\, joined the NACG team in 2022 as the Marketing and Development Manager. Josephine has vast experience in marketing and communication from various industries\, along with experience in counseling and grief work. She graduated with a bachelor’s in Applied Communication and a minor in Event Planning from Kent State University. She then received her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Akron and is currently a Licensed Professional Counselor. Josephine thrives on finding innovative ways to seamlessly bridge and integrate her marketing expertise with the insights gained from her counseling and grief experience. She is involved with Leadership Portage County as a member of their Board of Directors and Cornerstone of Hope Bereavement Center\, including as a member of their Crisis Response Team. Josephine resides in Northeast Ohio with her husband and enjoys spending time with family and friends\, staying active\, getting creative\, and cheering on Cleveland and Ohio sports teams. \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\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-nacg-resources/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240828T200849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T122258Z
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SUMMARY:"Mind"ful Camps: Embracing Practices to Create Equity for Neurodiversity
DESCRIPTION:The term neurodiversity casts a wide net\, so thinking about embracing practices at camp that create more equity may feel a bit daunting. How can we cater to every youth’s needs\, right? Take a moment and think … what if creating these practices could help foster inclusivity\, comfort\, and a sense of belonging at camp? Aren’t those things we already strive for? Join us as we talk about the benefits of embracing practices that help support neurodiversity at camp. Let’s work together as we continue to learn about neurodiversity\, shift our perspectives to see all of the unique opportunities our campers bring to our programs\, and find creative ways forward to create equity and inclusivity. \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: 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  \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify the importance of embracing practices to help neurodiverse campers.\nCreate a toolbox of neurodiverse-friendly  activities and outlets to be used in the camp setting.\nDemonstrate communication skills to help caregivers identify neurodiverse needs their camper may have at camp.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nKiri Meyer\, MS\, LPC\, NCC\, RYT\, is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin\, a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)\, and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200). Kiri has spent over a decade helping to support individuals and families of all ages through individual/family counseling and camp-based programs. Kiri supports camp and other non-profit programs by acting as a Mental Health Professional throughout the camp program or as needed for other programs. She has conducted trainings in the areas of trauma and bereavement throughout her professional career and is now part of the Eluna Camp Erin team helping to support professionals in the Camp Erin network. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, 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: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. 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/mindful-camps-embracing-practices-to-create-equity-for-neurodiversity/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240821T180719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T191005Z
UID:11813-1741780800-1741786200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children
DESCRIPTION:When children experience the death of a significant person\, they are at a very vulnerable time in their lives. These young grievers often struggle with emotions they may hesitate to express openly. The use of play-based interventions creates an engaging and developmentally appropriate context for addressing the unique needs of bereaved children. \nThis webinar will provide guidelines for working effectively with young grievers. The training will delve into a diverse range of creative activities specifically designed to engage bereaved children. Attendees will learn how to use games\, art\, and storytelling to help children bereaved by suicide\, homicide\, natural disasters\, mass violence\, military/line-of-duty death\, drug overdose\, and other types of loss. These activities are adaptable for use in various settings\, including support groups and individual and family sessions. \nThis webinar is designed for both novice and experienced grief facilitators and professionals seeking new and innovative ways to assist children in navigating 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  \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 the key factors influencing children’s grief reactions.\nIdentify at least 5 best practice tips when working with bereaved children.\nDesign a variety of creative activities to support children impacted by suicide\, homicide\, natural disasters\, mass violence\, military/line-of-duty death\, drug overdose\, and other types of loss.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nLiana Lowenstein\, MSW\, RSW\, CPT-S\, is a Registered Social Worker\, Certified Play Therapist-Supervisor\, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who has been working with children and their families in Toronto since 1988. Liana’s 15 books are used by helping professionals all over the world\, and several have been translated into Chinese\, Korean\, and Turkish. Her latest books\, Cory Helps Kids Cope with Grief: Playful Activities for Young Children\, and Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children\, Second Edition\, help children\, youth\, and families impacted by suicide\, homicide\, drug overdose\, natural disasters\, mass violence\, war\, military/line-of-duty death\, and other types of loss. Liana is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences and agency training events\, and has provided workshops throughout North America and abroad\, including China\, South Africa\, Israel\, England\, New Zealand\, Australia\, and Slovenia. Liana is winner of the Monica Herbert award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \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/creative-interventions-for-bereaved-children/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20250122T164442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130544Z
UID:12852-1741348800-1741352400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Basics of Leading a Grief Group
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. \nThis webinar will provide the basic tools to facilitate a grief group for children\, teens\, and adults. After attending this webinar\, participants will be able to feel comfortable facilitating or co-facilitating a grief group. They will be given tools and ways to adapt to a quick-moving group atmosphere. \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  \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\nProvide leadership skills in leading a group of grieving children\, teens\, and/or adults\nPractice and apply the skills of communication\, awareness\, and reflection\nApply self-care techniques better provide support for themselves to help others\nFlexibility to adapt to a high-paced group environment\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nGabby Gauthier\, MA\, LPC\, a licensed professional counselor and program director at the Children’s Grief Center\, has been providing grief support for children\, teens\, and their families for 8 years. She facilitates groups for all ages to help families navigate their grief journey. \nGabby has a passion for encouraging the expression of grief\, and teaching others how to feel comfort in the discomfort. She has provided training to volunteers at the grief center\, as well as presenting at the National Alliance for Children’s Grief Conference. \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-basics-of-leading-a-grief-group/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20241217T172017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T180832Z
UID:12621-1739880000-1739885400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Integrating EMDR to Support Children Who Are Grieving
DESCRIPTION:Children who are grieving often face challenges in processing emotions and adapting to loss in developmentally appropriate ways. This presentation explores the integration of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with play-based approaches to support children navigating the complexities of grief. Participants will delve into the core principles of EMDR\, including its eight-phase protocol\, and discover how to tailor it specifically for children who are grieving. \nThe session highlights the role of play and creative expression as vital tools to complement EMDR\, making interventions more engaging and effective for young clients. Attendees will learn at least three practical\, play-based techniques to help children externalize emotions\, process their grief\, and rebuild a sense of stability. \nAdditionally\, participants will gain insights into three trauma-informed strategies for integrating EMDR into grief work. These strategies are designed to address the unique developmental\, emotional\, and cognitive needs of children\, ensuring a holistic and compassionate approach to care. \nThe presentation includes guided worksheets to help attendees create a structured framework for future EMDR and play-based interventions tailored to their clients. By combining EMDR’s structured\, evidence-based methodology with the creativity and adaptability of play\, participants will leave equipped to support grieving children in processing emotions\, building resilience\, and discovering paths toward growth and adjustment after loss. \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 the core principles of EMDR and describe its eight-phase protocol with specific applications for grieving children.\nList at least three developmentally appropriate\, play-based approaches to enhance EMDR interventions for children experiencing grief.\nDescribe at least three trauma-informed strategies for integrating EMDR into children’s grief support to facilitate emotional processing and foster resilience.\nDemonstrate practical skills in applying EMDR and play-based interventions to address the complexities of childhood grief effectively.\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\, and 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 self-care 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. \nThe presenter is approved to offer EMDRIA continuing education by the EMDRIA Credit Approval. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 EMDRIA continuing education credits. EC Program Approval Number: #24077-01. \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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, 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: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. 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/integrating-emdr-to-support-grieving-children/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240919T184433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130536Z
UID:12152-1738929600-1738933200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Grief-Tech: The Intersection of Grief and Technology
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. \nIn today’s digital age\, technology is reshaping how we experience and process grief. This webinar introduces new professionals to the evolving landscape of grief-tech\, exploring its history\, current applications\, and future potential. We’ll examine how digital platforms and tools are being used to process and support grief expression and discuss the ethical considerations of using technology in grief support. The webinar will also explore practical ways to incorporate grief-tech into professional practice. We’ll conclude by considering the future of grief-tech\, including developments in AI and machine learning for personalized grief support. \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\nUnderstand the evolution of grief-tech and its current applications\nIdentify ethical considerations and best practices for implementing technology-based interventions\nExplore at least three ways to incorporate grief-tech tools or platforms into your professional practice to enhance bereavement support\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nMelissa Lunardini\, PhD\, MA\, MBA\, FT\, is the Chief Clinical Officer for Help Texts and CEO of Radical Grief. Melissa has 20 years of experience in program design and development in grief\, loss\, and trauma for healthcare\, academia\, for-profit\, and non-profit industries. She is an international speaker and trainer. Melissa strives to remain current with trends and research in the industry as a published researcher and peer reviewer.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/introduction-to-grief-support-series-grief-tech-the-intersection-of-grief-and-technology/
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:20250205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T143000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20241119T191846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T191846Z
UID:12509-1738760400-1738765800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Data and Evaluation Series Training #7: Visualizing and Reporting Evaluation Data
DESCRIPTION:Given 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 in designing bereavement-focused evaluation protocols with the power of the CBEM\, with philanthropic support provided by the New York Life Foundation and in collaboration with the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)\, Judi’s House/JAG Institute offered a series of free basic trainings in 2022-23 to share best practices in data collection and program evaluation. \nIn 2024-2027\, JH/JAG will continue to support the field in growing their capacity for evaluation and data analysis. In this seventh workshop on Visualizing and Reporting Evaluation Data\, participants will learn about different ways to visualize data\, how to report data to various stakeholders\, and gain practical tips for using data in writing grant proposals. \nThe training structure includes a welcome/introduction\, and for each objective: content\, polls\, and examples. The presenters will utilize polls and reflections to engage participants in activities focused on the evaluation content and to orient participants to how they can apply learnings in their organization. Time will be allocated at the end of the session to review each of the three objectives\, discuss plans for application of learnings\, and answer participant questions. \n\nContinuing Education (CEs): 1.5 continuing education credits pending\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar\nCost: Free for All \n \n  \nThis session is a continuation of the Data and Evaluation Training Series. To view the other sessions\, click on the title below. \nSession 1: Data Basics\nSession 2: Program Evaluation Basics\nSession 3: Theory of Change\nSession 4: Program Evaluation Planning\nSession 5: Evaluation Design and Analysis\nSession 6: Ethical Practices for Evaluation\nThis session – Session 7: Visualizing and Reporting Evaluation Data \n\nObjectives:\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\nSelect appropriate visualizations of evaluation data.\nEffectively prepare for reporting evaluation results to different stakeholders.\nUse evaluation data in writing grant proposals and reports.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nMaria Bartini\, PhD\, is the Evaluation Manager at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. With a doctoral degree in Life-Span Developmental Psychology from the University of Georgia\, she has over 20 years’ experience teaching research methods\, statistics\, and child development at the college level. In her academic career\, she also conducted evaluation research in schools\, colleges\, and youth sports organizations with the overarching goal of improving the lives of children and adolescents. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Maria contributes to the evaluation and research activities at Judi’s House. Her work focuses on building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field of childhood bereavement and evaluating the impact of Judi’s House services. She can be reached at mariab@judishouse.org. \nMaddy Saunders\, MS\, works as a Research Associate at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. In her role\, she helps lead the Childhood Bereavement Changemaker expansion\, collaborating with organizations across the country to support implementation of data-informed strategies in decision-making\, program implementation\, and evaluation. Maddy holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology with concentrations in Evaluation Research and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She can be reached at maddyv@judishouse.org. \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 (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 ensure 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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, date\, and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and require a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete this form to obtain a copy: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. Please note that if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, 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/data-and-evaluation-series-training-7-visualizing-and-reporting-evaluation-data/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240820T133915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T180842Z
UID:11782-1736856000-1736861400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Crossing the Grief Bridge: Supporting Siblings Coping with Loss
DESCRIPTION:Sibling loss can have a significant impact on children. Children may struggle to understand why their sibling has died\, and they may feel responsible or blame themselves for what happened. The loss of a sibling can also affect a child’s sense of identity and place within their family. They may feel like they have lost a part of themselves and struggle to navigate their new role in the family dynamic. This experiential workshop will allow attendees to learn a new therapeutic activity that can be used for siblings individually or within a group. Through the metaphor of crossing over a wooden bridge with planks representing struggles and hopes\, attendees will have a deeper understanding of their grief journey. After self-reflection and discussion\, attendees can facilitate this therapeutic activity with a diverse population coping with grief and loss. \nMaterials needed for this webinar include: \n\nPreferably different-colored popsicle sticks. If those aren’t available\, regular popsicle sticks with several different colored markers will work as well.\nA hot glue gun or craft glue.\nA large piece of cardstock or cardboard.\nA small paper bowl.\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\nIdentify grief reactions in children coping with sibling loss.\nDemonstrate self-reflection skills to deepen the learning process.\nCreate a therapeutic activity allowing children to process\, explore\, and express grief.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nShani Thornton\, MS\, CCLS\, has been a Certified Child Life Specialist for 17 years. She started her career in a pediatric inpatient rehabilitation setting\, transitioned to the community\, and launched a private practice in the Sacramento region of Northern California. Shani supports families coping with life’s challenges of illness\, trauma\, loss\, and transitions. Using therapeutic play\, creative arts\, education\, and empathy\, she helps children process these challenges and create a coping plan to support their needs. She offers in-home visits\, phone/virtual consultations\, caregiver workshops\, and support to community programs\, hospice agencies\, and schools. Shani’s expertise has been working with families coping with a terminal diagnosis\, end-of-life support\, and grief. She recently co-authored a chapter on private practice in The Role of Child Life Specialists in Community Settings. She has been a chair member of the Association of Child Life Professionals and the California Association of Play Therapy and volunteers as a burn camp leader for the Firefighters Burn Institute. Shani is a sought-after presenter for many local\, regional\, and national conferences and reaches many followers through her insightful blogs and publications. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \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/crossing-the-grief-bridge-supporting-siblings-coping-with-loss/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240125T153746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181013Z
UID:10327-1733918400-1733923800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults in Their Grief Journey
DESCRIPTION:This 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. \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 the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe helpful strategies when working with adolescents and young adults who have experienced a death.\nIdentify various creative activities that are helpful when working with young adults.\nCreate various interactive activities for young adult programming.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nDana Minor is the Program Director at The WARM Place\, a grief support center for children\, in Fort Worth\, TX. She started at The WARM Place in 1994 and has served as a houseparent\, facilitator\, monitor\, and group director. Dana has over 25 years of experience working in children’s bereavement and began her work at El Tesoro de la Vida Grief Camp. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and Certified School Counselor. Dana served on the Speaker’s Bureau for the National Center for Youth Issues and has taught a variety of courses in the field of psychology at Tarrant County College. \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/supporting-young-adults-in-their-grief-journey/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20241021T150035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181018Z
UID:12397-1731931200-1731936600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:CBEM Key Topic Report 2024: The Relationship between Childhood Bereavement and Household Income
DESCRIPTION:The Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) developed by Judi’s House/JAG Institute approximates rates of U.S. children who will experience the death of a parent or sibling by the time they reach adulthood. Each year\, Judi’s House releases standard estimates of childhood bereavement rates in the U.S. and all 50 states\, as well as a CBEM Key Topic Report exploring factor of interest\, such as geography\, cause of death\, race/ethnicity. This webinar reviews the 2024 CBEM Key Topic Report examining the relationship between childhood bereavement and household income in the United States. Income is a critical social determinant of health that is associated with a range of outcomes\, including early mortality. Overall\, findings from CBEM analyses show that lower income is powerfully associated with higher childhood bereavement rates. In the vast majority of U.S. states\, children in the lowest income counties had the highest bereavement rates\, and the magnitude of the difference was typically substantial. \nDuring this webinar\, the presenters will review the process employed to create income categories in each state\, describe the methodology for the analyses\, and summarize the results across the 50 states. Implications of the findings for families\, community organizations\, advocates\, and policymakers will be explored along with recommendations for transformational change. \n\n \nDownload the slides →\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 → \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 the relationship between median household income and childhood bereavement rates in the United States.\nQuantify the magnitude of the difference in CBEM results for children in each US state’s lowest and highest median household income counties.\nPropose policies and practices that can address childhood bereavement using income disparities as an important context.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nJeff Lin\, PhD\, is the Director of Evaluation and Research of Judi’s House/JAG Institute. He has a passion for applying research evidence to develop public policies and practices that best serve the community. With decades of experience working in partnership with public and non-profit agencies\, he has seen the impact that good research can have on people’s lives. Jeff was a sociology professor for 15 years\, focusing his research and teaching on addressing pressing public issues such as criminal justice and youth services reforms. This experience deeply informs his commitment to producing data and evidence that can help bereaved children and families. \nMichaeleen (Micki) Burns\, PhD\, is the Chief Executive Officer at Judi’s House/JAG Institute (JH/JAG) and adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado. JH/JAG is a comprehensive family bereavement center in Metro Denver. She serves on the board of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief and is an advisor to Speaking Grief\, a national public media initiative seeking to the grief experience. 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. Her practice is focused on supporting families who have experienced the loss of a child and specializes in working with those grieving suicide and overdose deaths. She is dedicated to ensuring appropriate care is available for all and raising childhood bereavement to a level of critical public importance. Before becoming the CEO\, Micki oversaw the direct service\, research\, and training departments at JH/JAG\, working towards a vision where no child is alone in grief. \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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or (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 ensure 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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, date\, and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and require a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete this form to obtain a copy: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. Please note that if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, 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/cbem-key-topic-report-2024-the-relationship-between-childhood-bereavement-and-household-income/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20241017T135420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T143219Z
UID:12386-1731582000-1731589200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Unique Challenges of Supporting Bereaved Children in Rural America
DESCRIPTION:November 14\, 2024 | 11:00am to 1:00pm EST | Virtual Event | Free to All\nA free education event honoring Children’s Grief Awareness Month\n\n\n\n\nRural America is facing a growing mental health crisis—strained resources\, rising suicide rates\, and an over-reliance on medication. Compounding this is the staggering number of children who are grieving: 1 in 12 will experience the death of a parent or sibling before they reach the age of 18. Grief support professionals and bereavement centers in rural areas are working hard to keep up with the need but face unique challenges. We need to find new ways of supporting these communities that are informed of the challenges specific to rural populations. In this session\, we’ll examine the intersection of rural mental health and children’s grief\, shedding light on the specific barriers these communities face. Join us as we explore innovative strategies to improve support and take a closer look at the impact in your own region. \n\n\nRegister here →\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Presenter:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Kris Fulkerson is the founder of Coping 4 Kids\, started in 2007\, and co-founder of the non-profit Coping 4 Life in 2016 – after spending 13 years with a grief center. She has extensive training in grief/trauma\, youth mental health needs\, suicide prevention\, and rural mental health. Kris has presented both nationally and locally\, in person and online\, including a national webinar on parenting teens during the pandemic through the NACG and most recently to Barry University in Miami on the rural mental health crisis afflicting the United States. Kris volunteers with both Experience Camps and TAPS providing clinical care to grieving children and adolescents around the country. She was honored with a 2011 NASW Social Worker of the Year award\, a 2016 YWCA Woman of Distinction Award\, and the 2021 Horace Mann Reaching Out and Building Bridges Award by the Illinois Principals Association for her innovative mobile social work programs in rural schools. On a personal level\, Kris is a widow raising her nine children with her amazing now husband\, Jason\, in Southern Illinois. Beyond her calling to help people\, Kris kayaks\, travels\, raises her small army\, and is the main blogger on Coping’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/unique-challenges-of-supporting-bereaved-children-in-rural-america/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240909T130626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T141825Z
UID:12088-1730898000-1730901600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Data and Evaluation Series Training #6: Ethical Practices in Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Given 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 in designing bereavement-focused evaluation protocols with the power of the CBEM\, with philanthropic support provided by the New York Life Foundation and in collaboration with the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)\, Judi’s House/JAG Institute offered a series of free basic trainings in 2022-23 to share best practices in data collection and program evaluation. \nIn 2024-2027\, JH/JAG will continue to support the field in growing their capacity for evaluation and data analysis. In this sixth workshop on Ethical Practices in Evaluation\, participants will review the purpose of evaluation\, learn about ethics in evaluation practice and research\, and learn to map evaluation questions to evaluation surveys and measures. \nThe training structure includes a welcome/introduction\, and for each objective:  content\, polls\, and examples. The presenters will utilize polls and reflections to engage participants in activities focused on the evaluation content and to orient participants to how they can apply learnings in their organization. Time will be allocated at the end of the session to review each of the three objectives\, discuss plans for application of learnings\, and answer participant questions. \n\n \n  \nThis session is a continuation of the Data and Evaluation Training Series. To view the other sessions\, click on the title below. \nSession 1: Data Basics\nSession 2: Program Evaluation Basics\nSession 3: Theory of Change\nSession 4: Program Evaluation Planning\nSession 5: Evaluation Design and Analysis\nThis session – Session 6: Ethical Practices for Evaluation \n\nContinuing Education (CEs): *Continuing education 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 the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand the goals and purpose of evaluation and ethical practice.\nApply ethical principles to data collection practices.\nUse measure mapping to accurately match data collection to evaluation goals.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nMaria Bartini\, PhD\, is the Evaluation Manager at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. With a doctoral degree in Life-Span Developmental Psychology from the University of Georgia\, she has over 20 years’ experience teaching research methods\, statistics\, and child development at the college level. In her academic career\, she also conducted evaluation research in schools\, colleges\, and youth sports organizations with the overarching goal of improving the lives of children and adolescents. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Maria contributes to the evaluation and research activities at Judi’s House. Her work focuses on building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field of childhood bereavement and evaluating the impact of Judi’s House services. She can be reached at mariab@judishouse.org. \nMaddy Saunders\, MS\, works as a Research Associate at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. In her role\, she helps lead the Childhood Bereavement Changemaker expansion\, collaborating with organizations across the country to support implementation of data-informed strategies in decision-making\, program implementation\, and evaluation. Maddy holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology with concentrations in Evaluation Research and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She can be reached at maddyv@judishouse.org. \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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or (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 ensure 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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, date\, and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and require a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete this form to obtain a copy: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. Please note that if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, 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/data-and-evaluation-series-training-6-ethical-practices-in-evaluation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240719T181854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130526Z
UID:11672-1730462400-1730466000@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Attachment Theory and the Enduring Impact on Grief
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. \nAttachment 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 we grieve and relate to others. Throughout this presentation we will discuss attachment styles across the lifespan\, how those styles can impact grief reactions\, attachment theory’s role in healing\, and strategies and interventions to navigate grief within the framework of attachment theory. \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\nDescribe the four attachment styles and discern the potential difference in grief responses.\nIdentify how attachment styles can be utilized to promote healing.\nGain skills in applying attachment theory in therapeutic settings.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nJordan Park\, 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 2017. She has served in various roles throughout her 5 years of employment at Calm Waters\, and is currently a full-time therapist\, seeing individuals\, families\, and couples who have experienced a death and/or divorce. She is very passionate about healthy relationships and encourages individuals to know they are worthy of love and of being seen\, heard\, and valued. \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. \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-attachment-theory-and-the-enduring-impact-on-grief/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240111T152948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181242Z
UID:10167-1729684800-1729690200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Terrific or Terrifying? How to Engage Tweens in a Peer Support Grief Group
DESCRIPTION:Are 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 they are as an individual while fiercely craving to fit in with their cohorts. Grief is a deeply personal and complex emotional process that can profoundly impact adolescents’ lives\, relationships\, and academic performance. When you combine the awkwardness of being a tween and grief\, you’ve got a recipe for a complicated population of grievers. By gaining a better understanding of the unique challenges faced by grieving middle schoolers\, we can offer the support and resources to help them navigate through this difficult journey. This presentation identifies the developmental and social factors that come into play for adolescents and how those may impact peer support group dynamics. Participants have the opportunity to integrate this knowledge into action by practicing activities that can foster engagement and connection among tweens in peer support groups. \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\nIdentify developmental factors that influence a middle school-aged child’s grieving process.\nRestate the relation of development to social factors and how they impact the peer support dynamic.\nDemonstrate activities that can be adapted to a peer support grief group for middle school-aged children.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nMimi Dambro\, MSW\, LSW\, has been the Assistant Director of Programs at Peter’s Place: A Center for Grieving Children & Families for the past 3 years. Through her experience\, she has run onsite and school-based peer support groups for children ages four through high school as well as groups for adult caregivers. In addition to her facilitation experience\, Mimi has created numerous curriculums\, grief modules\, and activity book bags for middle school and high school aged youth. Prior to her time at Peter’s Place\, Mimi worked with children and families at the University of Pennsylvania’s Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic working with youth in foster care. She has spent time as well working for Child Guidance Resource Centers in their school-based program working with children grades kindergarten through 8th grade. Mimi is a licensed social worker who earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Bloomsburg University and her master’s degree in Social work from the University of Pennsylvania. Mimi’s passion for supporting youth and families is what connects her to working in the realm of childhood bereavement. \nPat Wong Connolly\, LCSW\, CT\, is an Onsite Group Facilitator at Peter’s Place: A Center for Grieving Children & Families\, located in Radnor\, PA and serving the Greater Philadelphia area. Her work focuses on developing and facilitating peer support groups for children and caregivers as well as designing and implementing volunteer training. She has over 10 years of experience working with various populations in bereavement\, private practice and higher education settings. Pat earned her master’s degree in college counseling and student development from the University of Delaware and her master’s in social services from Bryn Mawr College. She is a licensed clinical social worker and certified thanatologist\, who maintains a private practice\, supporting individuals through grief and life transitions. \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/terrific-or-terrifying-how-to-engage-tweens-in-a-peer-support-grief-group/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240820T161805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130453Z
UID:11791-1728648000-1728651600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Grief Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
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. \nProfessionals working in the field of loss and bereavement are accustomed to supporting families in need after a death has occurred. Yet many families experience grief at the time of diagnosis leading up to the actual death. This reaction\, otherwise known as anticipatory grief\, is what families are immediately coping with as their world changes drastically. \nThis workshop will address anticipatory grief; why and how it is a unique type of grief and how it impacts children’s developmental stages. It will also cover therapeutic interventions such as bibliotherapy\, creative arts\, and play techniques. Emphasis on legacy building and holding space for families and their grief journey will also be presented. The presenters will also leave time for 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  \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  \nSpeaker Bio:\nShani Thornton\, MS\, CCLS\, has been a Certified Child Life Specialist for 17 years. She started her career in a pediatric inpatient rehabilitation setting\, transitioned to the community\, and launched a private practice in the Sacramento region of Northern California. Shani supports families coping with life’s challenges of illness\, trauma\, loss\, and transitions. Using therapeutic play\, creative arts\, education\, and empathy\, she helps children process these challenges and create a coping plan to support their needs. She offers in-home visits\, phone/virtual consultations\, caregiver workshops\, and support to community programs\, hospice agencies\, and schools. Shani’s expertise has been working with families coping with a terminal diagnosis\, end-of-life support\, and grief. She recently co-authored a chapter on private practice in The Role of Child Life Specialists in Community Settings. She has been a chair member of the Association of Child Life Professionals and the California Association of Play Therapy and volunteers as a burn camp leader for the Firefighters Burn Institute. Shani is a sought-after presenter for many local\, regional\, and national conferences and reaches many followers through her insightful blogs and publications. \nCorrie Sirota\, MSW\, holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from McGill University\, (Montreal\, Canada) as well as a Graduate Certificate in Loss and Bereavement where she continues to teach. As a licensed psychotherapist\, Corrie maintains a private practice specializing in Loss and Bereavement\, Parenting\, Stress management\, and Relationship issues. She is the author of “Someone Died…Now What – A personal and professional perspective on coping with grief and loss” and “Loss & Found – A grief activity journal. Corrie is also the Clinical Director of Myra’s Kids Foundation which holds a weekend bereavement camp for children ages 6-17. \nCorrie is the co-host of Life Unrehearsed – a weekly radio show on CJAD 800 about the ins and outs of everyday life. She is also a well-known guest speaker\, having presented at numerous conferences and workshops\, both locally and nationally and continues to develop and facilitate psycho-social prevention and intervention workshops for school professionals\, students\, camping staff\, various community agencies\, organizations\, and businesses. Corrie delivered a TEDx presentation in Oct 2019 entitled\, Creating New Normals after Someone You Loved Died. She is frequently interviewed on many local radio\, news\, and TV programs on various issues relating to loss and bereavement\, how to cope with crisis\, child development\, and parenting. She is married and has two children and loves to laugh. \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-comes-in-all-shapes-and-sizes/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240111T161211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181222Z
UID:10164-1726664400-1726668000@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Compassionate Leadership: Moving in and Through Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Compassionate 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 of team and gratitude. Participants will walk away shored up with ideas for moving in and through potentially difficult conversations with increased clarity and effectiveness. \n \nNot 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) Total: 1.0 hours available\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 four leadership styles and how they impact workplaces.\nIdentify one strategy for effectively giving and/or receiving feedback.\nIdentify one strategy for creating or promoting organizational wellness.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nDr. Tina Barrett\, LCPC specializes in strength-oriented care and fostering resilience following traumatic experiences and attachment breaks. A licensed clinical professional counselor\, Barrett integrates stories and experiences from over 25 years of work in hospitals\, schools\, group homes\, private practice\, wilderness therapy\, and nonprofit grief centers. As the Executive Director of Tamarack Grief Resource Center\, her commitment to excellence in grief and trauma care is matched by her profound commitment to healthy organizations and setting teams up for success. Barrett is the author of numerous chapters and articles and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Children’s Grief; the Leadership Team for Project Tomorrow Montana; and on the Advisory Board for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. She was recognized as the 2019 Community Educator by the Association of Death Educators and Counselors. \nMeg Smith\, MA is the Assistant Director for Tamarack Grief Resource Center. She’s been with TGRC for 5 years\, managing the administrative functioning of the nonprofit\, including clinic management\, technology\, operations\, HR\, and development. She has an MA in Environmental Humanities and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Public Administration. Her background is in nonprofit efficiency\, creating systems and policies to bolster efficiency and efficacy. She has grant writing and development training from the University of Montana and experience building systems from the ground up from her work developing a quarterly magazine with Families for a Livable Climate. She trained as an educator and worked in Missoula County Public Schools. \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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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. \n  \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/compassionate-leadership-moving-in-and-through-difficult-conversations/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240719T175248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130449Z
UID:11659-1725624000-1725627600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Beyond Risk Factors and Warning Signs: An Introduction to Suicide
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. \nSuicidology 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 European-based assumptions that suicide is a singular\, individual\, autonomous experience without connection to socio-cultural contexts or structural-historical forces (Button & Marsh\, 2020). Instead\, suicide is a “wicked problem” (Bryan\, 2021): highly complex and not easily addressed with solution-focused\, linear thinking. Grief after suicide has been underestimated in terms of the reach and impact on the bereaved. \nResearch has led to the construction of the Continuum Model of the Effects of Suicide Exposure (National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention\, 2015)\, illustrating that 115 people are exposed each time a suicide occurs\, and 63 of these will have high or very high closeness with the deceased. Those bereaved after suicide are often challenged by the “perceived intentionality” of the death and related “perceived responsibility” for the death (Jordan\, 2020). Research shows that lifetime suicide exposure is related to increased suicidal ideation\, PTS\, and anxiety (Andriessen et al.\, 2020). This presentation will go beyond risk factors and warning signs that lead to inaccurate presumptions about suicide. We will review theories of and best practices for addressing suicidal behavior\, framing suicidality as not just an individual act but something that has social determinants (Millner et al.\, 2020; Jackson-Lowman et al.\, 2023). We will address research about and best practices for suicide intervention\, postvention\, and supporting grievers after suicide. The presentation will offer special consideration of how children and teens are impacted\, what they worry about after a suicide death\, and ways to support them (Andriessen et al.\, 2020). \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\nIdentify and discuss theories of suicide.\nIdentify and discuss research on and best practices for suicide intervention and addressing suicidal behavior.\nIdentify and discuss research on and best practices for postvention and grief support after suicide.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nJanet McCord\, PhD\, FT\, Professor of Thanatology and Thanatology Program Director at Edgewood College\, has been a thanatologist and suicidologist for nearly 30 years. She is a death educator who teaches a broad array of topics in thanatology and suicidology and has educated hundreds of master’s level students around the globe in graduate thanatology programs. She is a member of the International Work Group on Death\, Dying and Bereavement (IWG) since 2016 and embraces the IWG’s vision as her own: a world where dying\, death\, and bereavement are an open part of all cultures. Her research interests include the investigation of global and cultural perspectives of trauma\, dying\, death\, grief\, suicide\, and loss\, and the intersection of thanatology with literature and the arts. She is in the process of conducting research on death and funeral rituals among the Acholi and BaGanda peoples of Uganda\, and plans to expand this research to other low-income countries. She currently serves as a Thanatology Section Editor for the Routledge Online Resources: Death\, Dying\, and Bereavement\, and has published peer-reviewed articles\, book reviews\, book chapters\, and contributed to a range of projects as an author or reviewer. \nRebecca S. Morse\, PhD\, is a behavioral and developmental psychologist and thanatologist. She has taught at several Universities and Colleges on a broad range of topics in psychology\, criminology\, traumatology\, grief after suicide\, and thanatology. She is a Past President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and is the co-chair for the American Psychological Association End of Life Special Interest Group. She is also a collaborator on a project with the Hospice Foundation of America to provide grief education for individuals with Autism\, funded by the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation. She is a Thanatology Subject Editor for Taylor & Francis\, and has published peer-reviewed articles\, book chapters\, and contributed to numerous textbooks as both an author\, and a reviewer. \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-beyond-risk-factors-and-warning-signs-an-introduction-to-suicide/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240514T175651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T172912Z
UID:11001-1723640400-1723644000@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Data and Evaluation Training Series #5: Evaluation Design and Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Download the Slides →\nGiven 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 in designing bereavement-focused evaluation protocols with the power of the CBEM\, with philanthropic support provided by the New York Life Foundation and in collaboration with the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)\, Judi’s House/JAG Institute offered a series of free basic trainings in 2022-23 to share best practices in data collection and program evaluation. \nIn 2024-2027\, JH/JAG will continue to support the field in growing its capacity for evaluation and data analysis. In this fifth workshop on Evaluation Design and Analysis\, participants will learn how to design an outcome evaluation\, analyze change over time in a pretest-posttest design\, and analyze change based on the level of clients’ attendance and participation in services (i.e.\, dosage analyses). \nThe training structure includes a welcome/introduction and for each objective:  content\, polls\, and examples. The presenters will utilize polls and reflections to engage participants in activities focused on the evaluation content and to orient participants to how they can apply learnings in their organization. Time will be allocated at the end of the session to review each of the three objectives\, discuss plans for the application of learnings\, and answer participant questions. \n\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\nDesign an outcome evaluation and identify essential data to collect.\nAnalyze and interpret change through pretest-posttest comparisons.\nAnalyze and interpret outcomes by comparing different dosages of client program attendance.\n\n  \nThis session is a continuation of the 2023 Data and Evaluation Training Series. To view the other sessions\, click on the title below. \nSession 1: Data Basics\nSession 2: Program Evaluation Basics\nSession 3: Theory of Change\nSession 4: Program Evaluation Planning\nThis session – Session 5: Evaluation Design and Analysis \n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nMaria Bartini\, PhD\, is the Evaluation Manager at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. With a doctoral degree in Life-Span Developmental Psychology from the University of Georgia\, she has over 20 years’ experience teaching research methods\, statistics\, and child development at the college level. In her academic career\, she also conducted evaluation research in schools\, colleges\, and youth sports organizations with the overarching goal of improving the lives of children and adolescents. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Maria contributes to the evaluation and research activities at Judi’s House. Her work focuses on building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field of childhood bereavement and evaluating the impact of Judi’s House services. She can be reached at mariab@judishouse.org. \nMaddy Saunders works as a Research Associate at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. In her role\, she helps lead the Childhood Bereavement Changemaker expansion\, collaborating with organizations across the country to support implementation of data-informed strategies in decision-making\, program implementation\, and evaluation. Maddy holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology with concentrations in Evaluation Research and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She can be reached at maddyv@judishouse.org. \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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or (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 ensure 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 date of completion of the educational event which include: the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, date\, and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and require a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete this form to obtain a copy: https://nacg.wufoo.com/forms/qfsln7r1twqpty/. Please note that if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, 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/data-and-evaluation-training-series-5-evaluation-design-and-analysis/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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SUMMARY:Creating the Container for Us: How to Hold Space for Ourselves and Each Other After a Student Death
DESCRIPTION:How 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? \nWhen students die\, we understandably and necessarily mobilize to support our surviving students\, their peers\, and the connected community. We tend to assume\, however\, that the staff doing that mobilization are ok\, and/or we forget to create space to make sense of what just happened  (let alone for what happened months ago\, or even years ago). \nThe task of creating and holding space for the adult staff in a school\, system\, division\, or organization after a student death is one that we\, as administrators\, staff\, and school leadership\, rarely get support with. Join SCRR for a dynamic session on how to facilitate space-holding for educators after a student dies\, & the role of collective rituals in processing. \nParticipants will learn how to organize a gathering and the ins and outs of holding space: from how to structure a gathering to how to care for yourself and others to what to do when things go awry. You’ll also have a chance to experience a space for educator communal care firsthand and to share and reflect on your own experiences of loss and life after. \n\n\n\n \nDownload the Slides →\nDownload the Handout →\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\nHold space for educators to connect and share about what it means to teach\, lead school sites or systems\, and provide school services after the death of a student or alum.\nIdentify approaches that create intentional\, peer-led spaces for educators to engage in conversation around their experience with death-related\, school-based losses as a means towards healing.\nExplore evidence-based research on the specific impact of engaging in rituals collectively as opposed to individually.\nEngage in reflective practice that in itself allows you to better lead your community and team.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nLeora Wolf-Prusan\, EdD\, serves as the Project Director for the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal project and as the School Mental Health field director for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC)\, in addition to many other facilitation projects. Previous roles include a national field director of a SAMHSA initiative (ReCAST) and technical assistance for the Student Mental Health Program for California’s Community Colleges\, CalWORKs\, and more.  With years of training and facilitating learning and community building in schools p-16\, Wolf-Prusan is skilled in facilitation\, human learning design\, training\, and coaching. Wolf-Prusan is dedicated to work focused on educator mental health\, wellness\, and trauma-informed approaches to education and operates through a framework in which public health\, social work\, and education intersect. Her research examined the impact of student death on teachers\, what factors contribute to teachers building resiliency\, and what supports teachers need from the school system in the event of a student homicide or other traumas. She received a BA in international relations and a BA in Spanish with a minor in Social & Ethnic Relations from the University of California\, Davis; a teaching credential from Mills College; and an EdD in educational leadership from UCLA. \nOriana Idea\, MA\, LPCCI\, PPS\, is the School Mental Health Training Specialist at CARS\, who approaches healing the wounds of trauma and oppression as core elements of social justice.  She has worked with young people across life course from elementary school to college\, and has served as teacher-leader\, school counselor\, classroom educator and program director.  She is committed to generating equity within school structures and policies by focusing on evidence-based mental health techniques and institutional design. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nCEs have been applied for through the following programs\, CEs are currently pending approval from the respective boards. This page will be updated upon approval of CEs. \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/creating-the-container-for-us-how-to-hold-space-for-ourselves-and-each-other-after-a-student-death/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240410T175313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181523Z
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SUMMARY:In Today’s World: Cultivating Collective Intercultural Wellbeing and a Sense of Belonging in the Community
DESCRIPTION:In today’s multiple pandemics of oppression\, mass trauma\, forced migration\, COVID-19\, and climate change\, there is sustained traumatic stress with corresponding opportunities to heal. Historic\, collective\, and intergenerational trauma have spread dis-ease throughout human nature. Humanity has experienced more and more fragmentation\, collective violence\, and isolation. \nIn this workshop attendees will begin to understand the effects of collective loss due to war\, persecution\, and terrorism\, its impact on children and families\, as well as healing through the re-establishment of belonging. “Humans sitting within trauma from war\, persecution\, and terrorism tell us over and over again how much the systems of oppression need to change for healing to occur. In fact\, they state that the first step in healing is not so much about revealing the darkest traumatic memories. The greatest healing\, they report\, is having a sense of belonging in the community.” (St. Thomas\, Sheffield and Johnson. (2024) Collective Trauma and Human Suffering.) \nParticipants will learn the growing pains and evolution of a 25 year old bereavement and intercultural program. We will share a documentary film on collective loss produced by the Intercultural Advisory Council at the Center for Grieving Children in Maine. This documentary shares the added complexities of cross cultural definitions of collective loss\, grief\, as well as acculturative stress. We will explore inhibitors of cross-cultural communication and the five essentials of collective healing towards belonging. \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\nIdentify at least three strategies in bringing belonging to intercultural settings.\nIdentify the top three inhibitors to cross-cultural communication.\nLearn the five essentials to collective healing.\nExplore and identify at least one initiative in implementing collective healing into their organization.\nIdentify at least two added barriers to healing when resettling from war and persecution.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nMarie Sheffield\, MA\, LCPC\, is a clinical counselor\, art therapist\, co-author and interculturalist\, working in the field of mass trauma\, intercultural communication and collective healing. In addition to being an adjunct professor at University of Southern Maine\, she has spent two decades enhancing and implementing a collective healing and intercultural model with those resettling from war and persecution. Additionally\, over the course of ten years\, Marie was one of two mental health consultants for America’s Camp\, a six day overnight camp supporting children who lost a parent(s) on 9.11\, or in the course of duty. At the Center for Grieving Children\, while developing intercultural and diversity training curriculum\, she established an Intercultural Advisory Council producing documentary films and community conversations across differences. Marie also completed a fellowship with the Intercultural Communication Institute. Since then\, Marie has become a senior facilitator of Personal Leadership (plseminars.com) and incorporates this model in all of her work. As co-founder of Bridge to Belong Consulting (bridge2belong.com)\, her training and consultations are focused on bringing skills of collective healing support into the healthcare\, education and community systems. \n  \nJustine Mugabo\, BS\, is the Intercultural Program Coordinator at the Center for Grieving Children. She works with facilitators in social and educational institutions to provide collective healing support and growth for children resettling from war and persecution. She states that her passion is to “help people in achieving their dreams and goals.” According to Justine\, “Our goal at the Center is to help children and families to find hope and love and increase belonging in order to express feelings safely relative to the grief and loss. Such building of community resilience is a resource to persevere in the World.” \nJustine is a Board Member for In Her Presence\, an immigrant owned non-profit supporting asylum seeking women in navigating pathways forward. She collaborates in developing policy\, programming\, and resources and provides direct support. She also spends her time on the board of Double Hope Children\, an immigrant owned non-profit working to support the needs of children resettling from war and persecution. \nBefore resettling into the United States herself\, Justine worked in customer service management with the Mobile Telephone Network of Rwanda. With her lived experience\, training and leadership position Justine has developed effective skills in intercultural communication\, collective healing support and knowledge. \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 who complete 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 ensure 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:  View the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/in-todays-world-cultivating-collective-intercultural-wellbeing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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SUMMARY:The Future of Grief Camps: Themes and Standards in a Changing World
DESCRIPTION:There are so many ways we are seeing shifts in how we support youth and families experiencing grief\, from shifting camp models to creating more accessibility throughout a program. While there is so much power in how diverse bereavement camps have become\, it can also feel important to come back together as a field to collectively share our foundation for these camps and how we plan to move forward as a field. \nJoin us for a panel discussion where professionals from the bereavement and camp fields come together to highlight important themes and standards for bereavement camps today and looking forward. Topics such as expanding the definition of wellbeing to actively working on creating equitable and inclusive camp spaces. The panel will share their thoughts around these important themes and more. We will also address the updated Bereavement Camp Standards of Practice as a practical tool for the bereavement and camp fields. \n\n \nNot 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\nInvestigate key themes in the bereavement camp field where shifts are being seen.\nInform bereavement professionals of the free Bereavement Camp Standards of Practice resource to help inform bereavement camp standards across the field.\nAppraise minimum practices and standards to ensure a safer bereavement camp experience for participants.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nKiri Meyer (Moderator and Panelist) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin\, a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)\, and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200). Kiri has spent over a decade helping to support individuals and families of all ages through individual/family counseling and camp-based programs. Kiri supports camp and other non-profit programs by acting as a Mental Health Professional throughout the camp program or as needed for other programs. She has conducted trainings in the areas of trauma and bereavement throughout her professional career and is now part of the Eluna Camp Erin team helping to support professionals in the Camp Erin network. \nDr. Tina Barrett (Panelist) is the Executive Director/Co-founder of Tamarack Grief Resource Center in Montana.  Since 1994\, Barrett has specialized in family systems\, strength-oriented and outdoor-based support following grief and trauma. Her doctoral research illuminated benefits of youth bereavement camps. Over the past 30 years\, Barrett has focused on best practices of nature-based support with trauma survivors and family-systems. She has designed and directed various models of grief camps for youth\, teens\, women\, families\, and professionals in Montana and six other states including A Camp to Remember which she launched in 1997. She served on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG)\, and currently serves on the Leadership Team of Project Tomorrow Montana and the Advisory Board for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. Barrett received the Community Educator Award from Association for Death Educators and Counselors (ADEC) in 2019. \nJohn Hamilton\, MA\, (Panelist) is a strategic leader in the camp and out-of-school time (OST) space. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer for the Alliance for Camp Health. John has a deep understanding of mental\, emotional\, and social health (MESH +) of youth and national program expansion. Prior to ACH he served as the national director for Camp HOPE America. John has an MA in Leadership and Cultural Justice\, is the cofounder of the Outdoor Wellbeing Lab\, and is a former executive director of a camp near Lake Tahoe. \nKatie Hartley\, LPC\, has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 1989 and has worked with children and youth her entire career. Her practice has included work with many populations\, emphasizing developmental theory and non-verbal interactions utilizing the creative arts. Katie served as an adjunct professor at Drexel as well as internship supervisor for many years. She has worked in private practice\, with school districts\, developmental centers and created an arts center for therapeutic work. Katie’s current role at Penn Medicine is as a children’s bereavement coordinator and clinical director for Camp Erin (a weekend camp for grieving youth). She continues to use the creative arts and has completed MBSR training and uses mindfulness and meditation within her work often. \nBrianne “Brie” Overton\, FT\, LPC\, NCC\, (Panelist) is the Chief Clinical Officer of Experience Camps\, a national nonprofit that provides no-fee\, clinically informed programs for kids who have experienced the death of a parent\, sibling or primary caregiver – as well as resources and advocacy so all grieving children can live a life rich with possibility. Brie received her MA in Thanatology from Hood College\, her M.Ed in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from University of Missouri – St. Louis\, and is a doctoral candidate in counseling at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She has spent 16 years in the field of thanatology providing grief education\, support\, counseling\, death education\, suicide prevention and intervention\, and consultation. \nJason Stout\, for more than two decades\, has been helping youth and adults find their inner strength\, form meaningful connections\, and experience personal transformation through adventure challenge and time in nature. His passion for this work is rooted in the losses of his sister\, grandmother\, and father — all before Jason was 15 years old. He struggled to deal with these losses as a teen and adult\, but he found purpose and healing after completing a 78-day Winter Wilderness Leadership Expedition.   In honor of his dad and sister\, Jason created a national wilderness program for at-risk and grieving teens\, which was featured in Backpacker Magazine\, The Denver Post\, and the Associated Press. Jason is founder of Stoutreach LLC where he provides training\, consultation\, and facilitation to outdoor education\, wilderness therapy\, and gap year programs.  In addition\, he serves as an advisor to TAPS where he manages\, develops\, and facilitates a variety of programming including mindfulness and healing in nature for youth and adult military survivors.  Previously he served Judi’s House as Outreach and Education Manager and Outward Bound as the National Outreach Director. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/the-future-of-grief-camps-themes-and-standards-in-a-changing-world/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240509T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240206T145252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181625Z
UID:10457-1715256000-1715259600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Compassion Fatigue in the Death Industry
DESCRIPTION:While the value of compassion in deathcare has gained increased attention\, it remains a neglected focus of training. Vicarious trauma leading to compassion fatigue is changing the way professionals think about self-care. Participants will explore how repeat exposure to traumatic deaths coupled with the constant output of empathy can affect their cognition and emotional balance\, and learn 20 evidence-based techniques designed to mitigate the effects before it leads to career 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: 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\nIdentify ways the concept of compassion fatigue applies to deathcare professionals.\nSelf-assess cognitive\, emotional and physical signs of compassion fatigue.\nUnderstand the complementary roles of stress management\, resilience\, and career longevity.\nLearn evidence-based techniques that mitigate negative work-related effects.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nLynda Cheldelin Fell is founding partner of the International Grief Institute\, and international bestselling author of over 35 books including the award-winning Grief Diaries series. With her background as a firefighter/EMT\, Lynda specializes in trauma\, grief\, compassion fatigue\, and holds a national certification in critical incident stress management. A popular keynote speaker and educator\, she is a member of the continuing education faculty at Whatcom Community College. To research grief’s impact on society\, she has interviewed people around the world including societal figures such as Martin Luther King’s daughter\, and Heaven is For Real’s Pastor Todd Burpo. She has earned six national literary awards and five national advocacy award nominations for her work. \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/compassion-fatigue-in-the-death-industry/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240125T152631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181643Z
UID:10320-1713355200-1713360600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Silent Suffering: Supporting Youth Grieving Stigmatized Loss
DESCRIPTION:This session will focus on supporting individuals who have experienced a stigmatized loss\, including loss by suicide\, homicide\, and addiction. Presenters will review grief occurrence data for children and youth\, along with practical understandings of relevant grief theories to guide practice with this bereaved population. As stigmatized loss is often accompanied by feelings of shame\, guilt\, and anger\, it is vital for those working in the field to better understand the impact of stigmatized grief and loss on children and families. Several of the challenging components of working with those bereaved by stigmatized loss will be explored. Presenters will discuss important therapeutic techniques\, interventions\, and conversations for youth and caregivers\, including best practices for helping children understand death by suicide\, homicide\, and/or addiction. Stigmatized losses often occur after traumatic lives. Therefore\, aspects of understanding the impact of trauma on youth will also be explored. Presenters will provide several opportunities for experiential learning as we discuss and practice activity and body-based interventions for children and families. Finally\, attendees will be provided with a multitude of resources to better understand and work with stigmatized loss and continue to inform practice. \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 the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or working knowledge.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDefine stigmatized loss.\nIdentify at least two theories of grief that can be adapted to work with a population bereaved by stigmatized loss.\nUtilize two body-based interventions for traumatic loss in children and youth.\nIdentify best practices to discuss stigmatized loss with youth.\nIdentify two online resources for further information on stigmatized loss faced by children and families.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nJodi Flesner\, Ph.D.\, LPC\, is a clinical supervisor\, licensed therapist\, and program coordinator at Heartlinks Grief Center. Jodi completed her master’s degree in Community Counseling at Loyola University Chicago in 2007 and her doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2015. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Illinois and Missouri. Jodi has worked at Heartlinks for seven years where she conducts individual and family counseling\, group counseling\, community outreach to support those grieving in the community\, and various grief support groups at the elementary\, middle\, and high school levels. Prior to that she worked as a doctoral intern at hospice for two years where she conducted individual and family bereavement support services\, group counseling\, and counseling at multiple grief/bereavement retreats and camps. She has taught multiple master’s level counseling courses\, published a peer-reviewed article titled\, “A Shift in the Conceptual Understanding of Grief: Using Meaning-Oriented Therapies with Bereaved Clients\,” and completed multiple presentations in the area of bereavement including grief and coping in caregivers\, theories of grief over time\, exploring stigmatized loss\, the importance of meaning making after a death loss\, and the importance of infusing death education into counseling programs. \nDiana Cuddeback\, LCSW\, is the Founding Director of Heartlinks Grief Center in Belleville\, Illinois. Since her first Children’s Grief Group in 1991\, Diana has provided children\, families\, and individuals innovative grief programming. Heartlinks serves individuals of all ages before and after a loss due to death. Diana and the Heartlinks team\, provide individual and family counseling\, grief support groups\, as well as portable grief outreach programs and grief education. Diana’s mission is to create a meaningful community of support for grieving people filled with learning\, activity\, fun and connection. Diana is an experienced presenter who has presented on a variety of topics including children’s grief\, traumatic loss and coping\, stigmatized loss and the impact on children and families\, and the various impacts of addiction-related loss\, among others. \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/silent-suffering-supporting-youth-grieving-stigmatized-loss/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240118T201943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130435Z
UID:10265-1712318400-1712322000@nacg.org
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:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240111T152551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T180505Z
UID:10162-1709640000-1709645400@nacg.org
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:20260416T002907
CREATED:20240118T193238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130422Z
UID:10260-1709294400-1709298000@nacg.org
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:20260416T002907
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:20260416T002908
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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