Introduction to Grief Support Series | Homicide Loss 101
ZoomHomicide 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 […]
Silent Suffering: Supporting Youth Grieving Stigmatized Loss
ZoomThis 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, […]
Compassion Fatigue in the Death Industry
ZoomWhile 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 […]
The Future of Grief Camps: Themes and Standards in a Changing World
ZoomThere are so many ways we are seeing shifts in how we support youth and families experiencing grief, from shifting camp models to creating more accessibility throughout a program. While […]
In Today’s World: Cultivating Collective Intercultural Wellbeing and a Sense of Belonging in the Community
ZoomIn today’s multiple pandemics of oppression, mass trauma, forced migration, COVID-19, and climate change, there is sustained traumatic stress with corresponding opportunities to heal. Historic, collective, and intergenerational trauma have […]
Creating the Container for Us: How to Hold Space for Ourselves and Each Other After a Student Death
ZoomHow might we build our skills and visions for how we will come together as staff after student loss? How might we make sense of school-based loss, and how that […]
Data and Evaluation Training Series #5: Evaluation Design and Analysis
ZoomDownload the Slides → 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 […]
Introduction to Grief Support Series | Beyond Risk Factors and Warning Signs: An Introduction to Suicide
ZoomSuicidology has been a distinct discipline for over half a century, yet suicide is still misunderstood as a symptom of psychiatric illness – treat the illness, suicidality will go away. […]
Compassionate Leadership: Moving in and Through Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
ZoomCompassionate leadership shines a light on strengths-oriented, wellness-centered, trauma-informed practices as the foundation for our communications and organizational culture. This workshop will explore interpersonal and organizational strategies to enhance workplace […]
Introduction to Grief Support Series | Grief Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
ZoomProfessionals 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 […]
Terrific or Terrifying? How to Engage Tweens in a Peer Support Grief Group
ZoomAre you afraid of tweens? There seems to be a universal belief that they are a bit of an anomaly. They lie in this no man’s land between child and […]
Introduction to Grief Support Series | Attachment Theory and the Enduring Impact on Grief
ZoomAttachment Theory offers profound insights into how individuals form and maintain emotional bonds, regulate their emotions, and adapt to change throughout their lives. From birth, our attachment style is formed […]