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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20240510T193304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T195545Z
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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:20260416T014548
CREATED:20240206T145252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181625Z
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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:20260416T014548
CREATED:20240125T152631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T181643Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
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:20260416T014548
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:20260416T014548
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:20260416T014548
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:20260416T014548
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20240111T173134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T182900Z
UID:10193-1706011200-1706016600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Sculpting Solace: Facilitating Grief Work through Sandplay Therapy
DESCRIPTION:Participate in this interactive presentation to deepen your understanding of sandplay as a therapeutic modality in grief work. Through a combination of experiential learning and theoretical insights\, discover how the tactile and symbolic hands-on nature of sand play creates profound and transformative space for grief exploration and healing. Presentation will include useful and practical ways to build your sandplay tool chest. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify the difference between sand tray therapy and sandplay.\nName and identify two parts to each of the five areas of Sandtray work: 1) Warm Up 2) Creation Stage 3) Exploring Stage 4) Ending Stage and 5) Breakdown stage.\nParticipate in online format of Sandplay.\nLearn useful language to promote discussion in sandplay facilitation with facilitators.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nStephanie Heitkemper\, PhD\, LPC\, RPT-S\, FT\, is the owner of Resilient Minds Counseling which specializes in working with individuals\, children\, families around change including grief\, and trauma. Stephanie finds energy in utilizing play therapy (as a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor)\, creative expression\, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (EMDRIA Approved Consultant) and. bibliotherapy in her counseling practice\, program creation and presentations. Stephanie serves on the board of directors for Heart Light Center (2017)\, a Denver based grief support and education center as well as Camp JoJo (2020)\, a camp dedicated to supporting teens impacted by suicide. In addition to Resilient Minds Counseling\, Stephanie is the Clinical Director of Camp Erin NYC\, which is part of Cope. Stephanie’s selfcare includes early morning coffee\, CrossFit and Ironman training as well as exploring Colorado with her husband and beloved boxer. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nCE Certificate retrieval request: The NACG maintains continuing education records for at least six years from the educational event’s completion date. Records include the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, the date and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and need a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete THIS form to obtain a copy. Please note if the education event was more than 90 days ago\, and a required evaluation was not completed\, a certificate cannot be provided per the policy. \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/sculpting-solace-facilitating-grief-work-through-sandplay-therapy/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20231006T164318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T183243Z
UID:9337-1701950400-1701955800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Neurodiversity and Childhood Bereavement
DESCRIPTION:Neurodiversity affirms cognitive diversity\, opposes the view that there is one “normal” type of cognitive functioning\, and reduces stigma for folx who identify as neurodiverse. Nevertheless\, there has been a lack of research on the intersection of neurodiversity and childhood grief. Grief support for children has not adequately addressed how neurodiverse children and adolescents may experience and respond to loss. This training seeks to provide definitions and examples of neurodiversity. In addition\, this training seeks to equip those who attend with skills and knowledge to integrate neuro-diverse affirming practices into bereavement support for children and adolescents. There has been a lack of research on how neurodiverse children and adolescents encounter and experience loss. In this training\, the concept of neurodiversity will be explored in depth. Subsequently\, attendees will be provided with information on how neurodiverse children and adolescents may not fit traditional paradigms of grief which have focused solely on emotional processing. Lastly\, attendees will be given a wide range of practical tools that will equip them to integrate neuro-diverse affirming practices into their clinical work. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDefine their understanding of neurodiversity.\nRestate the unique challenges neurodiverse children and adolescents face.\nDescribe how neurodiverse individuals experience grief.\nIdentify neuro-affirming interventions that can be used with grieving children and adolescents.\nFormulate ways to integrate neuro-affirming practices for grieving children and adolescents in diverse clinical settings.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nKailey Bradley\, MA\, LPCC-S\, NCC\, FT\, specializes in working with individuals of all ages\, with special interest and care given to children’s bereavement\, complicated grief\, perinatal loss\, and chronic illness. Kailey worked for 4. 5 years at a local Hospice agency and has provided over 50 workshops and trainings on grief throughout her career thus far. Kailey also has conducted over 100 grief support groups and has a passion for research on methods and strategies for offering creative and engaging bereavement support groups for children. Currently\, Kailey is an adjunct professor at Ashland Theological seminary where she teaches grief and crisis counseling courses. Kailey is also currently a doctoral student at Ohio University studying counselor education and supervision. She also co-owns Refuge Counseling\, LLC a private practice specializing in the intersections of grief\, sexuality\, chronic illness and spirituality. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nCE Certificate retrieval request: The NACG maintains continuing education records for at least six years from the educational event’s completion date. Records include the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, the date and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and need a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete THIS form to obtain a copy. Please note if it has been more than 90 days since the education event and a required evaluation was not completed\, a certificate cannot be provided per the attendance policy. \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/neurodiversity-and-childhood-bereavement/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230823T191545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T191135Z
UID:8724-1699963200-1699968600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Needs Assessment Training Series #3: Using Data to Refine Program Strategies and Secure Funding
DESCRIPTION:The third and final training for the three-part webinar series on assessments will again build off of the 2nd training on data collection\, organization\, and interpretation. This webinar will again go into step-by-step detail of how to prioritize the assessment information and how to begin to utilize this information for initial planning for refining and improving programs as well as how this type of information can help organizations to secure funding. \nThis session is part of the Needs Assessment Training Series. To learn more and view the past sessions\, click here. \n\n \nDownload the slides →\nDownload the handout packet →\n  \nBecome a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to engage in reviewing data to determine priorities to address the needs that the data revealed.\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to utilize data and priorities to support initial planning for refining and improving programs.\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to utilize data and priorities to support information development to secure future funding.\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to engage in data review and prioritization\, and how to utilize data findings and priorities to support initial planning for refining and improving programs\, and information development to support efforts to secure future funding.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nAilala Kay (she/her)\, MA\, is OMNI’s Director of Learning and Development. Ms. Kay has been with OMNI since 2004 and has overseen the provision of learning and development-focused projects\, such as training\, technical assistance\, coaching\, evaluation\, and facilitation services to multiple state and local government agencies\, foundations\, and non-profits. Ms. Kay brings particular expertise in the design and delivery of trainings and facilitations focused on areas of needs assessment\, strategic planning\, implementation\, and evaluation processes while supporting groups to optimize their efficiency\, cohesion\, collaboration\, and decision-making. She is a certified performance coach\, trainer of Prevention Ethics and Substance Abuse Specialist Trainer (SAPST) training\, and is also certified in Effective Facilitator Strategies\, Keys to Sustainability (CAPT)\, and Communities that Care\, and is a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) facilitator. Ms. Kay is also a staff adjunct for the University of Oklahoma Master of Prevention Science degree program. \nOna Crow (she/her)\, CPSII\, MSW\, is a Senior Learning and Development Manager and has been with OMNI for 5 years.  She brings over 15 years of experience in both direct service and project/program management with diverse populations. She values the power of community in creating systemic transformation to solve complex problems and sees strong relationships as the foundation of this work. Ona brings high-level expertise and experience in developing and delivering training grounded in adult-learning theory and interactive\, and  equitable approaches. Ona brings an embodied\, authentic\, and joyful presence to training and facilitation. She is an expert at designing effective\, engaging\, and customized training processes that center equity\, as well as customizing the process of knowledge and skill building to meet the unique needs of each organization or group she is working with. \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/needs-assessment-training-series-3-using-data-to-refine-program-strategies-and-secure-funding/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T153000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20231006T162657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T141803Z
UID:9327-1699538400-1699543800@nacg.org
SUMMARY:2023 Data and Evaluation Training Series #4: Program Evaluation Planning
DESCRIPTION:This workshop on Evaluation Planning will focus on how organizations can develop an evaluation plan for their program\, including identifying key questions\, selecting a design\, measure mapping\, and protocol development. Presenters will discuss the purpose of creating an evaluation plan and how it helps organizations reach goals and will detail essential evaluation plan elements. The workshop will review the core steps in evaluation planning\, enabling participants to walk away with clear next steps for how to establish this important evaluation best practice to inform their work. \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 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (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. This is the 4th session of the Data and Evaluation Training Series. \n\n \n  \nThis session is part 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\nThis session – Session 4: Program Evaluation Planning \n  \nCE Total: 1 continuing education credit 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:\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\nSummarize the purpose of developing an evaluation plan.\nExplain how to use evaluation planning to achieve goals.\nIdentify the essential elements of a good evaluation plan.\n\n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nLaura Landry\, PhD is the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. She has 15 years experience evaluating community-based programs and large-scale prevention initiatives\, as well as building the capacity of organizations to utilize data to drive decisions. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Laura oversees the Evaluation and Research Department. Her work focuses on evaluating Judi’s House services\, building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field\, and disseminating the prevalence of childhood bereavement to inform advocates and practitioners working in the field. \nMadeline (Maddy) Verheyden 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 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/2023-data-and-evaluation-training-series-4-program-evaluation-planning/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230802T134600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T130357Z
UID:8660-1699012800-1699016400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | The Kaleidoscope of Grief: Loss in Many Forms
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nTypically\, when we think about grief\, we associate it with loss due to a death. Yet\, we know that many children and teens struggle with complex issues such as housing insecurity\, out of home placement\, family members experiencing addiction\, out-of-home placement\, incarceration of a family member\, and a host of other challenging circumstances. While not related to a death\, each of these challenges is in fact a type of loss. Often these non-death losses and the grief that accompanies them go unrecognized by caring adults. In this workshop we will expand our view of grief to include death loss as well as the more ambiguous non-death losses that sometimes go unnoticed. Participants will leave with a greater understanding of the ways that children experience grief throughout their development\, the principles of grief-informed practice\, and tools to support children on their grief journey. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify a range of experiences as grief and loss.\nDescribe the ways that grief and loss impact children at home\, school\, and in the community.\nDiscuss the principles of grief-informed practice.\nExplore three ways that a caring adult can support a child who is grieving.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nAlexa Livelsberger\, MS\, LCSW\, is the Outreach and Education Coordinator at Highmark Caring Place\, a center for grieving children\, adolescents and their families where she works to heighten awareness of children’s grief through consultations\, presentations and trainings for professional and community groups. Lexi has a master’s of science in social administration from Case Western Reserve University and is a licensed clinical social worker in Pennsylvania. Lexi has worked with children and families in a variety of settings throughout her career\, including community mental health\, kinship care\, and victim service fields. \nJanet Arida\, PhD\, earned a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Northwestern University\, a master’s degree in Social Work from The University of Chicago\, and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a licensed clinical social worker and earned certification in Thanatology from the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Janet is currently a child grief specialist as well as the Outreach and Education Coordinator at the Highmark Caring Place in Warrendale\, PA\, where she oversees peer support groups for grieving children and their families. Additionally\, in her role as Outreach and Education Coordinator\, Janet works to heighten awareness of children’s grief through consultations\, presentations\, and trainings for professional and community groups. Prior to joining the Caring Place as a staff member\, Janet was a clinical instructor and researcher in end-of-life issues in the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh. During her career\, she has worked with children\, adolescents\, and families in a variety of clinical and community-based settings in both the Chicago and Pittsburgh areas. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/the-kaleidoscope-of-grief-loss-in-many-forms/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230706T211353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T191952Z
UID:8517-1698235200-1698240600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Interpersonal Loss and Bereavement Among Refugees
DESCRIPTION:The world is experiencing the highest volume of displaced people due to reasons ranging from natural disasters to political unrest. In 2019\, there were 26 million refugees worldwide (UNHCR\, 2021). The United Nations (2021) defines refugees as “persons who are outside their country of origin for reasons of feared persecution\, conflict\, generalized violence\, or other circumstances that have seriously disturbed public order and\, as a result\, require international protection” (para. 1). \nRefugees’ experiences are dangerous and often traumatic\, such as living in a war zone\, witnessing violence\, torture\, murder or disappearance of family members or friends\, and confinement\, as well as traveling treacherous journeys in horrible conditions\, often without food or water\, and sometimes having to separate from family members.  Therefore\, refugees may be at risk of experiencing a complicated form of bereavement. Scholars have urged the importance of humanizing refugees and creating welcoming communities among nations that welcome refugees. The presenter will introduce the unique aspects of refugee loss and bereavement. The presenter will discuss strategies and interventions for providing services to youth from refugee backgrounds. The presenter will also share practical considerations for community collaboration and advocacy to support refugee youth. Attendees will gain knowledge on how to provide culturally responsive services for refugee youth and their families. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify and describe the unique aspects of refugee loss and bereavement.\nIdentify and describe special considerations in working with refugee youth.\nDiscuss specific strategies and interventions for providing services to youth from refugee backgrounds.\nDiscuss community collaboration and advocacy efforts for supporting youth from refugee backgrounds.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nDana T. Isawi\, Ph.D.\, is an assistant professor of counseling at Northern Illinois University. She joined NIU in the fall of 2017. Isawi has experience in teaching a variety of graduate courses in mental health counseling\, school counseling and play therapy as well as providing supervision for graduate students. Isawi has clinical experience in the school and community settings both locally and internationally. Her professional experience also includes counseling intervention development\, implementation and evaluation. \nIsawi’s research and presentations focus on multicultural issues in counseling\, especially on the traumatic experiences of refugees and counselors working with trauma survivors. Her presentations also focus on cultural considerations in play therapy and in working with families from diverse backgrounds. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nCE Certificate retrieval request: The NACG maintains continuing education records for at least six years from the educational event’s completion date. Records include the name and curriculum vitae of the presenter\, a record of attendance\, an outline of the course\, the date and location of the course\, and the number of hours for completion of the course. If you attended a CE educational event and need a copy of your CE certificate\, please complete THIS form to obtain a copy. Please note if it has been more than 90 days since the education event and a required evaluation was not completed\, a certificate cannot be provided per the attendance policy. \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/interpersonal-loss-and-bereavement-among-refugees/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230810T193551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T192431Z
UID:8721-1697544000-1697549400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Needs Assessment Training Series #2: Data Sources and Data Collection for Community Assessment
DESCRIPTION:This second session of the three-part webinar series on needs assessment will build off the foundational concepts introduced in the first session. The webinar will go into step-by-step detail on how to collect data\, including the main sites and sources to find the data and how to organize the data for review. Then we will look at how to conduct a basic gaps analysis and interpretation activities for understanding the story the data is telling. This session will include numerous examples\, resources\, and templates so participants can conduct these activities independently if desired. Similar to the first webinar\, in addition to providing information on how to do basic data collection\, gap analysis\, and interpretation\, we will provide considerations for more intermediate or advanced activities. \n  \n\n \nHandouts:\n \n\nPowerpoint Slides\nHandout Packet\nData Collection Worksheet\n\n  \nBecome a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to engage in data collection activities for doing a needs assessment.\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to engage in gaps analysis activities for doing a needs assessment.\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to engage in interpretation activities for doing a needs assessment.\nIncrease knowledge and skills of how to engage in data collection\, gaps analysis and interpretation activities for doing a needs assessment at a basic\, intermediate\, and advanced level.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nAilala Kay (she/her)\, MA\, is OMNI’s Director of Learning and Development. Ms. Kay has been with OMNI since 2004 and has overseen the provision of learning and development-focused projects\, such as training\, technical assistance\, coaching\, evaluation\, and facilitation services to multiple state and local government agencies\, foundations\, and non-profits. Ms. Kay brings particular expertise in the design and delivery of trainings and facilitations focused on areas of needs assessment\, strategic planning\, implementation\, and evaluation processes while supporting groups to optimize their efficiency\, cohesion\, collaboration\, and decision-making. She is a certified performance coach\, trainer of Prevention Ethics and Substance Abuse Specialist Trainer (SAPST) training\, and is also certified in Effective Facilitator Strategies\, Keys to Sustainability (CAPT)\, and Communities that Care\, and is a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) facilitator. Ms. Kay is also a staff adjunct for the University of Oklahoma Master of Prevention Science degree program. \nOna Crow (she/her)\, CPSII\, MSW\, is a Senior Learning and Development Manager and has been with OMNI for 5 years.  She brings over 15 years of experience in both direct service and project/program management with diverse populations. She values the power of community in creating systemic transformation to solve complex problems and sees strong relationships as the foundation of this work. Ona brings high-level expertise and experience in developing and delivering training grounded in adult-learning theory and interactive\, and equitable approaches. Ona brings an embodied\, authentic\, and joyful presence to training and facilitation. She is an expert at designing effective\, engaging\, and customized training processes that center equity\, as well as customizing the process of knowledge and skill building to meet the unique needs of each organization or group she is working with. \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/needs-assessment-training-series-2-data-sources-and-data-collection-for-community-assessment/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230706T214309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T193016Z
UID:8523-1696593600-1696597200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Grief Counseling Models and Interventions
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nTherapists are on the frontlines when people face the most challenging and devastating times in their life. Unfortunately\, when it comes to grief and loss\, most have been let down by their training programs in terms of how to help their clients at these most vulnerable times. This session will address when grief therapy is beneficial\, review important principles and procedures of grief therapy\, and provide a framework for delivering effective grief therapy. Participants will learn a variety of treatment techniques and interventions to use with clients across the lifespan and with differing types of grief. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify Worden’s 4 Tasks of Mourning and apply the model to their clinical work.\nImplement a variety of grief-focused treatment interventions.\nDiscern and conceptualize the treatment needs of their grieving clients.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nHeather Gaglio\, LMFT\, received her Master’s degree at Oklahoma State University in Human Development and Family Science with an option in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2012. She is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an Approved Supervisor through the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Heather has over 10 years of clinical experience and has worked in non-profit and private practice settings. Heather has been involved in supporting research in the field of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood programs as well. As the current Clinical Director at Calm Waters in Oklahoma City\, Oklahoma\, Heather oversees a team of therapists and clinical interns who provide over 250 hours of grief counseling to nearly 150 clients each month. She is passionate about increasing access of grief support and educating the community about healthy and helpful ways to support children and families through grief and loss so that no one has to grieve alone. \nJordan Park\, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) attended Oklahoma State University for her undergraduate and master’s degrees in Human Development and Family Sciences. She has a professional membership with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Jordan has worked at Calm Waters Center for Children and Families for 4.5 years serving in a variety of programmatic and clinical roles. Currently\, she is a full-time therapist\, seeing individuals\, families\, and couples who have experienced a death and/or divorce. Jordan is very passionate about healthy relationships and encourages individuals to know they are worthy of love and of being seen\, heard\, and valued. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/grief-counseling-models-and-interventions/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230504T191103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T141821Z
UID:8105-1695304800-1695308400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:2023 Data and Evaluation Training Series #3: Theory of Change
DESCRIPTION:Download the slides here →\nThis workshop on Theory of Change will focus on how organizations can define their program model and why going through a theory of change process\, including creating a logic model\, is the first step in developing evaluation and data collection plans. Presenters will provide key information on what theory of change and logic modeling is. Presenters will discuss the purpose of conducting a theory of change process and how it helps organizations in reaching goals. The workshop will review the core steps in conducting a theory of change process\, enabling participants to walk away with clear next steps for how to implement this important evaluation best practice to inform their work. \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 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (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. This is the 3rd session of the Data and Evaluation Training Series. \n  \nThis session is part 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\nThis session – Session 3: Theory of Change\nSession 4: Program Evaluation Planning \n  \nCE Total: 1 continuing education credit 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:\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\nSummarize the purpose of conducting a theory of change process\nIdentify the cores steps of theory of change/logic modeling\nExplain how to use the theory of change and logic models to achieve evaluation goals\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nLaura Landry\, PhD is the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. She has 15 years experience evaluating community-based programs and large-scale prevention initiatives\, as well as building the capacity of organizations to utilize data to drive decisions. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Laura oversees the Evaluation and Research Department. Her work focuses on evaluating Judi’s House services\, building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field\, and disseminating the prevalence of childhood bereavement to inform advocates and practitioners working in the field. \nMadeline (Maddy) Verheyden 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 at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy:To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/data-and-evaluation-training-series-theory-of-change/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230810T193336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T193425Z
UID:8719-1695124800-1695130200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Needs Assessment Training Series #1: Community Assessment Overview
DESCRIPTION:This is the first of a 3-part Needs Assessment training webinar series\, along with accompanying technical assistance. The sessions are meticulously designed to equip participants with a solid foundational understanding to successfully engage in and complete an initial needs assessment process. Comprised of three comprehensive sessions\, this training series aims to provide a holistic knowledge base while facilitating the application of concepts through interactive components\, discussions\, and practical exercises. During the first session\, participants will delve into the essential components of a needs assessment\, exploring the ‘Why\,’ ‘Who\,’ ‘What\,’ and ‘How’ of the process\, with special emphasis on understanding the purpose and benefits for the key stakeholders involved in programming. We will also start to discuss the initial steps for conducting a needs assessment\, including steps for 3 levels of needs assessment and will provide information on steps for a basic needs assessment\, steps for a more intermediate one\, and steps for a more advanced needs assessment. \n\n\n \nDownload the slides here →\nDownload the fillable handout here → \n  \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nIncrease understanding and knowledge of the purpose and benefits of conducting a needs assessments.\nIncrease knowledge of all of the steps involved in conducting a needs assessment.\nIncrease knowledge of the initial steps for conducting a needs assessment\, including steps for 3 levels of needs assessment: Level 1- Basic; Level 2- Intermediate; 3- Advanced.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nAilala Kay (she/her)\, MA\, is OMNI’s Director of Learning and Development. Ms. Kay has been with OMNI since 2004 and has overseen the provision of learning and development-focused projects\, such as training\, technical assistance\, coaching\, evaluation\, and facilitation services to multiple state and local government agencies\, foundations\, and non-profits. Ms. Kay brings particular expertise in the design and delivery of trainings and facilitations focused on areas of needs assessment\, strategic planning\, implementation\, and evaluation processes while supporting groups to optimize their efficiency\, cohesion\, collaboration\, and decision-making. She is a certified performance coach\, trainer of Prevention Ethics and Substance Abuse Specialist Trainer (SAPST) training\, and is also certified in Effective Facilitator Strategies\, Keys to Sustainability (CAPT)\, and Communities that Care\, and is a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) facilitator. Ms. Kay is also a staff adjunct for the University of Oklahoma Master of Prevention Science degree program. \nOna Crow (she/her)\, CPSII\, MSW\, is a Senior Learning and Development Manager and has been with OMNI for 5 years.  She brings over 15 years of experience in both direct service and project/program management with diverse populations. She values the power of community in creating systemic transformation to solve complex problems and sees strong relationships as the foundation of this work. Ona brings high-level expertise and experience in developing and delivering training grounded in adult-learning theory and interactive\, and  equitable approaches. Ona brings an embodied\, authentic\, and joyful presence to training and facilitation. She is an expert at designing effective\, engaging\, and customized training processes that center equity\, as well as customizing the process of knowledge and skill building to meet the unique needs of each organization or group she is working with. \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/needs-assessment-training-series-1-community-assessment-overview/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T143000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230802T182257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T180607Z
UID:8666-1694437200-1694442600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Changes in Childhood Bereavement Prevalence in the Wake of the Pandemic: CBEM Key Topic Report 2023
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n \nClick here to download the slides →\nThe COVID-19 pandemic devastated public welfare worldwide\, bringing excess deaths and moving bereavement to the front page. Before the pandemic\, Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) prevalence rates reflected an annual average of more than 260\,000 children under 18 becoming newly bereaved due to a parent’s death. In 2021\, this number increased to more than 383\,000 – surging nearly 50%. While COVID-19 directly accounts for a portion of the increase\, other socially stigmatized causes also contributed\, including overdose and homicide. For example\, accidental drug overdose deaths have risen for the past two decades\, yet overdose deaths spiked more than 31% in 2020\, the first year of the pandemic. This trend continued in 2021 when the age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths increased by 14% compared to 2020. As a result\, 20% of the children who experienced their parent’s death in 2020 and 2021\, grieved an overdose death. This year’s CBEM Key Topic Report explores parent deaths due to COVID-19\, overdose\, homicide by gunfire\, and suicide—causes that may lead to feelings of isolation\, guilt\, and uncertainty in grieving families—highlighting the ongoing impact of the pandemic in 2021. This webinar will review these findings and suggest how childhood bereavement professionals can use the results to promote awareness and advance advocacy. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, social workers\, bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar\nPlease note: CEs are not available for this webinar. \nCost: Free for all \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nReport the increase in childhood bereavement prevalence due to parent death in the first two years of the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic averages.\nDistinguish the different types of CBEM results\, Projected\, Current\, and Snapshot.\nDiscuss annual changes in childhood bereavement prevalence rates due to parent death related to overdose\, homicide by gunshot\, suicide\, and COVID-19.\nUnderstand how to find and interpret the 2023 CBEM Key Topic Report to promote awareness and advance advocacy for the childhood bereavement field.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nLaura Landry\, PhD\, is the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. She has 16 years of experience evaluating community-based programs and large-scale prevention initiatives and building organizations’ capacity to utilize data to drive decisions. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Laura oversees the Evaluation and Research Department. Her work focuses on evaluating Judi’s House services\, building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field\, and disseminating the prevalence of childhood bereavement to inform advocates and practitioners working in the field. \nMichaeleen (Micki) Burns\, PhD\, is the Chief Clinical Officer at Judi’s House/JAG Institute and adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado. JH/JAG is a comprehensive family bereavement center in Denver. A Licensed Psychologist with more than two decades of experience providing therapeutic assessment and support to families facing adversity\, Micki has witnessed the lasting impact of unaddressed grief. She is dedicated to ensuring appropriate care is available for all and raising childhood bereavement to a level of critical public importance. At JH/JAG she oversees the direct service\, research\, and training departments working towards a vision where no child is alone in grief. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/changes-in-childhood-bereavement-prevalence-in-the-wake-of-the-pandemic-cbem-key-topic-report-2023/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230815T154830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T194229Z
UID:8739-1693569600-1693573200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Grief Support Series | Grief 101 for the New Practitioner
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of an ongoing series that will provide a foundation of introductory information for anyone working with or providing support to children\, teens\, and families who may be grieving. This series is not progressive; sessions can be viewed in any order. \nMs. Phillips will present the foundation for grief therapy with children and adolescents. They will then present a curriculum developed by Ms. Phillips to help the beginning grief counselor establish a clinical practice. Concrete examples of activities used in the session will be demonstrated. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only.  \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nTarget Audience: Students\, interns\, individuals entering the field of childhood bereavement\, new staff members\, new counselors\, group facilitators\, volunteers\, anyone who wants to invest in their practice.\nInstructional Level: Novice – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nParticipants will identify the developmental stages of children and how these impact bereaved youth.\nParticipants will learn of a basic curriculum of grief counseling.\nParticipants will identify appropriate treatment modalities with specific examples being taught.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nJennifer Phillips\, LCSW\, CATP has obtained her Master’s degree from the University of Southern Indiana. She has been practicing for over 30 years specializing in grief counseling in all ages. She holds certifications in child and adolescent trauma. Jennifer utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy and play therapy techniques. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/introduction-to-grief-support-series-grief-101-for-the-new-practitioner/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Introduction to Grief Support Series,Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230831T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230809T143656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T194910Z
UID:8709-1693486800-1693490400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Courageous Well-Being Continued: Putting Theory into Practice
DESCRIPTION:This 60-minute session will build on the concepts presented in the first webinar\, Courageous Well-Being\, Finding New Pathways to Personal and Professional Renewal. As professionals and volunteers working with bereaved children and families\, you are well aware of the challenges of your work — vicarious trauma and grief\, burnout\, empathetic distress\, and work/life balance. It is essential to explore the strategies and practices that will help you cope with these issues. This interactive webinar will include writing exercises and practices you can use daily and share with your family and colleagues. Participants of this session should have attended Part I live or reviewed the recording from 7/19. You will need a paper or a journal for this session. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nDonna Gaffney\, DNSc\, PMHCNS-BC\, FAAN\, an advanced practice nurse-psychotherapist\, author and educator\, works with individuals\, communities\, and professional nurses in the aftermath of personal and national crises — 9/11\, Hurricane Katrina\, and the Coronavirus pandemic. Donna provides pro-bono psychotherapy through the Emotional PPE Project and facilitates Virtual Schwartz Rounds for the New Jersey Nursing Emotional Well-Being Institute. With extensive experience in classroom\, experiential and online education\, she offers workshops\, presentations and webinars nationally and internationally. Donna has taught and directed graduate programs at the International Trauma Studies Program\, Columbia and Seton Hall Universities. Her webinar series at the beginning of the pandemic\, Healing Ourselves\, While Healing Others\, was offered through Rutgers University School of Nursing and the Northeastern University School Health Academy. In addition to academic papers\, book chapters\, and articles for the lay press\, Donna is the author of The Seasons of Grief\, Helping Children Grow Through Loss. Donna holds graduate degrees from Columbia and Rutgers Universities\, and the University of Pennsylvania. She received the 2021 APNA Award for Excellence in Practice – APRN. In 2023 her book Courageous Well-Being for Nurses will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. \n  \nNicole C. Foster\, MA\, NBC-HWC is a national board-certified health and wellness coach\, consultant\, and writer. She is Head of Coaching at Lief Therapeutics\, a start-up that offers the only mental health wearable device using HRV-Biofeedback. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic\, she self-published an eBook\, Well-Being in the Waiting: Finding Presence During Unprecedented Times\, and provided complimentary copies to healthcare workers. Nicole collaborates with the With Grace Initiative\, a non-profit organization supporting children with cancer\, providing pro-bono workshops that promote connection\, support\, and psychosocial education in their Warriors of Wellness series. \nShe is a graduate of Columbia University’s Spirituality\, Mind-Body Institute and holds a Master of Arts in Psychology. Her personal essays surrounding the loss of her father in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 have been published in New York Magazine and Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper. She is the co-author of Courageous Well-Being for Nurses\, to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press in September 2023. Learn more about her work at www.NicoleCFoster.com and @NicoleCFoster on Instagram. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/courageous-well-being-continued-putting-theory-into-practice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230504T185838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T141829Z
UID:8097-1692885600-1692889200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:2023 Data and Evaluation Training Series #2: Program Evaluation Basics
DESCRIPTION:Download the slides HERE →\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 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (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. This session is the 2nd session of the series. \nThis workshop on Evaluation Basics will provide key information on what evaluation is and how participants can begin evaluating their programs. Presenters will discuss the purpose of evaluation\, how it helps organizations in reaching goals\, and why it’s important. The workshop will outline the two basic types of evaluation\, what questions they answer\, and what considerations should be made as organizations begin to evaluate. Presenters will review the core steps in conducting evaluation so participants will walk away with clear next steps for how to integrate evaluation into practice. \n  \nThis session is part of the 2023 Data and Evaluation Training Series. To view or register for the other sessions\, click on the title below. \nSession 1: Data Basics\nThis session – Session 2: Program Evaluation Basics\nSession 3: Theory of Change\nSession 4: Program Evaluation Planning \n  \nCE Total: 1 continuing education credit 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:\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\nExplain the purpose of program evaluation and why to evaluate.\nList the two types of program evaluation (process and outcome).\nIdentify the 5 core steps of implementing evaluation (ask\, plan\, act\, reflect\, improve).\n\n  \n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nLaura Landry\, PhD is the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. She has 15 years experience evaluating community-based programs and large-scale prevention initiatives\, as well as building the capacity of organizations to utilize data to drive decisions. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Laura oversees the Evaluation and Research Department. Her work focuses on evaluating Judi’s House services\, building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field\, and disseminating the prevalence of childhood bereavement to inform advocates and practitioners working in the field. \nMadeline (Maddy) Verheyden 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 at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy:To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/data-and-evaluation-training-series-program-evaluation-basics/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230222T153138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195250Z
UID:7219-1692187200-1692192600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Facilitating Parent and Caregiver Support Groups
DESCRIPTION:Many children’s bereavement centers and programs across the United States offer concurrent support groups for parents and caregivers that are typically held during the same time as children and teen grief support groups are being offered. This presentation will cover practical tips for facilitating grief support groups for parents\, caregivers\, and other adults. Best practices for running adult groups will be discussed\, including group dynamics\, group cohesion\, and protecting the process. Additional topics include managing conflict and navigating challenging behaviors in groups\, such as advice-giving\, monopolizing\, interrupting\, or one-upping. Suggestions for effective ways to handle controversial topics when they arise in group will also be discussed. This presentation will include a discussion about providing grief support to parents and caregivers in a group setting while also providing helpful information to them about their children’s grief. Effective openings and closings will also be presented in this workshop. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nList best practices for running parent and caregiver bereavement support groups.\nIdentify challenging behaviors that arise in adult support groups and effective ways to handle them.\nDiscuss effective ways to protect the process and manage conflict in a bereavement group for parents and caregivers.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nPamela Gabbay\, EdD\, FT is a nationally recognized trainer and consultant who has served the bereavement field in many capacities during her 25-year career. Dr. Gabbay is currently the Director of Operations and Training for The Compassionate Friends and is on the TAPS Advisory Board. She is part of the training corps of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Dr. Gabbay has served in a variety of roles including being the Director of The Mourning Star Center for Grieving Children and Camp Erin\, Palm Springs. Dr. Gabbay is the co-author\, along with Andy McNiel\, of Understanding and Supporting Bereaved Children: A Practical Guide for Professionals. She is on the Executive Committee of ADEC’s Credentialing Council and served as the President of the Southern California Chapter of ADEC. Additionally\, Dr. Gabbay previously served as Vice President on the Board of the NACG. She was also an adjunct faculty member in the psychology department at Brandman University. Dr. Gabbay holds a Fellow in Thanatology (FT) from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and earned a Master of Arts degree in Cognitive Psychology from Claremont Graduate University. She earned her Doctor of Education degree in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nContinuing Education (CE) Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. CE certificates will be sent out within 30 days of the educational event. The link for your certificate will come from “certificates@simplecert.net” as the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Please be sure to add this email to your “safe sender list”. The NACG is unable to process certificates after 90 days from the date of the event.  \nGrievance policy:  To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/facilitating-parents-and-caregiver-support-groups/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T163000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230504T184409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T141846Z
UID:8091-1690297200-1690302600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:2023 Data and Evaluation Training Series #1: Data Basics
DESCRIPTION:This session is part of the 2023 Data and Evaluation Training Series\, to view the other sessions\, click on the title below. \nThis session – Session 1: Data Basics\nSession 2: Program Evaluation Basics\nSession 3: Theory of Change\nSession 4: Program Evaluation Planning \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 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. \nCE Total: 1.5\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 \nCost: Free for all who wish to attend. \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:\nLaura Landry\, PhD is the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. She has 15 years experience evaluating community-based programs and large-scale prevention initiatives\, as well as building the capacity of organizations to utilize data to drive decisions. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Laura oversees the Evaluation and Research Department. Her work focuses on evaluating Judi’s House services\, building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field\, and disseminating the prevalence of childhood bereavement to inform advocates and practitioners working in the field. \nMadeline (Maddy) Verheyden 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  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 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. \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/2023-data-and-evaluation-training-series-data-basics/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230222T153009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195619Z
UID:7217-1689768000-1689773400@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Courageous Well-being: Strategies for Personal and Professional Renewal
DESCRIPTION:Coping and self-confidence in your work require taking the time to understand the evidence-based literature and use effective strategies to enhance your well-being\, find meaning in your work and discover joy and support in relationships. This session will explore the essence of courageous well-being. Based on evidence-based strategies\, attendees will explore nontraditional approaches to minimize the consequences of stress and trauma—through nature\, the arts\, and creativity as indispensable wellsprings of respite and joy. The profound healing effects of advocacy for health and well-being are also introduced. Attendees will receive several handouts with practices and guides for use in their work and home lives. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks.\nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way. \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDiscuss how working with bereaved children and their families can put professionals and volunteers at risk for empathic distress fatigue\, vicarious grief\, ongoing stress\, or burnout.\nDescribe the six elements of psychological well-being.\nExplore how trauma and vicarious grief are carried in our bodies\, hearts\, and minds and the strategies used to manage the consequences of their work.\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nDonna Gaffney\, DNSc\, PMHCNS-BC\, FAAN\, an advanced practice nurse-psychotherapist\, author and educator\, works with individuals\, communities\, and professional nurses in the aftermath of personal and national crises — 9/11\, Hurricane Katrina\, and the Coronavirus pandemic. Donna provides pro-bono psychotherapy through the Emotional PPE Project and facilitates Virtual Schwartz Rounds for the New Jersey Nursing Emotional Well-Being Institute. With extensive experience in classroom\, experiential and online education\, she offers workshops\, presentations and webinars nationally and internationally. Donna has taught and directed graduate programs at the International Trauma Studies Program\, Columbia and Seton Hall Universities. Her webinar series at the beginning of the pandemic\, Healing Ourselves\, While Healing Others\, was offered through Rutgers University School of Nursing and the Northeastern University School Health Academy. In addition to academic papers\, book chapters\, and articles for the lay press\, Donna is the author of The Seasons of Grief\, Helping Children Grow Through Loss. Donna holds graduate degrees from Columbia and Rutgers Universities\, and the University of Pennsylvania. She received the 2021 APNA Award for Excellence in Practice – APRN. In 2023 her book Courageous Well-Being for Nurses will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. \n  \nNicole C. Foster\, MA\, NBC-HWC is a national board-certified health and wellness coach\, consultant\, and writer. She is Head of Coaching at Lief Therapeutics\, a start-up that offers the only mental health wearable device using HRV-Biofeedback. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic\, she self-published an eBook\, Well-Being in the Waiting: Finding Presence During Unprecedented Times\, and provided complimentary copies to healthcare workers. Nicole collaborates with the With Grace Initiative\, a non-profit organization supporting children with cancer\, providing pro-bono workshops that promote connection\, support\, and psychosocial education in their Warriors of Wellness series. \nShe is a graduate of Columbia University’s Spirituality\, Mind-Body Institute and holds a Master of Arts in Psychology. Her personal essays surrounding the loss of her father in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 have been published in New York Magazine and Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper. She is the co-author of Courageous Well-Being for Nurses\, to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press in September 2023. Learn more about her work at www.NicoleCFoster.com and @NicoleCFoster on Instagram. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n\nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/courageous-well-being-strategies-for-personal-and-professional/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230222T152724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195717Z
UID:7215-1684324800-1684330200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Using Fictional Characters to Help Children and Adolescents Who Are Grieving Live Interactive Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Reading about fictional characters’ grief and loss experiences can help children and adolescents deal with their own grief and loss. Many stories written for children and adolescents\, like the Harry Potter books\, are filled with loss and death. But literature\, like magic\, can open new worlds for people\, and show many possible ways to survive losses and challenges and even flourish beyond them. Using reading and storytelling to help improve a person’s mental health is often referred to as bibliotherapy. This session will present activities based on J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series to help children and adolescents deal with grief and loss\, as well as activities based on other books to help children who are grieving (including Everett Anderson’s Long Goodbye\, Charlotte’s Web\, Where the Red Fern Grows\, and The Hunger Games). The session’s goal is to give participants many practical individual and group activities\, including discussion questions\, worksheets\, and crafts\, that can help children who are grieving. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nSummarize how bibliotherapy can help children and adolescents who are grieving.\nDescribe how reading the fictional works presented may help children who are grieving.\nDiscuss specific activities using fictional characters that may be helpful for specific age levels and situations of children who are grieving.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nKathryn Markell\, PhD teaches Child and Adolescent Development and Death and Dying classes at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. She has published and presented scholarly work on how to help grieving children and adolescents\, including co-authoring the book “The Children Who Lived: Using Harry Potter and Other Fictional Characters to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents”. \nMarc Markell\, PhD teaches at Worsham College of Mortuary Science; he is also a professor emeritus at St. Cloud State University. He teaches Death Education for non-grieving children. Marc is a certified Thanatologist and Death and Grief Studies. He presents locally\, nationally\, and internationally. Marc has published three books on grief\, as well as book chapters and numerous articles. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE. Please complete THIS form to share a grievance with the NACG regarding a continuing education event.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/using-fictional-characters-to-help-children-and-adolescents-who-are-grieving/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230227T192856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195753Z
UID:7261-1681905600-1681911000@nacg.org
SUMMARY:The Intersection of Domestic Violence and the Grieving Process of Children
DESCRIPTION:Children who experience domestic violence are impacted at every level of their wellness. They can lose a caregiver or sibling(s) through separation\, housing stability\, and even the feeling of safety\, security\, and belonging\, all contributing to a child’s grief. This grief may be initially overlooked or dismissed as adults focus on establishing safety and meeting the basic needs of all involved. This webinar will teach professionals how domestic violence and grief are intertwined. The webinar will highlight how domestic violence impacts the grieving process\, particularly through secondary trauma and disenfranchised grief. \nThis playback is available to active NACG members only. \n \nMembers must be logged into the member portal to access the playback. Not currently a member? Become a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe how secondary trauma from domestic violence impacts a child’s grieving process.\nDiscuss the intersection of disenfranchised grief with children who have experienced domestic violence.\nImplement 2-3 therapeutic interventions to assist children who have lost a parent/caregiver to domestic violence.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nSheree Burnett\, MA\, LPC-S is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor. She has over 10 years of experience working with various populations in community mental health\, private practice\, hospital\, and university settings. She has particular training in working with trauma individuals and families who have experienced domestic violence. She has conducted didactic training\, participated in panel conferences\, assisted with developing a curriculum about domestic violence for the educational system\, and co-developed department initiatives to bring awareness about domestic violence and ways to celebrate survivors of domestic abuse. In addition\, Sheree has worked with and participated in training to assist children and their families about grief. She also obtained certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which further allows her to assist survivors and grieving individuals with their healing journey in therapy. \n  \n \nSupported by the philanthropic investment\nof the New York Life Foundation. \n  \n\n  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional license and not the name of your place of employment\, as there is no way to verify your attendance after the fact if your name does not appear on the Zoom Webinar report. \nGrievance policy: To view the NACG’s Continuing Education Grievance Policy\, you can find it HERE.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/the-intersection-of-domestic-violence-and-the-grieving-process-of-children/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar,Members Only Playback
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230306T171602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230731T192059Z
UID:7298-1681300800-1681306200@nacg.org
SUMMARY:2022 Data and Evaluation Training Series #4: Program Evaluation Planning
DESCRIPTION:Click here to view the slides →\nThis session is part of the 2022 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\nThis session – Session 4: Program Evaluation Planning \nThis workshop on Evaluation Planning will focus on how organizations can develop an evaluation plan for their program\, including identifying key questions\, selecting a design\, measure mapping\, and protocol development. Presenters will discuss the purpose of creating an evaluation plan and how it helps organizations reach goals and will detail essential evaluation plan elements. The workshop will review the core steps in evaluation planning\, enabling participants to walk away with clear next steps for how to establish this important evaluation best practice to inform their work. 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 offers a series of free trainings to build evaluation capacity in the field\, sharing best practices in data collection and program evaluation. \n  \nCE Total: 1.5\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\nSummarize the purpose of developing an evaluation plan\nExplain how to use evaluation planning to achieve goals\nIdentify the essential elements of a good evaluation plan\n\n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nLaura Landry\, PhD is the Director of Evaluation and Research at Judi’s House/JAG Institute. She has 15 years experience evaluating community-based programs and large-scale prevention initiatives\, as well as building the capacity of organizations to utilize data to drive decisions. In addition to heading the organization’s Childhood Bereavement Changemaker Initiative\, Laura oversees the Evaluation and Research Department. Her work focuses on evaluating Judi’s House services\, building evaluation/data utilization capacity in the field\, and disseminating the prevalence of childhood bereavement to inform advocates and practitioners working in the field. \nMadeline (Maddy) Verheyden 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  \nCE Provider Information:\nEach professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider\, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nThe National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 contact hours. \nNational Alliance for Children’s Grief\, #1819\, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations\, not individual courses\, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2022 – 07/20/2023. Counselors completing this course will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. \nAttendance policy: To earn CEs for this event\, you must attend the entirety of the event as demonstrated by your autogenerated login and logout time on the Zoom Webinar report and complete an online event evaluation within seven (7) days of the event. Please make sure you are signed into Zoom using the name that matches your professional
URL:https://nacg.org/event/data-and-evaluation-training-series-program-evaluation-planning/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T014548
CREATED:20230203T143044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195846Z
UID:7056-1680091200-1680096600@nacg.org
SUMMARY:Occupational Therapy’s Role in Supporting Children’s Grief: Tools\, Sensory Strategies\, and When to Refer
DESCRIPTION:When children experience a stressful life event\, their nervous systems can have difficulty regulating. Children exhibit grief reactions in various ways that may present similarly to sensory and emotional dysregulation. Occupational therapists can partner with families to provide a holistic mental health approach. This presentation will address the role and benefit of occupational therapy\, mental health strategies that may help\, and when to seek out occupational therapy services. \n  \n\n \nHandouts:\n\nSlides\nHow To’s\nReferral Checklist \nSensory Equipment\nSensory Presentation\n\n  \nBecome a NACG member today! Your membership will provide access to free monthly webinars with CEs on current topics to support you in your work\, discounts on educational events\, access to all webinar playbacks\, and more. To learn more and become a member to access this webinar for no additional cost\, visit HERE → \n  \nContinuing Education (CE) credits are not available for webinar playbacks. \nTarget Audience: Counselors\, Social workers\, Bereavement support professionals\nInstructional Level: Basic – This best describes a topic or issue that the prospective audience is encountering for the first time in a meaningful way.\nFormat: Live Interactive Webinar \n  \nObjectives:\nAfter attending this webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\nParticipants will be able to describe occupational therapy and how it can benefit children experiencing grief\nParticipants will be able to identify two occupational therapy mental health strategies/tools that can be utilized in a clinic or at home.\nParticipants will be able to recognize when to refer a child experiencing grief to occupational therapy services.\n\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios:\nMichelle Michaels is an occupational therapy doctoral student at Huntington University\, who is completing her capstone experience project while collaborating with the National Alliance of Children’s Grief (NACG). She is extremely passionate about her project working with the NACG due to her personal experiences with childhood grief following the death of her mother. She also has ten years of experience working with children with and without disabilities as a care provider\, direct support professional\, and a personal paraprofessional aid. She gained occupational therapy clinical experience through her Level II Fieldwork placement at an outpatient pediatric clinic that utilized a sensory-based approach. Once she has passed the NBCOT exam following graduation in April\, she plans to go into travel occupational therapy. \n  \nRefund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration\, please email info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542. Please note that no refunds will be given. \nTo request accessibility accommodations: ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs when you register by sending an email to info@childrengrieve.org or call (866) 432-1542.
URL:https://nacg.org/event/occupational-therapys-role-in-supporting-childrens-grief-tools-sensory-strategies-and-when-to-refer/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Live Interactive Webinar
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