Events

Manage “A Win-Win: Utilizing Interns to Support Your Agency while Training Future Grief Professionals”

Zoom

The students of today will soon become your employees and colleagues of tomorrow. Interns can provide a critical resource for agencies to enhance current efforts, grow, and develop new strategies; they also provide a way for your agency to develop competent professionals and “pay it forward”. Join us for this collaborative session to explore ways […]

Connect, Build, and Grow! Combing group work, play therapy and Lego building to explore grief

Zoom

Discover how building Legos can also build social-emotional well-being! This interactive workshop focuses on the use of Lego-based therapeutic interventions for exploring grief. Participants will learn about the “Skillful Builders” model and will explore the benefits of group play therapy to better understand and cope with grief. Participants will also learn therapeutic techniques for implementing […]

Exploring the Role of Social Media in Child and Adolescent Grief

Zoom

Webinar slides are available here. Social media is an integral part of almost everyone’s life today, especially children and adolescents. This form of connection can digitally put them in contact with others who may share their thoughts and feelings when physical contact is not wanted or available. These connections can provide much-needed support for a child […]

2022 Data and Evaluation Training Series #2: Program Evaluation Basics Live Interactive Webinar

Zoom

Click here to view the slides → This session is part of the Data and Evaluation Training Series, to view the other sessions: Session 1: Data Basics This session -  Session 2: Program Evaluation Basics Session 3: Theory of Change Session 4: Program Evaluation Planning Given limited resources and stretched capacity, data collection procedures and […]

Rebuilding & Reengaging: School-Based Grief Support Post Pandemic Live Interactive Webinar

Zoom

We know the impact that COVID-19 has had on students' social development, mental health, and academic progress. This experience has also significantly changed how our schools operate. Schools with high levels of grief that need support have competing priorities and limited staff capacity. This presentation will identify some of the various barriers to school-based grief […]

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Webinar

Zoom

We know that grandparents enter situations of raising grandchildren for many different reasons including but not limited to drug use, overdose, and death of one or both parents. Please join us to hear from a panel of grandparents who are currently raising grandchildren. Hear from them about their success, their challenges, and advice that they […]

Write Your Heart Out: Self Expression to cope with grief, loss, trauma, & stress Live Interactive Webinar

Zoom

The W.H.O. recently reported COVID-19 pandemic has caused a 25% increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide and called for all countries to step up mental health services and support. Additionally, the coronavirus and the public health measures designed to prevent its spread have been shown to have had a profound negative effect […]

Childhood Bereavement: Understanding Prevalence by Cause of Death Live Interactive Webinar

Zoom

View the slides HERE According to the 2022 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) 7.7% of U.S. youth will experience the death of a sibling or parent before they reach age 18.  This is an underestimate, as it excludes countless deaths of other significant figures in a child’s life.  A growing body of research indicates that […]

The Rhythm of Emotion: The Use of Music Therapy to Give Voice to Grieving Children & Adolescents

Zoom

This presentation will explore the use of music therapy as a powerful tool for grieving children and adolescents. Participants will have the opportunity to gain information and knowledge about the interconnection between child and adolescent grief and music therapy, discover ways of incorporating music therapy techniques with this population through clinical examples and guided practice, […]

2022 Data and Evaluation Training Series #3: Theory of Change Live Interactive Webinar

Zoom

Click here to view the slides → This session is part of the Data and Evaluation Training Series, to view the other sessions: Session 1: Data Basics Session 2: Program Evaluation Basics This session - Session 3: Theory of Change Session 4: Program Evaluation Planning This workshop on Theory of Change will focus on how […]

Centering Intersectionality Within the Field of Childhood Bereavement

Zoom

It is commonly believed that grief is different for everyone and that we should not compare one child’s grief to another’s. Why can grief differ so much from one child to another, even within the same family system? When a child experiences a death loss, adults in their system may attribute a child’s thoughts and […]