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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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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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