Good Grief for School Professionals

This online training is designed for school professionals wanting to build their skills to more effectively support bereaved students. This training includes an overview of current grief theory, various indicators of grief, and children’s understanding of death at different developmental stages. Through this training you will gain a greater understanding of your students' experience of grief, as well as handouts and online resources to support your work with bereaved students both in-person and virtually. Upon completion of this webinar, you will have a toolbox of activities to support your wo...Read morerk with the bereaved, including mindfulness-based exercises and a school support plan. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Distinguish children’s understanding of death at different developmental stages.
  • Construct a school support plan for bereaved students using tools from today’s training.
  • Describe several indicators of grief as a full-body experience.

Friday, September 23, 2022

Live Interactive Webinar

09:00 AM CDT - 12:00 PM CDT

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EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speakers

Arlette Rodriguez, LCSW

Arlette Rodriguez, LCSW

School Program Manager, Bo’s Place
Arlette Rodriguez co-manages Bo’s Place school-based programs and facilitates grief support groups in various schools in the Houston area. She joined Bo's Place in March 2019. Arlette joined the Executive Board of the Latino Social Workers of Greater Houston in September 2020. She earned her Bachelor of Social Work with a minor in Spanish and Business from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and a Master of Social Work from The University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work in 2017. Before joining Bo's Place, she was a Case Manager at Spring Branch Community Health Center.
Donna Olson-Salas, LCSW

Donna Olson-Salas, LCSW

Bilingual Groups Coordinator, Bo’s Place
Donna coordinates bilingual family and adult support groups, coordinates school-based support groups, and manages the pregnancy loss support groups at Bo’s Place. Donna joined Bo’s Place in August of 2016. She earned a Master of Social Work Degree from The University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a Licensed Professional Healer of the Arts. Donna has over 40 years of experience in the social work and mental health fields.

Agenda

9:00-9:30  Introduction to grief 

                   Vocabulary, Worldview

                   Four Tasks of Mourning


9:30-10:50   Understanding children’s grief

                      Grief as a full-body experience

                      Children’s understanding of death at different developmental stages


10:50-11:20  Supporting bereaved students

                       Helpful/Not Helpful

                       Creating a support plan


11:20-11:45 Special circumstances

                      Suicide death, COVID death

                      Social media, memorialization


11:45-12:00  Self-care

                       “Release” activities, “embrace” activities/tools

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours

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