Supporting Grieving Children
An estimated 1 in 14, or 5.2 million, children in the U.S. will experience the death of a parent or sibling before they reach the age of 18. And yet many school counselors, parents, caregivers, social workers, and therapists struggle trying to understand how grief manifests in children and how best to support them. This workshop provides a foundation childhood bereavement and tools for supporting grieving children. It will provide a framework for grief and developmental age, guidelines for talking to children about death and grief, tools and creative activities for helping kids with grief emot...Read moreions, and activities for remembrance and continuing bonds. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify expected grief response of children at each age/developmental stage, while considering the need for flexibility in applying these expectations.
- Assess the unique needs of grieving children, with focus on how clinicians can meet these needs directly, as well as how they can assist caregivers, teachers, mentors, and other adults to create a community of support for grieving children.
- Apply interventions for children who are grieving in normal and non-problem ways, as well as identify appropriate resources, referrals, and interventions for children who need more intensive grief support.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
01:00 PM EDT - 04:15 PM EDT
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Agenda
1:00-1:15 Introduction, data review, and defining grief
• Doka and the introduction of the grief beyond bereavement loss.
• CBEM data on national childhood bereavement
1:15-1:45 Research on Children's Grief and Children's Grief Support
• Literature review
• Parent and caregiver of grieving children survey
1:45-2:15 Cognitive development: grief and developmental stages
• Age review based on cognitive, social, and moral development
• Modeling, Social Learning Theory, And Practical Considerations
2:15-2:30 Grief and magical thinking in children
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:15 Re-grief and continuing bonds theory
• Understanding regrief in children
• Framework for continuing bonds
3:15-4:00 Activities and tools
• Emotions
• Remembrance and continuing bonds
4:00-4:15 Community resources, referrals, and close.
CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours
CE Approvals
American Psychological Association
New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy
New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors
Texas Board of Social Work Examiners
Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners
CE Process Info
Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her 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 CE credits.
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Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:
- Complete evaluation forms for the event
- Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format
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