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Childhood and Adolescent Grief: Therapeutic Tools and Creative Interventions


Speaker:
Erica H Sirrine, PhD, LCSW, FT
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
PLW38031
Brochure Code:
PLW38031
Media Type:
Live Webcast

Dates


Description

  • A six-week bereavement support group for children and adolescents
  • Multiple demonstrations, experiential exercises, and descriptive case studies
  • Effective techniques for sudden and traumatic deaths such as homicide or suicide
  • Innovative interventions appropriate for a variety of losses including death, divorce, termination of parental rights, and parental incarceration

The voices of these and other bereaved youth will come to life in this creative workshop where you begin to see the world through the eyes of a grieving child. Drawing on her years of experience as a bereavement counselor, Dr. Sirrine weaves unforgettable case stories of bereaved children with creative intervention strategies for a workshop unlike anything you’ve ever attended. Dr. Sirrine artfully blends theory with practice so that even the most seasoned practitioner will leave feeling refreshed and better equipped to treat bereaved children and adolescents. Whether your client is grieving the anticipated death of a loved one by cancer or a traumatic death such as suicide or homicide, this workshop will prepare you to skillfully intervene. While tailored toward clients experiencing a death, you will find much of the information applicable to other losses including divorce, termination of parental rights, adoption, and parental incarceration.

Through a combination of interactive demonstrations and experiential activities, you will leave this workshop with over 25 concrete intervention techniques that will forever change your clinical practice with bereaved youth. Passionate about her clinical work with children, Dr. Sirrine brings a “tool-kit” of her favorite therapeutic games and strategies so you can easily develop your own. Attending this seminar will better equip you to intervene with children, adolescents, and families experiencing illness and loss.

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to change lives and sign-up today!

OUTLINE

CHILDHOOD GRIEF

  • Six common questions following a death
  • Four cognitive components of understanding death
  • Distinctions among adult and youth bereavement
  • Inhibitors of healthy mourning (i.e., traumatic loss, stigmatized death)

CHILDHOOD ANTICIPATORY GRIEF

  • Normalizing the dying process and grief experience
  • Intervention techniques for funeral ritual preparation
  • Intervention techniques for returning children to school after a death

DSM-5® UPDATE

  • Depression and bereavement: A distinction
  • Complicated vs. Prolonged grief
  • Condition under study: Persistent complex bereavement disorder

ATTACHMENT AND CHILDHOOD GRIEF

  • Significance of pre-death relationship to the deceased
  • Assessment of continuing bonds following death
  • Common expressions of continuing bonds to the deceased

ASSESSMENT OF CHILDHOOD BEREAVEMENT

  • Assessing and counseling youth at school
  • Strategies for rapport building
  • “Things we want adults to know about our grief”
  • Grief symptomatology with case examples from infancy-age 18
  • Signs of concern/red flags

THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR CLINICIANS

  • Bibliotherapy
  • Games and play
  • Art and illustration
  • Poetry, writing and music
  • Memorialization rituals- Holidays and significant dates
  • Grief camps
  • Family camps
  • Pamper days
  • Holiday gatherings
  • …and more!

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS

  • Parent/Caregiver involvement
  • Curriculum and session topics for a 6-week support group
  • Facilitator activities and techniques

OBJECTIVES

  • Design individualized therapeutic interventions for bereaved children, adolescents, and families using various modalities including the arts and play.
  • Implement a 6-week support group for bereaved children and adolescents with corresponding therapeutic activities.
  • Create memorialization activities that encourage healthy mourning among children and adolescents.
  • Explore continuing attachment bonds after death and their relevance to clinical practice with bereaved children and adolescents.
  • Examine developmentally appropriate grief reactions throughout childhood and adolescence.
  • Identify the cognitive components of understanding death.

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI, Inc., PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs

PESI would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 800-844-8260.

Credit


* Credit Note - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information: Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this live interactive webcast. This webcast is a broadcast of a live event. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

CE Information is based on 100% attendance.

 


Counselors - Counselors

This educational offering consists of 6.25 clock hour(s) of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this offering and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Social Workers - Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, 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. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 6.25 (Clinical) continuing education credits. Course level: Intermediate. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation.


Social Workers - Canadian Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, 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. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 6.25 (Clinical) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Social Workers - Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number #50-399. This course qualifies for 6.25 continuing education credits.


Social Workers - Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Full attendance at this course qualifies for 6.0 contact hours.


Social Workers - Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This course has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Psychologists - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 6.0 continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Psychologists - Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology. Provider Number #50-399. This course qualifies for 6.3 continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Marriage & Family Therapists

This activity consists of 380 minutes of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the activity advertisement, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider # 503. This course qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this activity qualifies for 6.0 credits. 


Educators/Teachers

This course is designed to qualify towards your professional development requirement. The course is 6.25 clock hours in length.


New Jersey Educators, Administrators & Education Services Personnel

6.0 Actual Professional Development Hours. MEDS-PDN, powered by PESI, Inc. is a registered New Jersey Professional Development Provider with the NJ Dept of Education.


Illinois Educators

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6.0 ISBE Professional Development (PD) Clock Hours have been made available through Quincy University. Those requesting ISBE PD Clock Hours will need to complete additional steps in order to receive the ISBE “Evidence of Completion for Professional Development” form. Instructions will be made available the day of the webcast under the “Materials” tab.

 

After completing and passing the online post-test/evaluation you will also need to complete the ISBE required “Evaluation for Workshop, Conference, Seminar, Etc.” form found on the “materials” tab. Please mail this completed form and $20 enrollment fee (if not already paid with, and in addition, to your registration fee) to PESI, Inc., CE Department, PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000, along with your name, the full title of the webcast, and date of live broadcast.


Indiana Educators

6.0 Professional Growth Points are available for full attendance at this seminar per the Indiana Department of Education standards. 


Montana Educators

This program is offered for 6.0 Renewal Units. PESI, Inc. is an Approved Renewal Unit Provider with the Montana Office of Public Instruction. 


Pennsylvania Educators & School Personnel

6.5 ACT 48 Hours will be made available through Capital Area Intermediate Unit (CAIU). Those requesting ACT 48 Hours will need to follow the extra steps during the evaluation process and provide their Pennsylvania Certification Number in order to be reported to the board. Only those individuals who have a CAIU online account are eligible to receive ACT 48 Hours

Please note that Pennsylvania Educators must complete the post-test and evaluation within two weeks of attending the live event if they would like their participation submitted to Capital Area Intermediate Unit (CAIU). 
Texas Educators

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a CPE Provider #500-981 for Texas Educators by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBED). This course qualifies for 6.0 CPE clock hours. 


Ohio Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance at this course meets the qualifications for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #: 2087. Successful completion of this course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education minutes as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements. 



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Erica H Sirrine, PhD, LCSW, FT's Profile

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Dr. Erica Sirrine is a licensed clinical social worker with over 22 years of experience in the field of death, dying, and bereavement. She earned a PhD in social work and has been awarded the distinction of Fellow in Thanatology by the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Dr. Sirrine has conducted and published research on grief and bereavement, including a study on college student experiences of loss amid the COVID-19 pandemic that was published in OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying and featured in TIME magazine. She maintains a blog on grief and is the author of Sammy’s Story, an anticipatory grief counseling book for young children experiencing the serious illness of a parent.

Dr. Sirrine has extensive expertise providing individual and group therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families experiencing illness and loss. She has implemented numerous interventions and programs aimed at improving the emotional health of clients and currently serves as the director of social work at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dr. Sirrine frequently presents seminars on bereavement and loss throughout the United States and is known for her interactive and engaging workshops.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Erica Sirrine has employment relationships with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Southeastern University. She receives royalties as a published author. Erica Sirrine receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Erica Sirrine is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers, the National Alliance for Children’s Grief, the National Association of Social Workers, and the Society for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare.


Additional Info

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Target Audience

Case Managers, Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

Reviews

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Overall:      5

Total Reviews: 10

Comments

Lia L

"Excellent seminar. Engaging and informative."

melanie k

"best presentation ever been to"

Victoria R

"Excellent!"

Carol M

"wonderful speaker. would love to see her come to Maryland"

Eileen C

"One of the best workshops on this topic that I've ever experienced. I've been doing child grief work for a long time, and I still found it very valuable and re-invigorating. Dr. Sirrine's animated, passionate, compassionate speaking style made for a wonderful day that flew by!"

Wendy S

"Excellent! I loved her!"

Amanda P

"Erica was awesome!!!"

Lisa G

"Dr. Erica Sirrine was the best speaker I have had through PESI. "

Michelle W

"very helpful"

Katie M

"I was concerned about the ability of a webcast to hold my attention the entire day while in my home office. Erica was absolutely wonderful! Passionate and knowledgable. I am very grateful to have had this training."

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to: PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 1-800-844-8260.

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