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Kids Grief Specialist Certification Cours

From the heartbreak of losing a loved one or a pet, or experiencing a parent's divorce, to the trauma of mass killings, environmental disasters, or substance-related deaths—kids grieve differently, and they need you to help them navigate these overwhelming emotions.

You carry an immense responsibility… you may be their only lifeline in moments when they feel isolated, powerless, confused, and anxious. That's why we've developed our first-ever Kids Grief Specialist Certification Course. With this course, you'll gain the expertise to guide children through their grief, helping them to process and heal from their pain.

As a Kids Grief Specialist, you will be prepared to:

Implement strategies to help children develop healthy coping mechanisms to build their emotional resilience.
Facilitate kids as they work through grief differently at various developmental stages.
Recognize signs of complicated or prolonged grief in children.
Help children build resilience and develop skills to help them cope with future losses and challenges.
Support kids as they process, resolve, and cope with all types of grief.
And more!

In this comprehensive course, you'll gain the skills and confidence you need to change the grief landscape for your young clients and their families!

Kids Grief Specialist Certification Course

Innovative Tools to Support Children & Families

$629.94 Value — Register Today for $346.47!

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Includes FREE Certification as a Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS-CA)*
*Professional Standards Apply
Plus, earn up to 12.0 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline

5 leading Kids Grief Experts including Liana Lowenstein, Linda Goldman, Tashel Bordere, Andrea Warnick, and Erica Sirrine.

Throughout the course, you'll get tools to help your young clients through all types of losses, from death to the stressors of everyday life! Tools like...

Therapeutic games * Art expression * Stories * Commemorating activities * and More

...bringing them back to a place of safety and security!

AND as a special bonus, this training will give you ALL the education you need to become a Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS-CA)* through Evergreen Certifications! Learn more about the CGCS-CA certification at www.evergreencertifications.com/CGCSCA.

Don't miss your opportunity to participate in the Kids Grief Specialist Certification Course and gain transformative tools to support your young clients.

Kids Grief Specialist Certification Course Outline

The Epidemic of Grief: Innovative Tools for Grieving Children and Their Families

Featuring Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S | Click here for information about Liana Lowenstein

Join award-winning author and international speaker Liana Lowenstein, as she equips you with the knowledge and tools needed to work effectively with grieving children, teens, and families.

You will learn up-to-date grief theory, an innovative model for assessing bereaved children, and a variety of creative techniques to address typical and traumatic grief. You'll also learn engaging interventions to help children bereaved by suicide, homicide, mass violence, military casualties, natural disasters, traumatic separation, and other types of loss.

Watch the creative interventions come to life through demonstrations and actual client sessions. A must-see session!

Up-To-Date Grief Theory and Foundational Knowledge

Key definitions: Grief, disenfranchised grief, prolonged grief disorder, traumatic grief
Differences between typical and traumatic grief
Factors that impact children's grief reactions
Children's concept of death at different ages and stages
The tenets of grief-informed practice

Figuring Out What's Going On: Assessing Bereaved Children and Teens

Areas to assess
Innovative model for assessing the unique needs of bereaved children and their families

Getting Innovative: Play and Expressive Arts to Help Children Through Their Grief Journey

Therapeutic games, art, and stories to help bereaved children open up, learn healthy coping tools, express sadness, resolve guilt, commemorate the deceased, manage grief bursts
Family play therapy interventions to open communication between children and their caregivers

What To Do When Grief Gets More Complicated

Equip caregivers with sensitive and age-appropriate ways to talk with children about tough issues such as suicide, homicide, and drug overdose
Unique activities to address the toughest situations: Suicide, homicide, mass violence, military casualties, natural disasters, and other types of loss
Evidence-based treatment for traumatic grief

Homicide Loss & Grief Among Black Youth

Featuring Tashel Bordere, PhD, CT | Click here for information about Tashel Bordere

In this session you’ll learn about concerns and experiences of Black youth bereaved by homicide loss and culturally-resonant strategies for effective outreach and practice:

Homicide Rates and Patterns of Trauma, Loss, and Grief among Black Children and Adolescents
Common Grief Reactions to Traumatic Loss within Cultural Context
Factors that Complicate Grief for Youth and Families Bereaved by Homicide
Suffocated Grief and Bereaved Black Youth
And more...

A compelling session you don’t want to miss!

Social Justice Theories and Concepts
Homicide Rates and Patterns of Trauma, Loss, and Grief among Black Children and Adolescents
Common Grief Reactions to Traumatic Loss within Cultural Context
Factors that Complicate Grief for Youth and Families Bereaved by Homicide
Homicide Loss in Relation to the Covid-19 Pandemic
- Systemic inequities, and social unrest
Suffocated Grief and Bereaved Black Youth
Limitations in research and practice
Culturally conscientious, grief-informed practices in research, clinical work, and programming with youth and families coping with deaths by homicide
- 5 A’s, rituals, continuing bonds

Untangling Grief: Supporting Children Through Substance-Related Loss

Featuring Andrea Warnick, RN, MA | Click here for information about Andrea Warnick

Death of a significant person represents one of the most powerful disruptions in all aspects of a child or youth's emotional existence...

...and when a death is related to substance use, there are additional layers of complexity to a child's grief process due to challenging elements such as feelings of guilt, confusion, and isolation. An important element in any child's grief process is their ability to narrate their understanding of the death to both them and others.

Join Andrea as she shares innovative and practical strategies for supporting a healthy grief process including:

Approaches to help children understand their grief and the cause of death
Helping children develop their narrative of the death
Creative ways to express and process their grief

Stories and important messages from children, youth, and their families will be woven throughout.

Common Barriers

What holds families and professionals alike back from entering into conversations about death with a child?
Strategies and approaches for navigating these barriers
Risks and limitations

Grief Literacy

What is grief literacy and why is it important?
How do we explain the following to kids: “Death”, “Overdose”, “Substance Use”, “Cremation”, “Grief”

Talking with Children about a Death from Substance Use

Language to avoid
A sample conversation

5 Common Concerns of Grieving Children

Why it's important for adults to initiate the conversation about these 5 common concerns
Examples of ways to address these concerns

Practical Support Strategies

Addressing informational gaps
Modeling grief
Helping the child narrate their story
Fostering connection with the person who died

Signs that Children May Need Additional Support

Irish child bereavement pyramid
Indications that children need more support than what they are currently receiving

Useful Resources

Literary, web, and program resources

Climate Change and Youth: Turning Grief, Loss, and Anxiety into Action

Featuring Linda Goldman, MS, LCPC, FT | Click here for information about Linda Goldman

Too many of our young people have become fearful and grief-stricken, after a lifetime of bombardment by media information and images suggesting their planet could become so injured it might die during their natural lifetime.

In this session, Linda Goldman will help you embolden children, teens, parents, and caring adults in acting for the health and wellbeing of everyone on Earth.

Linda creates a foundation of understanding that our youth are grieving losses related to climate change and shares:

Practical tools to promote engagement with children and older youth about climate change and the grief surrounding it
Promote age-appropriate dialogue about climate change
Case Studies and techniques to use with young people about climate change
Current research on the impact of climate change on young people

We can travel with young people toward a path whereby everyone, young and old, expresses their grief and anxiety, then resets their moral compass to a commitment, a resolve, and a willingness to act in a way that ensures unity for ourselves and the world around us.

Grief and loss issues in today's world focusing on climate change

Cognitive developmental understanding of young people
Generations impacted by climate change

Promoting dialogue with youth about climate change

Definitions
Conversations
Age-appropriate resources for dialogue (in handout)

Case Studies and techniques to use with young people about climate change

Environmental activities with children and climate change
Provide informative websites for young people (in handout)

Current research on the impact of climate change on young people

Research has just begun and mostly limited to the past few years.
Hickman et al. 2022
The Hispanic Resource Foundation 2020
Luis et al. 2020

Could This Be Grief? Strategies for Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Non-Death Losses

Featuring Erica Sirrine, PhD, LCSW, FT | Click here for information about Erica H Sirrine

While grief is most often associated with death, children and adolescents experience grief from a variety of non-death losses as well.

And our young clients have experienced unprecedented and cumulative losses over the past three years. Some of these include parental divorce, school changes, trauma, personal breakups, abuse or neglect, foster care or adoption, physical and mental illness, parental substance use, and more.

Join Dr. Erica Sirrine, expert in death, dying and bereavement in this session on moving beyond a traditional “staged” or linear model of grief to help you understand and address the complexities of non-death losses. You'll be empowered to engage in grief-informed practice to help your young clients integrate losses into their ongoing lives in adaptive ways

Non-Death Losses Impacting Children and Adolescents

Examine the Pandemic's Impact on Childhood Grief and the Clients you Serve

Common Emotional, Social, Physical, and Spiritual Reactions to Non-Death Loss

Impact on your young clients

Moving Beyond a Staged or Linear Model of Grief Counseling to Support Your Grieving Clients

Using the Core Principles of Grief-Informed Practice to enhance your work and advocacy for grieving children and adolescents
Consider current limitations of the research and intervention risks

Kids Grief Specialist Certification Course
Innovative Tools to Support Children & Families

$629.94 Value — Register Today for $346.47!

GET STARTED NOW

Bonus! Certification Made Simple

As a special bonus, this training will give you ALL the education you need to become a Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS-CA)* through Evergreen Certifications.

It's never been easier to become a Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS-CA):

Step 1: Watch this online course.
Step 2: Complete the continuing education quiz and instantly print your certificate of completion.
Step 3: Submit the Certification Renewal Questionnaire included in this training, and your renewal application is complete.

That's it! A $149.99 value for free! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.

Learn more about the CGCS-CA certification at www.evergreencertifications.com/CGCSCA.

Evergreen Certifications

Benefits of Certification

Expertise: Show patients, families, colleagues, and employers your practice is based on leading-edge research in this complex area of youth grief.

Patient trust: Certification shows your clients you care about providing the best care possible. It reveals your professional ability to take on challenging clients and succeed!

Documentation of knowledge: Certification is both a professional and personal accomplishment. It's an unbiased barometer of your training and dedication to your practice.

Professional recognition: Set yourself apart from the thousands of clinicians. Increase your opportunities for career advancement.

Frequently Asked Questions

More children are experiencing grief due to increasing rates of parental separation, divorce, and mental health illness. Additionally, exposure to community violence, natural disasters, and other traumatic events has heightened the prevalence of grief among children.

This powerful training will provide you with the skills, tools, and techniques you need to provide quality care to children of all ages who are experiencing grief. You will be empowered to help them overcome grief and regain their childhood.

This course prepares you to become a Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS-CA). You will be recognized as a specialist…someone who sets the standard for kids' grief care. It will be a resource you keep in your toolbox throughout your career — to help children of all ages.

Whether you're seeking to expand your practice, learn new evidence-based interventions, or simply hoping to develop new skills, this self-study course provides superior training around your own schedule.

Yes! Once you register for this self-directed course, the materials are yours to keep, access, and review at your own pace, around your own busy schedule.

Plus, there's no rush to "cash in" on your certification. PESI will cover the cost of your first year as a Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counseling Specialist (a $149.99 value) whenever you're ready to add to your credentials.

With over 12 hours of online video training, insightful commentary, interventions, and examples, you will have compelling new strategies that you can immediately start applying in your practice! We encourage you to take the time to fully absorb everything. Watch the videos. Read the materials. Get your CE hours! Earn your certification!

But, if you review all of the course materials and are still not satisfied, give us a call at 800-844-8260. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

Kids Grief Specialist Certification Course

Innovative Tools to Support Children & Families

$629.94 Value — Register Today for $346.47!

GET STARTED NOW

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