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