2008 National Bereavement Teleconference
Living With Grief®: Children and
Adolescents
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
1:30pm-4:00pm
Hospice of Hope - Maysville Office
HFA's 2008 teleconference
will focus on the experience of grieving children and adolescents
and the ways that hospice professionals, teachers and school
administrators, grief counselors, funeral directors, and parents can
best support these populations as they cope with loss and grief. The
program and newly published book will focus on the most current
theories and practices in this area, and as always will combine
academic research with hands-on ideas for use in hospice support
groups and other settings.
At the conclusion of the
2008 teleconference, participants will be able to:
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Describe the
situations that might engender grief in children and adolescents
as well as the particular ways that grief may be manifested in
children and adolescents;
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Describe and evaluate
strategies for work with grieving children and adolescents,
including counseling, support groups, expressive and play
therapies, school-based programs, and camp-based programs;
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Discuss effective
strategies to empower parents and other support systems, such as
schools and faith communities, to assist grieving children and
adolescents; and
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Describe the unique
issues that grieving children and adolescents pose for
professional caregivers and offer strategies for effective
self-help and professional support.
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