Good Grief for School Professionals
School settings present a distinct opportunity for educators and school professionals to address children’s grief. School professionals can be the first interaction a child has with learning healthy coping skills to address often intense emotions associated with grief.
This in-person workshop is designed for school professionals wanting to build their skills to effectively support bereaved students. Through this training, school professionals will gain an understanding of children’s grief at different developmental stages, identify indicators of grief, and learn about current grief theory. T...Read morehrough this training, school professionals will gain an understanding of children’s grief at different developmental stages, identify indicators of grief, learn about current grief theory, and provide tips for talking to students about grief and death.
Content is intended for those who are trained and experienced in providing social/emotional support to students. This workshop will include interactive exercises and attendees will be provided with educational handouts, samples of grief-based activities, and student support plans.
For questions, please contact Alison Smith at alison@bosplace.org or 713-942-8339.
Please note: all refund requests must be emailed to alison@bosplace.org 48 hours prior to the event. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Describe several indicators of grief as a full-body experience.
- Distinguish children’s understanding of death at different developmental stages and describe several indicators of grief as a full-body experience.
- Identify helpful ways to support grieving children and teens in the school setting.
Target Audience
Friday, January 31, 2025
10050 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX, 77054
09:00 AM CST - 12:00 PM CST
About the speakers
Donna Olson-Salas, LCSW
Dianne Baek, LMSW
Agenda
9:00am-10:30am: Introduction to grief
- About Bo's Place
- Introduction to grief
- Understanding children's grief
10:30am-12:00pm: Understanding children’s grief
- Supporting bereaved students
- School-wide situations
- Supporting you
CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours
CE Approvals
American Psychological Association
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work
New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors
New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology
New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy
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.
After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.
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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