When grief gets more complicated 

This webinar will focus on how to support some of the populations of grieving children and youth who may experience additional barriers to a healthy grief process. The facilitators will share strategies for supporting children who have experienced death by suicide, homicide, and substance use. They will touch on the concept of prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Highlighting ways to identify when a child may be experiencing signs of trauma.

Please note: While Andrea and Liana deliver this training with a trauma-informed approach, it will emphasize recognizing, not treating, signs of trauma in children and youth.

We will share clinical examples, practical tools, and resources through small and large group discussions. The aim is to enhance participants’ confidence in providing grief support in clinically challenging situations.

Participants of this webinar will explore:

• Support strategies and resources for supporting children who are grieving a death by suicide, homicide or substance use
• Ways of identifying signs of trauma in children who are grieving
• Literary, web, and local community supports available to support these populations of grieving children and youth

Please note: This webinar is module 4 of the Children’s grief and bereavement certificate program; however, participants can also register for it as a stand-alone training to enhance their skills in supporting grieving children and families.