When grief gets more complicated: Supporting children grieving traumatic loss 

Supporting children and youth through layered loss, trauma, and complex grief.

This webinar will focus on supporting children grieving traumatic loss. As well as those who face additional barriers to a healthy grief process. The facilitators will share strategies for supporting children who have experienced death by suicide, homicide, or substance use. They will discuss the concept of prolonged grief disorder (PGD). They will also highlight ways to identify signs of trauma in a child.

Please note: While we will 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 supporting children grieving traumatic loss. As well as providing grief support in clinically challenging situations.

Learning objectives:

• 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.

Build confidence in supporting grieving children and youth navigating complicated loss. Learn strategies for responding to deaths by suicide, homicide, or substance use. Recognize signs of trauma that may complicate the grief process, and access practical tools, real-world examples, and community-based resources to guide your work in the most complex and emotionally charged situations. Register now to gain the tools and insight you need to make a meaningful difference.

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.

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