Supporting Grieving Families

Type:
  Training
Duration:
1 hour, 28 minutes
CE credits:
1.5 CEs
Featuring:
Dolly Phillips, MA, LMFT and Loren Delgado, MSW
Series:
Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Seminars
Relevant categories:
Behavioral Health Family Engagement
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Overview

The grief process looks different for children and adults. Watch this video to learn best practices in supporting families experiencing grief and recognize how personal beliefs, cultural differences, and history with death influences the therapeutic process.

Recorded on: 3/7/2018

  Keywords: adolescent, child, communication, connection, grief, parenting, social emotional learning
  Public link for sharing: https://learn.wellbeing4la.org/detail?id=1717&k=1590708738  
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Learning objectives

  • Explain the typical grief process in children & adolescents
  • Identify the differences between children’s grief and adult grief
  • Identify the differences between children’s grief and adult grief
  • Explain how cultural differences impact how children & adolescents experience the grief process

Professional credit

  • This activity offers the following types of credit: APA
  • 1.5 CEs are available.
  • Additional details can be found in the activity document for this resource.

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