Support for children and families who are grieving | |
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Navigating Grief During the Holidays
December 7, 2023
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., PST
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The end of year holidays can be especially challenging for children, teens, and families who are grieving. In this webinar, we’ll explore various considerations during the holiday season for families who are grieving (e.g., expectations, pressures, rituals) and helpful ways to support families this holiday season. | |
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Becoming Grief-Informed: Foundations of Grief Education
January 18, 2024
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., PDT
presented by Monique B. Mitchell, PhD, FT
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Being grief-informed sets the foundation for understanding and responding to the needs of people who are grieving the death of someone in their lives. Misassumptions lead to misunderstanding and mistreatment. Tune in for more information on this important topic, including the ten core principles of grief-informed practice. | |
Webinars are $65 per person with discounted pricing when you register for three at the same time. Registration closes at 10 a.m. Pacific the day prior to the webinar. | |
Resources for helping professionals | |
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In a recent training for Hospice staff, we showed our 20-minute video titled, When Your Patient is Dying: Quality Care for Children & Families. The video incorporates the lived experience of families who had a family member who died after a diagnosis of an advanced serious illness, with the decades of professional experience of Drs. Nathalie Johnson and Gregory Thomas.
In the discussion following, one of the attendees asked this question: How do we get this video to every physician who has to tell a patient or a patient’s family that there is no treatment that will save their life?
Here’s how: Order it from our website for the low cost of $19.95 and show it in your hospital, hospice, or medical setting. The package includes how to use it in a Grand Round setting for a 45 to 60-minute presentation, including an introduction and discussion questions.
You can also find free resources through Dougy Center's online toolkit for helping professionals. Find the toolkit here.
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Flexible classes available through online learning | |
Supporting Children, Teens, and Young Adults Who are Grieving
Cost: $375
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In this introductory course, Dougy Center offers an enriching grief education curriculum addressing how to support children, teens, and young adults who are grieving. This course provides a class bundle of seven grief education classes! In addition to learning about loss and grief for children, teens, and young adults, you will have access to classes such as Becoming Grief-Informed, Grief Myths & Misconceptions, and Parents/Caregivers & Grief. | |
Register for the 2024 Virtual Professional Seminar | |
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Join Dougy Center’s knowledgeable staff for an opportunity to explore the fundamentals of grief education across the lifespan. While the majority of helping professionals do not have formal grief education, the 2024 Virtual Professional Seminar, January 29 to February 2, will provide the tools and information to become grief-informed. Learn with colleagues from around the United States and beyond who support, or plan to support, children and families who are grieving. Space is limited to 20 participants.
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Dougy Center trainings & publications | |
- Dr. Donna Schuurman & Dr. Monique Mitchell presented a two-day training (September 13-14, 2023) for the Mary Washington Healthcare Hospice in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Day 1 was for community professionals and Day 2 was for the Hospice staff.
- Dr. Monique Mitchell served as the keynote speaker for the 2023 Families Stronger Together conference in Tacoma, Washington on September 11, 2023.
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