News from Dougy Center, February 2022 Newsletter

News from Dougy Center, February 2022

Upcoming Events

25th Annual Porsche Boxster Raffle

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Grief Education Webinars

Grief as a Mental Disorder The Movement to Pathologize Grief

March 24, 2022

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Beyond the Numbers: Voices of those Grieving a Death from COVID

May 12, 2022

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Reflection Benefit & Auction

May 6, 2022

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International Summer Institute

July 25 - 29, 2022

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Dougy Center's L.Y.G.H.T. program receives $210,000 grant from The Duke Endowment

The Duke Endowment recently awarded Dougy Center a $210,000 research grant to evaluate and expand our L.Y.G.H.T. program (Listening and Led by Youth in Foster Care: Grief, Hope, and Transitions), an intervention for youth in foster care using Dougy Center’s peer grief support model.

The grant will fund the second randomized control trial of the L.Y.G.H.T. intervention and will be used to expand L.Y.G.H.T. support groups to teens and young adults throughout South Carolina. In the coming years, we look forward to bringing L.Y.G.H.T. to other states, including Oregon.

The grant also funds a new full-time, SC L.Y.G.H.T. State Coordinator position. Juliette Martinez, M.S.W. was recently hired to fill this role, and brings five years of experience with the project as a researcher and practitioner. As the SC L.Y.G.H.T. State Coordinator, Martinez will work to expand the L.Y.G.H.T. program throughout South Carolina and provide direct support to L.Y.G.H.T. community sites and volunteer facilitators.

Find out more about the L.Y.G.H.T. program here.

Join Dougy Center to discover the fundamentals of developing and operating peer support groups for children, teens, and families who are grieving. At the 2022 International Summer Institute, you will learn with colleagues from around the United States and beyond who plan to start or who have already directly established programs for children and families who are grieving. Find out more and register here.

We are thrilled to announce that Dougy Center will be awarding four scholarships to the Summer Institute, made possible by a grant from the New York Life Foundation. Apply here through April 1, 2022.

Youngest Grievers Activity: People who like me

We all feel lonely sometimes, especially when we're grieving. Share this activity with a child in your life to help remind them that there are people who care about them and love them. Download this activity sheet for younger children, and this activity sheet for kids who are older.

Share this activity with a child in your life to help them remember there are people who care about and love them. They can draw as many people as they want. Here are some potential follow-up questions to expand the conversation: "How often do you get to spend time with each of these people?" "How do you feel when you're around them?" "What do you like and value about them?"

Author seeking for advice from fellow widowed parents

Jenny Lisk, author of the memoir, Future Widow, is writing a new book that will include advice from widowed parents for widowed parents. If you are a widowed parent and have a bit of advice to share, please submit a short tip (about 100 words). To be considered, submit your tip here before February 15. The topics are flexible — anything you think would help newly widowed parents. Here is list of suggestions and prompts from Jenny to help you get started.

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