Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2016 Northwest Conference on Childhood Grief a huge success!! We had close to 100 attendees from many professions all joined together to share best practices and keys to success. Donna Schuurman from the Dougy Center in Portland started the event off speaking about traumatic grief. We had many breakout sessions covering therapeutic art, self care, assisting grieving children in the classroom and so much more.
Below you will find the updated speaker’s materials from each session. Attendees feel free to download and use as best suits your needs. Speakers, if you’d like your presentation materials updated please send the updated version to info@safecrossingsfoundation.org.
Keynote
- Donna Schuurman: Bereavement-informed responses to traumatic death
Session 1
- McNeil: Current Research on Childhood Bereavement and Support
- Hecht:Bringing storytelling, poetry and creative writing and drama to groups of children and teens facing loss
- McCormick: Building a grief support group for kids from the ground up
- Verneuil/Stillger: Supporting children facing loss through creative expression and DRAW IT OUT (Part 1)
Session 2
- Neal:
- Kabour/Love: Grief responses following a traumatic loss
- Kabour/Love: Childhood grief interventions list
- Goldsmith: Initial Steps to Support Students After a Sudden Death
- Goldsmith: Talking-With-Children
- Verneuil/Stillger: Supporting children facing loss through creative expression and DRAW IT OUT (Part 2)
Session 3
- Musson/Baker: Grieving and Growing Together
- Musson/Baker: Musson handouts
- Musson/Baker: Musson Selected References
- Duke: Teen Groups: What has worked to sustain and grow
- Fleming: Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Meditation
Session 4
- Arguez/Gordon: Poetry and Guided Journaling as a Therapeutic Intervention
- Linnehan: Beyond Words: The restorative power of the arts in helping children and families heal after suicide loss
- Linnehan: Beyond Words- Activities Handout
- Linnehan: Beyond Words: Restorative Power of the Arts after Suicide Loss
- Meyers: Therapeutic drama techniques supporting children and teens throughout their grief process
- Barrett: the Parent’s Dilemma
Session 5
- Eastgard: Suicide loss and prevention
- Eastgard: Student Suicide
- Lim: Skills & tools to improve grief & bereavement practice – focus on self-reflection
- Allen: Creative Interventions Children’s AG Jennifer Allen
Session 6
- Allen: Creative Interventions Children’s AG Jennifer Allen (This is the same information from session 5. If going to both, no need to print twice.)
- Hilliard: A Psychotherapy-creative arts therapy approach to children’s grief camps
- McNiel: How to Help Grieving Kids in the Classroom
Closing Plenary
- Goldsmith/Robinson: The Art of Self Care