Helping Adults and Children Cope with Grief

2 Hours of Continuing Education credit is offered for; LCSW, LMFT, LMHC

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling - CE Provider # 50-462 expires 3/31/2011

All participants receive a certificate of completion.

Presenters:

Grizel Cruz, MA, LMHC has worked at LifePath Hospice in Tampa as a Family Counselor for 14 years. She also has worked at Northside Mental Health, Inc. as an In-home Family Therapist for nine years. She regularly provides presentations on Grief for Senior Companions and facilitates grief sessions in Bereavement Support Groups and at Bereavement Retreats.

Jacqueline Warner Garman, BSW has spent two years as an MSW Student Intern in Bereavement at LifePath Hospice in Tampa. She also has been a Kinship Services Coordinator at the Florida Kinship Center and spent four years at Heart of Adoptions, Inc. as an Adoption Social Worker. She has provided presentations on Children and Grief at the Florida Kinship Center Statewide Conference and for Hillsborough County School Social Workers. She facilitates Adult Bereavement Support Groups and Children's Support Groups at Circle of Love Center for Grieving Children. 

Description:

This workshop will focus on Grief in adults and children. Grief is a natural process that every one experiences one time or another in their life. Grief can be related to a death but can also result from other types of losses. Grief reactions can be different for everyone because it is an individual process. It can also be seen differently in children as compared to adults and interventions should also be different. These differences will be presented to assist you in working with your populations. As professionals, our own losses can contribute to how we help others or can cause difficulties for us in our work. An interactive exercise will give awareness into your own background as you work with individuals and families.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this workshop participants will be able to:

Identify grief related to death and other types of losses

Identify the unique elements of grief for adults and children

Understand how their loss experience contributes to professional roles and personal relationships

Identify Community Resources for grieving adults and families