AT THIS WORKSHOP YOU WILL:

- Understand grief and loss and how it affects youth of different ages.

- Understand the myths of childhood and adolescent grief.

- Learn how to talk to a child/teen about death, dying, funerals, and how to appropriately and compassionately answer their questions.

- Learn how to maintain open communication with the support systems (parents, coaches, and teachers) in the child/teens life to promote healing.

- Learn compassionate approaches and creative   activities that a parent or supportive adult can provide to help a child/teen/family, who is actively mourning, find healing.

- Provide each participant with a resource list with age appropriate reading material, helpful websites and wonderful community resources.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING: Anyone from the Tiverton, Portsmouth, Little Compton, RI and surrounding communities, as well as parents, educators, coaches, counselors/ therapists, social workers, chaplains  or anyone interested in learning more about grief and loss with youth.