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SWIGTS presents:
Implications of Traumatic Grief on School Age Children

Saturday September 30th, 2023, 9am-11am

Registration Deadline: Saturday September 23rd, 2023

Location:

Offered through live interactive webinar virtually on Zoom. 

One in eleven children in the state of Arizona will experience the death of a parent or sibling by the age of 18. It is critical that helping professionals are educated about how to support these children, as well as warning signs that may point to a child being in need of additional therapeutic support. This presentation will provide basic grief literacy in relation to definitions and interventions for grieving children. Current data about grieving children in the state of Arizona will be provided. Participants will be educated on developmentally typical grief expressions and how to support grieving children at different ages.

 

Learning Objectives: 

 

  • Participants will be able to define terms: grief, loss, mourning, and traumatic grief to increase understanding of their differences and how they show up in the clinical setting. 

  • Participants will be able to summarize basic modern grief theory and interventions for the bereaved.

  • Participants will examine the statistics regarding effects of traumatic grief on children in the state of Arizona.

  • Following the training, participants will be able to integrate use of ritual and developmentally appropriate support actions for grieving children.

  • Participants will be able to discern when effects of traumatic grief on school age children may require referral to additional therapeutic support.

 

Target Audience: Licensed helping professionals who work in a setting in which they would be supporting or providing therapeutic interventions to grieving children.

 

Content Level: Requires graduate level education. Intermediate level of training content. No prior education in grief is required before taking the course. 

 

Fee & registration: Registration can be found at www.swigts.com. Cost is $125 and includes CE credit. Cancellations must be received 72 hours prior to the live webinar to receive a refund.

Outline with specific times and breaks: Course is 2 hours of didactic learning with slides and examples of use of skills presented. 

Course Interaction & System Requirements: This live webinar is fully interactive and offered on Zoom. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.

 

System requirements:

Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher

Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higher

Broadband Internet connection: Cable, High-speed DSL & any other medium that is internet accessible

 

Post-course evaluations & certificates: Attendees are provided a password to complete the course evaluation. This password will only be shared at the end of the presentation and attendees would only have the opportunity to take evaluation if they have the password. Attendees are required to return evaluations to the presenter via email within 5 business days. Evaluations will be checked with registration and attendance sheets. Attendees will receive certificates via email following their completion of evaluations within 10 business days following their return. 

 

Amount of CE credit offered:  2 CE

 

Southwest Institute for Grief and Trauma Studies (SWIGTS), [provider number], is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: [dates]. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.

 

QUESTIONS? For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please contact: info@swigts.com

Terri Waibel, MSW, LCSW, FT is the founder and continuing education director of the Southwest Institute for Grief and Trauma Studies, an education body that is closing the gap in grief education for helping professionals. Terri is also the founder and clinical director of Center for Compassion, a multi-provider psychotherapy practice in Arizona that is dedicated to supporting the traumatically bereaved after the death of a beloved person. As the 2023 NASW Arizona Social Worker of the Year, Terri brings 20 years of volunteer and work experience to the field.  Terri is simultaneously honored and heartbroken to be present with grievers and proud to call herself a grief activist.

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