Death and grief are inevitable.
Be prepared when a child in your care experiences the death of a loved one.
There will come a time when a child in your care has their world turned upside down because someone important in their life has died. Our trainings can provide you with the resources and foundational knowledge to help companion these children and teens.
Provide Hope & Healing to Children and Teens in Your Care
All Webinars are from 11:00 AM CST - 12:00 PM CST and come with CEU's!
Check back for for our upcoming webinars for Spring 2024!
Until then, check out our On-Demand Webinars!
Click the button below to access the Self-Paced Courses on CE-Go.
Providing free webinars is another way we care for children, teens, and families who are grieving. No matter where you practice, Journey of Hope is here to help you help others.
Learn About the Workshops We Offer
Click on the webinar title below to download now!
This is a one-hour webinar that serves as an introduction into supporting grieving children. Sometimes you don’t know exactly what to say and are fearful of saying or doing the “wrong thing.” In this training, you will learn strategies to increase your confidence in helping children and teens who are grieving.
It can be challenging to talk to children and teens about their grief journey and to bring up the topic of death…especially if the child is not receptive to the conversation. This one-hour webinar provides strategies to start the conversation with children and teens, the role of a companion, and tangible tips to engage children who are at different places in their journey.
Young Adults (ages 18-25) are learning about their new identities and how they fit into the world. Their struggles, fears, and complicated situations can make their grief journey challenging. This one-hour webinar shares common grief emotions and behaviors in Young Adults and provides strategies to support them during this time.
Grief is unique to each person and is processed in many different ways. This one-hour webinar describes grief processing styles for children and teens and provides activities and strategies to connect with them through their unique journeys.
Each member of a family will have a unique approach to processing their grief. This will inevitably create change within the household to include the way they communicate with one another. In this webinar, we share strategies that you can use to encourage healthy family dynamics through communication.
After a death, children will experience a wide range of emotions. Combined, these emotions can increase anxiety levels. In this webinar, we describe the common fears and worries contributing to their anxiety and provide strategies to implement that can help them process their grief and anxiety.
The death of a loved one from suicide has many unique considerations. We discuss common behaviors and emotions, language to use, and strategies to support children of all ages from a suicide death.
This workshop helps professionals adjust to the different experience of providing support virtually. We share activities and other ways you can engage students during virtual support groups.
This workshop helps professionals adjust to the different experience of providing support virtually. We share activities and other ways you can engage students during virtual support groups.
An ambiguous loss leaves those impacted with confusion and burning questions. This training provides strategies, activities/handouts to help students with this type of loss and their ability to cope with grief with resiliency.
A family member with an advanced serious illness can cause anxiety and confusion in children. In this training, we share strategies, helpful language to use, and activities/handouts to support children and through the ups and downs of anticipatory loss. We break this down by developmental age in addition to providing ways to support parents.
Isolation and feeling misunderstood commonly lead to changes in grades, concentration, friendships, and interests in children who are grieving. This training provides tools to help school counselors, teachers, and administrators feel more confident to support students and help build resiliency.
Middle and High School marks a pivotal moment in childhood development. This training provides tools to help school counselors, teachers, and administrators feel more confident to support students who are grieving and help build resiliency.
Join Journey of Hope as we discuss the impact of holidays on grieving children and teens. We will detail specific considerations, share special activities to help process grief emotions, and provide strategies to support the family.
We can tailor workshops to fit the needs of your school or organization. Please contact us if you are interested in a specific topic.
- 972-964-1600
- program@johgriefsupport.org
Would you like a free grief workbook?
This workbook is for mental health providers and school counselors to use with children ages 5-18 who are grieving. The workbook, which includes worksheets, discussion guides, and additional crafts and activities to use with children, was made possible through a generous Community Impact Grant from New York Life.