This training provides a greater awareness of the impact of bereavement and grief on children, young adults and their families. It looks at the understanding of death at different stages of development and how children and young people respond to grief. The training gives you the tools and confidence to support children and young adults who are dealing with bereavement.
Anyone who works with children and young adults in school, organisational or therapeutic settings and wants a better understanding of how they react to bereavement and how best to support them.
• Develop a greater understanding of how grief is experienced by children & young adults./p>
• Explore different models which help explain how children and young adults react to grief and loss.
• Be able to identify common grief responses at different ages and stages of development.
• Be able to assess a child or young adults needs and provide effective support.
• Be aware of complicated grief.
• Understand the importance and value of self-care when working with grief and bereavement.
“This workshop has helped me gain confidence not just directly working with the young people I support, but also being confident in sharing information with schools and families about how grief may be displayed.” Anonymous - Cambridgeshire Community Services (NHS)
“I realised that a lot of what I thought was helpful in this situation may not be helpful. I learnt new ways to approach this topic with children and what to and what not to say.” Elinor - Swansea Children’s Centre
Webinars are held in Zoom and will run for 2 ½ hours with a break in the middle. Courses have a maximum of 15 delegates, facilitated by a Cruse trainer experienced in bereavement support. They are interactive, allowing for questions and for delegates to discuss grief and loss in the context of their organisation or role.
Cruse Bereavement Support is the UK’s leading bereavement charity, reaching over 100,000 people each year. We help people through one of the most painful times in life – with bereavement support, information and campaigning and provide training and consultancy to a range of organisations. We partner with Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland to provide support for the whole of the UK.
If you would like to book a group training session for your organisation, please click here
We are unable to reschedule or refund any cancellations made less than 3 days before the event.
Any profit generated from the sales of our services is reinvested back into our work to support the bereaved.