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Taking it to the Streets: Grief Support in Schools and Community Agencies Caitlin Burns, MSW The Caring Tree Program of Big Bend Hospice
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- 1. Taking it to the Streets: Grief Support in Schools and Community Agencies Caitlin Burns, MSW The Caring Tree Program of Big Bend Hospice 14th Annual National Alliance for Grieving Children Symposium *Adapted from “Steps to School Outreach,” by Pam Mezzina and Marsha Alishahi
- 3. Assess Need and Available Resources
- 12. Identify Pertinent Guidelines and Clinical Models
- 15. Identify Service Options and Delivery
- 18. Community Services, Activities and Materials Need to Be… Fun & Flexible Pertinent Age-appropriate User- friendly Practical Sensitive to diversity
- 19. Caring Tree Grief Group Model 6 to 8 - week group cycle Sessions last one class period Meeting times: set or flexible “ Interest meetings” in middle & high schools Structure: snack, warm-up, main activity and closing Progress notes, processing & evaluation Have fun!
- 26. Create Forms and Handouts
- 28. Evaluation
- 30. For More Information About Community-based Grief Support Services Caitlin Burns, MSW [email_address] The Caring Tree Program of Big Bend Hospice, Inc. 1723 Mahan Center Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (800) 772-5862
Editor's Notes
- Numbers also do not account for all the other types of losses that children and teens face on a daily basis: incarceration, divorce, poverty, relocation, natural disasters, relationships ending, pet loss, etc. Grief education especially can help address these non-death losses
- For us to know and be aware of: Grief support normalizes grief, provides structure, and builds a sense of community
- Continuing to answer the question, is there a need to offer community based services?
- Some resources might be partners you already have, so lets move onto step 2: identifying essential partners
- RELATIONSHIPS!!!!
- And getting them on board
- Just because someone works with youth does not mean they are a friend to them. This characteristic is not absolutely essential, but it will make your job a lot easier.
- Have an “elevator pitch”. Keep information simple and essential. Know your audience, what grabs a school administrator might be very different than a guidance counselor program director at a JJ facility. You really have to be your own best advocate and a salesperson.
- Change from Life Management to H.O.P.E. Fee for service consideration when school funding is cut.
- Mention that paid staff facilitate services, NOT volunteers.
- Mention various themes: grief 101, feelings, changes, coping, funerals, remembering, graduation
- Generally our policy is to let schools or agencies contact us for help, we are working on partnerships to build up a youth oriented crisis response team. Know what your community has, this may be a need that is already being met in your area. Offering follow-up grief support might be a good place to supplement existing services
- The more other adults and professionals we can educate about the needs of grieving young people the more young people we help.