Webinar: Grief - Through the Eyes of Children
November 19, 2024, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Eastern
Adults in children’s lives want to know how they can support them in their grief. Understanding how children experience grief and how loss impacts their lives will better help us to offer the care and compassion they need most. This presentation will offer insight into supporting children as they grow in age and understanding. We will explore childhood grief and factors impacting how grief manifests in their lives. Attendees will learn tools and resources to support children and teens following a death.
Objectives
- Explore childhood grief and factors impacting childhood grief
- Learn about supporting children as they grow in age as well understanding
- Learn how to follow the child through their individual grief journey
- Identify tools and resources to support children and teens following a death
This webinar is presented by the TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing®.
Presenter
Vicki Jay
Vicki Jay serves as Chief Executive Officer for the National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG). Combining her background and experience in education with her hospice and death care experience of championing services for individuals and families before and after a life-altering event, Ms. Jay has spent the last 30 years advocating for children who are bereaved. Notable milestones in her career include founding and serving as Executive Director of Rays of Hope Children’s Grief Center in Midland, Texas, holding the position of Interim Director for Hospice of Midland, and serving on a variety of state and national initiatives. Ms. Jay is recognized for her contributions to children’s advocacy, public speaking, community leadership, and education. She has received numerous awards and accolades for her work. Among them is the National Jefferson Award for Community Service, a prestigious national recognition that honors individuals who, without expectation of recognition, perform extraordinary acts of community and public voluntarism in America. Ms. Jay has worked with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) for over 30 years as a member of the Advisory Board, a trainer for youth programs, a leader with Youth Programs, and as a presenter.
About the TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing®
The TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing® is positioned to be the national and worldwide leader in training and education for bereavement professionals, bereaved individuals, and grieving military, veteran and civilian families. The Institute serves as a resource and training center, providing a hub for high-quality collaboration among professionals working in the field of grief and loss.
The Institute is where practical information on coping with loss are accessible for all who seek current strategies, the most effective tools, and best practices for supporting those who are grieving and those who serve the grieving.
The Institute provides workshops, seminars, panel discussions, and more to educate caregivers, mental health professionals, clergy, funeral directors, casualty officers, the bereaved themselves, and so many others on the best ways to travel the grief journey.
TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing® is located at TAPS Headquarters, 3033 Wilson Blvd., Third Floor, Arlington, VA 22201
Email us at Institute@taps.org or give us a call at 800-959-8277 (TAPS) with any questions.