Community Bereavement Education is a 28-hour program open to anyone wanting to learn
about coping with grief and loss ...
Topics
include:
Reflective listening
Children's grief
Boundaries
Confidentiality
Child Development
Age appropriate activities
Stress management
Men's grief
Safe and fun ways to physically express emotions
Special issues of suicide survivors
Spirituality
Hospice 101
... for their own benefit
... to be better prepared to help family or friends
... for an opportunity to help
grieving children
... to become
a Pine Tree Hospice Bereavement Facilitator
Participants will
- Gain active listening and group process skills
- Learn how to create and maintain a safe space for group members to process feelings
- Learn how children and teens express and integrate loss at
various developmental stages
- Experience a “Night of Service” including volunteer peer support
- Help lead a children’s bereavement group with a seasoned Evergreen Volunteer Facilitator
