Free Webinar: Children’s Grief Awareness Day—Classroom Activities to Support Students

Presenters: Evelynn Moon and Annette Mendez

Every school year, Good Grief identifies experts to provide our community with webinars on grief, loss, and resilience. For more information on Good Grief Schools, go to: https://goodgriefschools.org

Good Grief’s Annette Mendez and Evelynn Moon will share classroom-ready approaches designed to help students build understanding of grief, recognize the many ways people experience and express it, and consider how we can support ourselves and one another.

In this webinar, participants will:

• Explore developmentally appropriate ways to introduce grief awareness in school and classroom settings
• Learn activities that help students understand that grief can look, feel, and be expressed differently from person to person
• Identify language and facilitation strategies that allow students to participate without requiring personal disclosure
• Consider ways to create emotionally safer classroom conversations about grief, loss, support, and connection
• Leave with practical ideas and resources that can be used for Children’s Grief Awareness Day and throughout the school year

This webinar is designed for teachers, school counselors, social workers, administrators, youth-serving professionals, and others interested in creating more grief-aware and supportive school communities. Previous grief-training experience is not required.

Evelynn Moon is the Director of Learning and Content Strategy for Good Grief, a nonprofit organization based in New Jersey. Evelynn has worked closely with public health professionals, educators, parents, and caring members of the community to train, guide, and support social-emotional learning, building resilience, and understanding grief and loss. Evelynn works on developing, facilitating, and implementing curriculum and programming for the Good Grief Schools initiative, which seeks to empower the school community to build resilience in students. Evelynn holds a BA from Rutgers and an MA from New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. When Evelynn isn’t at work, she enjoys gardening, spending time with her husband and daughter, and working on her podcast.

Annette Mendez is the Training and Curriculum Manager at Good Grief, where she develops and facilitates grief-informed training for educators, caregivers, and community professionals. A former bilingual educator, Annette brings extensive experience in child development, education, and culturally responsive practices. She holds a BA in Family and Child Life Studies and a graduate certificate in Developmental Models for Autism Intervention from Montclair State University. Her certifications include Certified Grief Educator, Grief Recovery Method Specialist, Certified Child Development Specialist, and Alliance Certified Trainer in the Protective Factors Framework.

Registration Link:
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