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SUMMARY:Good Grief Open House: Morristown
DESCRIPTION:In this 75 minute tour\, members of the community can get an introduction to our mission\, programs\, and facilities. If you are considering finding a way to get involved with Good Grief\, whether as a volunteer\, donor\, or advocate in the community a tour of our center is the best way to find out more\, ask questions\, meet staff\, and become a part of our community. \nPlease email info@good-grief.org to sign up and include the date of the tour in the subject.
URL:https://good-grief.org/event/good-grief-open-house-morristown-10/
LOCATION:Good Grief Morristown\, 38 Elm Street\, Morristown\, NJ\, 07960\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Good Grief":MAILTO:info@good-grief.org
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SUMMARY:Good Grief Open House: Princeton
DESCRIPTION:In this 75 minute tour\, members of the community can get an introduction to our mission\, programs\, and facilities. If you are considering finding a way to get involved with Good Grief\, whether as a volunteer\, donor\, or advocate in the community a tour of our center is the best way to find out more\, ask questions\, meet staff\, and become a part of our community. \nPlease email info@good-grief.org to sign up and include the date of the tour in the subject.
URL:https://good-grief.org/event/good-grief-open-house-princeton-20/
LOCATION:Good Grief Princeton\, 5 Mapleton Road\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Good Grief":MAILTO:info@good-grief.org
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SUMMARY:Good Grief Open House: Princeton
DESCRIPTION:In this 75 minute tour\, members of the community can get an introduction to our mission\, programs\, and facilities. If you are considering finding a way to get involved with Good Grief\, whether as a volunteer\, donor\, or advocate in the community a tour of our center is the best way to find out more\, ask questions\, meet staff\, and become a part of our community. \nPlease email info@good-grief.org to sign up and include the date of the tour in the subject.
URL:https://good-grief.org/event/good-grief-open-house-princeton-21/
LOCATION:Good Grief Princeton\, 5 Mapleton Road\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Good Grief":MAILTO:info@good-grief.org
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SUMMARY:Free Webinar: Supporting the Grieving Student
DESCRIPTION:This free webinar session will begin with practical advice on how to support grieving students in general. A wide range of topics will be covered\, including what not to say\, considerations related to grief across different cultures\, identifying and addressing guilt\, appropriate academic accommodations\, and managing grief triggers. The unique challenges of supporting students still impacted by grief from the COVID-19 pandemic\, as well as free resources for addressing these challenges from the Coalition to Support Grieving Students\, will be shared. \nAll live attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.
URL:https://good-grief.org/event/free-webinar-supporting-the-grieving-student/
LOCATION:Online
ORGANIZER;CN="Good Grief":MAILTO:info@good-grief.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220319T090000
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SUMMARY:Good Grief Spring Institute
DESCRIPTION: \nFor more information\, please contact Evelynn@good-grief.org\nJoin us for the Good Grief Spring Institute. This annual learning symposium addresses key issues related to grief and loss in order to raise awareness and enhance community resilience.\nAttend this event to learn about: \nThe impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on physical\, emotional\, and mental well-being throughout an individual’s life.\nBest practices to facilitate conversations about grief and adversity. \nSystemic issues that cause inequitable experiences of grief and adversity.\nHow supportive relationships and adaptive life skills foster resilience in children and families.\n\n\nADMISSION\nFULL-DAY: $125\nAFTERNOON: $50\nSTUDENT RATE: $75\n\nREGISTER\n\nSCHEDULE\n9:00 am: Check In\n9:30 am: Conference Begins\n9:45 am: Workshop 1: Talking About Grief: Confronting the Elephant in the Room\n11:00 am: Break\n11:15 am: Workshop 2: Challenge Accepted: Addressing Adversity Head On\n12:30 pm: Lunch\n1:30 pm: Good Grief Resource Session\, Optional\n2:15 pm: Keynote: “From Awareness to Socially Just Practices in Grief Support with Marginalized Youth”\n3:15 pm: Break\n3:30 pm: Panel Discussion featuring Good Grief participants \n4:30 pm: Conference Ends\, Optional Reception to Follow\n\nKeynote Address\n\nFrom Awareness to Socially Just Practices in Grief Support with Marginalized Youth – Tashel Bordere\, PhD\, CT\nIn this session\, participants will learn about the patterns of loss\, disenfranchisement\, and suffocated grief of marginalized youth and families and ways in which grief has been further complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic and on-going systemic inequalities. Participants will also be exposed to an examination of socially just practices that contribute to effective outreach\, cross-cultural communication\, and grief enfranchisement of bereaved youth. \nLearning Goals\n1. Describe sources of bereavement and suffocated grief in Black communities related to long-standing inequities\, systemic oppression\, and COVID-19.2. Examine cultural resources as tools of grief enfranchisement and resistance to social denial of Black youth and family grief.\nDr. Bordere is an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science and State Extension Specialist in Youth Development at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She currently serves as Board Member of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. She has specialized training as a Certified Thanatologist (Death\, Dying\, and Grief). Dr. Bordere is past Board Member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)\, chaired the Multicultural Committee\, and served as Editor of the ADEC forum publication. \nDr. Bordere has done numerous workshops\, consultations\, and trainings and publishes work related to diversity and resilience through loss including a co-edited/co-authored book\, Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief (Harris and Bordere\, 2016). Her research areas include African American youth grief\, coping\, and homicide loss. She also developed S.H.E.D. Grief Education in the Schools. \n\nPanel Discussion\n\nThe symposium will feature a panel discussion led by Good Grief’s Director of Education\, Evelynn Moon\, on the complexities of managing Adverse Childhood Experiences and grief. The panel will feature Good Grief parents and caregivers in conversation about the experience of supporting bereaved children who have a variety of ACEs.\nLearning Goals: \nEngage in a community conversation around the relationship between grief and other adversities.\nExplore the role of adaptive life skills play in a young person’s ability to adapt to challenges.\nIdentify the types of support and relationships that positively support young people who are facing a range of challenges and adversities.\n\n\nWorkshops\n\nTalking About Grief: Confronting the Elephant in the Room – Evelynn Moon\, MA\nThis session is designed to identify and explore the role of grief following a death. Participants will learn the answers to how can we confront the “elephant” and reduce the isolation grievers often feel? How do we show up with empathy and compassion? What are helpful ways to support all those who are grieving? \nLearning Goals: \nIdentify death as a teachable moment and grief as a learning and growth experience\nFacilitate competent conversations about death among children and adults\nExplain strategies to assist children and adults coping with death\nIdentify the elements of grief that serve a useful purpose\nDescribe ways to be present for grievers in ways that are empathic and compassionate \nSpeaker Bio:\nEvelynn Moon\, MA is the Director of Education for Good Grief. Evelynn is responsible for Good Grief’s education programs in the external community. Through education and advocacy\, Good Grief is working to transform the environments that grieving children inhabit on a daily basis like schools\, community and faith organizations\, other nonprofits\, and more. Prior to arriving at Good Grief\, Evelynn worked in the creation\, training\, and implementation of Social Emotional Learning\, Mentorship\, and Comprehensive Sexual Education programming in schools throughout the state of New Jersey and beyond. \n–\nChallenge Accepted: Addressing Adversity Head On – Kelly S. Puryear\, MSW\nThis highly energetic and interactive workshop presents a brief introduction to the context and findings of the first Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) study and its Principals who challenged themselves to think differently about the social determinants of health that they could see. It’s a story of their impatience with the amount of health\, social emotional\, and behavioral challenges that exists in our country and the courage to set aside strongly held beliefs that can hide the truth. It’s about systematically testing new possibilities. \nLearning Goals: \nIntroduce the CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences study.\nUnderstand the impact of childhood trauma and its implications across the life course.\nExplore ways to support building resilience and address the impact of ACEs. \nSpeaker Bio:\nCurrently working for the NJ Office of Resilience\, Kelli Puryear’s work focuses on transformative possibilities with justice-involved families/youth\, early education and the intellectual/developmental disability communities.\nPrior to joining the Office\, she worked with the NJ Department of Children and Families Office of Adolescent Services supporting adolescents in their transition to adulthood.  Kelli has also served at various youth-development agencies ensuring achievement of organizational and programmatic outcomes.  Throughout her career\, in both private agencies and public systems\, she oversaw quality improvement systems and large-scale project management.  She is most excited about the transformative potential of understanding ACEs and contributing to core protective systems.  \nKelli was born and raised in Essex County\, NJ were she currently resides. She hold’s a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work (BSW) from Temple University\, a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Rutgers University and completed post-Master’s work at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University. \n\nGood Grief Resource Info Session\n\nGood Grief will share resources and information on current programs that assist children\, teens\, parents\, and professionals in to build resilience through loss and adversity. There will be opportunity for Q&A.\n\nCoffee\, Lunch\, and Cocktail Reception\n\nMorning coffee and snacks\, as well as lunch will be provided. At the conclusion of the event\, you are invited to join us for a networking reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and refreshments.\n\nAny complaints or grievances may be submitted in writing Good Grief at: 38 Elm Street\, Morristown\, NJ 07960.\nCONTENT LEVEL\nThe content in this course will be at a beginner level.\nTARGET AUDIENCE\nSocial workers\, counselors\, therapists\, school professionals\, parents and caregivers\, and concerned members of the community.\nREGISTRATION DEADLINES\nSpace is limited\, and will be confirmed by email. In order to avoid being closed out\, register as soon as possible. Deadlines are : March 11\, 2022.\nREFUND & CANCELLATION POLICY\nRefunds and cancellations will be processed for those who request in advance of the date of their workshop\, after which refunds will no longer be granted.\nSNOW DATE\nMarch 26\, 2022.\nCOURSE COMPLETION AND INFO\nFor accommodations with disabilities\, please contact Evelynn Moon\, Director of Education for Good Grief at 908-522-1999 x8013 or via email at Evelynn@good-grief.org\n\n
URL:https://good-grief.org/event/spring-institute-2022/
LOCATION:The Pingry School\, 131 Martinsville Road\, Basking Ridge\, New Jersey\, 07920\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Good Grief":MAILTO:info@good-grief.org
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SUMMARY:Good Grief Open House: Morristown
DESCRIPTION:In this 75 minute tour\, members of the community can get an introduction to our mission\, programs\, and facilities. If you are considering finding a way to get involved with Good Grief\, whether as a volunteer\, donor\, or advocate in the community a tour of our center is the best way to find out more\, ask questions\, meet staff\, and become a part of our community. \nPlease email info@good-grief.org to sign up and include the date of the tour in the subject.
URL:https://good-grief.org/event/good-grief-open-house-morristown-11/
LOCATION:Good Grief Morristown\, 38 Elm Street\, Morristown\, NJ\, 07960\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Good Grief":MAILTO:info@good-grief.org
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