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Live Webinar: Supporting Grieving Children and Teens

Live Webinar: Supporting Grieving Children and Teens

Saturday, October 7, 2023
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM (CDT)

https://www.pathlms.com/oci/webinars/38574

Event Details

Live Webinar: Supporting Grieving Children and Teens In Individual and Group Settings
Saturday October 7th, 2023 from 2:00 to 5:15 PM
3 General CEUs

This training will analyze how the developmental stages for children and teen impact the manifestation of grief. Exploration of primary loss and secondary loss will be discussed to further understand how a loss can impact throughout a youth’s lifetime. This training will analyze the difference structures of groups, including grief support groups, psychoeducational grief groups, and grief therapy groups. Exploration of logistical concerns to address before facilitating a grief group will be discussed. This training will empower clinicians with a foundational understanding interventions and activities that can help group members build connectedness, feel safe and heard, and experience validation during their healing process. This training will empower clinicians with interventions, tools, and resources to facilitate their first grief group confidently and effectively.

Objectives include:
1. Recognize how grief can present itself in children and teens
2. Recall 3 effective interventions to better support children and teens who are grieving 3. List and explain different structures of grief groups.
4. Explain key logistical concerns to address before facilitating a grief group. 

This course meets criteria for 3 hours of general continuing education by the Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health for Oklahoma LPC and LMFT license holders, by the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers (provider #20230088) for Oklahoma LCSW license holders, by the Oklahoma Board of Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselors (certificate #20240018) for LADC and CADC license holders (3 hours non-specific CEUs), and for Oklahoma case managers (3 hours general CEUs).

Tiffani Dilworth, MA, LPC

Tiffani Dilworth, MA, LPC, is a successful psychotherapist, author, and sought -after speaker who addresses topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault. She is a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist. She has worked across the US with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and concrete tools to learn how to live alongside grief. Miss Dilworth is known for her innovative and story-telling presentation style. Her passion leads her to intensive studying of grief and continuous searches for new ways to support and share therapeutic techniques to support others in their grieving process.

Miss Dilworth has an extensive history of working alongside non-profit organizations that provide supportive workshops, conferences, and support groups to men, women, and teens who’ve experienced grief and/or sexual assault. She was a Co-host on Beyond Clarity Radio Show, on WTAN 106.1 FM in Clearwater, FL, as a Mental Health Expert. Miss Dilworth currently conducts grief workshops and hosts, Managing My Grief Podcast, to provide support to individuals who want to learn more about grief and ways to manage their own grief. Miss Dilworth is the author of 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief. She has a private practice and is an affiliate of PsychExperts & Associates Inc, located in Baltimore, MD. Miss Dilworth draws equally from her studies and rich clinical experience to balance her trainings with current information and experienced-based techniques.