Cornerstone of Hope, Ohio’s leading nonprofit grief center, presents this year’s National Symposium on Traumatic Loss and Grief Support to practitioners, researchers, educators, clinicians, students, and thought leaders to share information around these important topics.
The impact of traumatic loss and grief can be overwhelming and long-lasting. This Symposium aims to provide attendees with the latest research and innovative approaches to support those who are struggling with these issues. This two-day event will be a valuable resource for anyone who works in the fields of mental health, healthcare, social work, counseling, education, or ministry.
This year’s theme is “Grief Across the Lifespan” with 12 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) offered to counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, nurses, and funeral directors. Attendees may select one specific track for all age groups or select a different track for each age group based on interests.
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1. Understand the emotional developmental stages of adolescents and emerging adults. 2. Describe common grief reactions with this population. 3. Develop clinical interventions that are effective with this age group.
1. Discuss strategies for caring for PAIL (Pregnancy and Infant Loss) families as a provider. 2. Importance of helping families create continuing bonds. 3. Bereavement follow up for PAIL families.
1. Define hospice care and services. 2. Discuss criteria for hospice eligibility. 3. Clarify hospice myths and facts.
1. Consider how faith can help us stay strong after repeated loss. 2. Discuss how to allow God to transform our suffering into meaningful sacrifice. 3. Reflect on and renew our hopes for heaven.
1. Name five spiritual issues in grief/bereavement. 2. Become familiar with the dynamics of spiritual crisis. 3. Gain an understanding of the relationship between grief and spiritual transformation.
1. Define Middle Adulthood 2. Discuss Developmental Stages 3. Define Healthy Grief in Middle Adulthood
1. Define Thanatechnology. 2. Identify potential negative effects of relying on social media for grief support. 3. Identify at least 2 ways in which people can express their grief digitally.
1. Recognize parent's need for options & resources. 2. Learn the importance of helping to create lasting/tangible memories for parents. 3. Discuss the need for self-care for professionals/caregivers who provide bereavement support.
Join us for a Q&A highlighting how therapy and theology coexist as a griever and believer. Learn, from a brave mother, about her grief journey after the loss of her child and how grief is an individually felt experience but can be a collective journey.
Join us for an insightful Q&A session with a counselor who has turned the personal loss of her father into a beacon of hope for others. Her unique perspective and professional expertise offers valuable guidance and support for anyone dealing with loss.
1. Understand the effects of complex trauma/grief on the whole person. Recognize how it shows up in the ministry setting. 2. Create safe environments for healing & growth. 3. Learn faith-based approaches that foster a deeper relationship with God.
1. How do I connect my heart to the griever without becoming emmeshed? 2. Learn how to move in silence. 3. How do I create Sabbath for myself?
Join us for a heartfelt Q&A session with a courageous mother who shares her journey through the unimaginable pain of infant loss.
1. Discriminate between grief, prolonged grief disorder, & trauma. 2. Define specific grief models. 3. Teach art therapy interventions & adaptations for various school ages.
1. Increase understanding of the Emerging Adult population. 2. Identify unique needs of grievers in this population. 3. Learn strategies to support and promote healthy grieving for Emerging Adults.
This Q&A will tackle questions like what is a crisis of faith & what real & practical help can I offer to someone walking in a deep valley of grief? This session is led by a mother who grieves two beautiful children across her lifespan.
1. Define Emerging Adulthood. 2. Discuss developmental stages of adulthood. 3. Discuss the unique journey of Emerging Adults.
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An Evening with Dr. Kennth Doka
Devastating Deaths: Understanding Traumatic Loss Grief Reactions
Monday, October 7, 2024
6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.Holiday Inn Cleveland-S Independence
6001 Rockside RoadIndependence, Ohio 44131
Join Cornerstone of Hope as we present An Evening with Dr. Kenneth Doka, one of the country’s leading grief experts. Dr. Doka will present the complex reactions that can occur when a loved one dies of traumatic losses such as suicide, homicide, or drug overdoses. His presentation reviews the grief that individuals experience when such losses occur — differentiating these likely complicated grief reactions from more typical grief reactions. Additionally, the presentation will review self-help strategies, identify resources, and offer counsel on when more professional assistance would be helpful.
Dr. Doka is a Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle and Senior Vice-President for the Hospice Foundation of America. A prolific author, Dr. Doka has authored or edited over 40 books and 100 articles and book chapters. Dr. Doka is editor of Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying and Journeys: A Newsletter to Help in Bereavement.
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This event is open to the community and free to attend, but registration in advance is required.