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Supporting Children and Youth who are Grieving a Death
Join PACT Grief Support Coordinator Norah Shaughnessy MSW, as she defines paediatric palliative care and explores the role of the interdisciplinary team in providing psychosocial support to children, youth and their families. Attendees will learn about; -the many faces of grief -practical ways to support those who are grieving -legacy work and strategies in talking to the family after the death their child -self care methods and debriefing strategies after the death of a child
Shani Thornton is a Certified Child Life Specialist and a full-time mom of two boys. She provides child life services through her private practice, in Northern California, serving the Sacramento region She supports families coping with life’s challenges of illness, loss, trauma, and transitions. Through therapeutic play, creative arts, education, and emotional support, she helps children process these challenges and create a coping plan to best support their needs. She offers in-home visits, phone/virtual consultations, caregiver workshops, and support to community programs and schools. She is also a Registered Wonders & Worries Provider, serving children who have a loved one with a medical diagnosis. To learn more about her services you can check out her website at ChildLifeMommy.com or follow her on social media @ChildLifeMommy.
Presenter; Laura Breau M.A., CCLS, CIMI-2 Imagine Child Life Services https://imaginechildlife.com/
Child Life Specialists are navigating the physical, emotional and spiritual affects of the cumulative care taking trauma experienced during a global pandemic and humanitarian crisis. Creating a Psychologically Safe Space will discuss; -Emotional regulation versus emotional repression -Internal regulation, cohesiveness and neutrality -Heart Space and how emotions are energetically communicated -How energetic communication occurs at an unseen level -How to be with the trauma not of it -Ways to integrate the 3 components of Self Compassion into both personal and professional life -Warning signs of over identification and how to navigate the Modes -Practicing on the job self compassion while caring for yourself and the patient simultaneously -Recognizing and holding space for your own humanness Presenter; Tara Ryan Kosmas, MSN, RN, CHSE, SOAR Founder Debriefing the Front Lines Inc Heal the Healers Programs Tara is a Masters prepared nurse and holds both debriefing and peer support certification. While working as a Nursing Professor and Simulation Lab Director at Towson University in Baltimore Maryland, she founded Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc. and created the Heal the Healers Programs. Through professional education and lived experience as a pediatric burn survivor, Tara created a psychologically safe space for nurses to come both alone and in commUNITY for support.
Agnes Chen is a registered nurse, social justice advocate, and the founder of Starlings Community, a not-for-profit co-creating a community committed to the healing of individuals impacted by the stress and stigma of a parent's substance use. Marrying her lived and professional experiences, Agnes explores how stigma impacts the health and well-being of impacted individuals while inspiring a community that can support families to move forward with hope and healing