This unique Bereavement Workshop Offers Your Facility:

• Commitment to the Community-By sponsoring this workshop at your facility, you will increase compassion and grief awareness in your staff, and affirm your dedication to the total comprehensive care of individuals and bereaved families within your community.
  

• Commitment to Your Staff-many professionals feel uncomfortable attempting to support bereaved families due to a lack of proper training or experience. Most psychologists agree that bereavement following the death of an infant is a unique situation which requires unconventional training in order to support the bereaved families. This workship will help your staff to feel more comfortable and better prepared in dealing with these situations. It is not a replacement of any current grief programs, however, it is an enhancement and reinforcement.

• Commitment to Families-This workshop will train your staff to offer complete support to bereaved parents and siblings with compassion, understanding, and kindness. While we recognize no individual can completely comprehend the pain of a grieving parent, the workshop will enable your staff to look clearly through the "emotional window of grief" into the hearts of the bereaved parents.

Workshop Overview

• Verbal Support Techniques - L.A.S.T. behavior training
  
• Maintaining compassion with professionalism
  
• Communication with bereaved parents
  
• Understanding the Stages of Grief
  
• Bereavement Progression Video
  
• Ritual alternatives
  
• Discussing the burial options
  
• Follow up care
  
• Establishing a single point of contact (spoc)
  

Click here for a copy of the Workshop Flyer to announce your scheduled "Through the Eyes of a Bereaved Parent" Workshop. Adobe Acrobat Reader required for viewing/printing.

More information is available by contacting Joanne Cacciatore at joanne@missfoundation.org or voice 623.979.1000 or fax 623.979.1001

What people are saying about this workshop...

"This workshop is different from any other grief training I've had. It was the most honest, touching and educational information I've encountered. I'd recommend this to anyone who helps to support bereaved families" - Resolve Through Sharing Coordinator & Registered Nurse

"This is highly beneficial for any professional who may interact with families. It is a moving experience that I will never forget." - Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse

"Excellent. The most profound workshop I have ever attended." - PICU Nurse

"It was wonderful! Thank you!" - Social Worker

"This is the message of bereaved parents! We will bring you back." - RTS Coordinator/Nurse

"Real, practical ideas which reinforced the program we have. Thank you!" - NICU Nurse

"It was wonderful, touching and very educational. I loved it!" - L&D Nurse

"By far the best presentation, from materials to presenter!" - Victim Assistance Volunteer

"The perfect workshop for anyone! A wonderful job!" - Obstetrician

"A great combination of emotion, humor and analogy. Not a dull second!" - Funeral Director

"Wonderful! Knowledgeable! Unforgettable! Touching!" - Social Worker

"This training whould be mandated as a standard of care for nurses. Our grief program is forever changed. Thank you." - NICU Nurse/Grief Coordinator