Supporting Children and Families Following an Overdose Death
2023 National Conference & Live Webcast Community Training
3 CEH’S AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AFTER WEBCAST
Join Brooke’s Place and a panel of local grief thought leaders to watch and discuss the live, in-person webcast “Supporting Children and Families Following an Overdose Death” hosted by the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG). During the webcast, listen to nationally recognized speakers Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C on this important topic!
Why is this topic important?
1 in 5
children newly bereaved by the death of a parent in 2020 experienced an accidental overdose death (Judi’s House, 2022).
The opioid epidemic continues to surge in the US, with overdose deaths reaching 107,000 in 2021. Family members of those living with substance use disorders often experience deep ambiguous grief. Children are often faced with navigating complex, unreliable relationships as a result of the disorder and are left to make sense of concepts far beyond their stages of moral development. Now more than ever, we need to understand and know how to support children who are bereaved by an overdose death.
Registration is required to attend this live, free, in-person event and seats are limited. To save your spot, please click the button below or email Carol Braden at carolbraden@brookesplace.org
Meet Your Speakers
Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C are the co-founders of the online grief community What’s Your Grief. Together they run the grief education and creative exploration websites ‘What’s Your Grief’ and ‘Grief in Six Words’. Both are mental health professionals with a collective 25+ years of experience working with people coping with all types of complicated losses and life transitions.
What to Expect
The first half of the live webcast is designed to understand ambiguous loss in substance abuse and to provide strategies to support these children and families. This includes a framework for understanding a child’s comprehension of addiction and developmental age, guidelines for talking to children, and creative activities for children and families.
The second half will assist professionals in responding to the unique grief following a substance-related death. Drawing on existing research and program interventions, strategies for supporting those dealing with the most common complex issues of substance-related grief in children and adults, including disenfranchised grief, guilt, blame, anxiety and hypervigilance, relief, and introducing basic coping tools for individuals and support systems. Specific attention will be given to the needs of children and tools for assisting caregivers who are supporting children grieving substance-related deaths.
After watching the live webcast, attendees will be able to engage in a discussion with a panel of grief thought leaders about overdose deaths and the best ways to support families. 3 CEH's will be available for purchase through the NACG after the webcast for $45.