Helping Children, Families, and Communities Cope with Grief

Grief is a part of life that affects people of all ages, including young children. Young children are often just beginning to develop the vocabulary and cognitive abilities to understand and talk about those painful feelings. When children experience death, they may have a hard time understanding, managing, and expressing their emotions. Families and early childhood staff can model self-care and help children build coping skills and resilience during difficult times. Join this webinar to learn strategies to help children and others cope with grief and to find resources about grief from Sesame Workshop.

This webinar is offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

Key Topics

In this webinar, we are discussing:

• The different ways young children express grief
• Several approaches that families and communities can take to help young children communicate and cope with their grief
• Related resources to care for oneself and the community

Target Audience

This webinar benefits:

• Head Start program staff members, families, directors, managers, and administrators
• Home visitors
• Child care center directors and other early childhood program staff
• Infant and early childhood mental health consultants
• Child care health consultants
• Head Start federal staff
• Head Start TTA staff
• Head Start Collaboration Office directors
• Child care federal and state staff

How to Register

Select the link to register: https://edc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sHSppiX8SPiSt2iYX9Zm_A

Attendees will receive a certificate of participation after the webinar.

Related Resources

Explore related resources on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) to learn more.

• Coping with Grief and Loss
• Coping and Healing
• Caring for Ourselves as We Care for Others

All ECLKC pages are translated into Spanish. Select the Español button on the top right corner to see the Spanish translation.

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Questions?

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