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For Professionals
The KCGCF provides resources, training, and connection for those working with children and adolescents across Kentucky in order to improve the experiences and healing trajectories of grieving children. We also conduct in-person and zoom trainings on a number of grief and bereavement topics; see available trainings below and contact us for one of these (or a specialty training) for your organization.
Upcoming Trainings
Visit this section often for listing and registration links for high-quality trainings on childhood grief and loss
Refer a Family
Do you know a family with children who can use our grief support services? Submit a referral here to our clinician Emily Rommelman.
Trainings We Offer
The KCGCF offers a number of trainings for educators and a variety of professionals working with children and families with loss. Trainings can be for groups of any size; custom topic trainings can be developed for your organization. Listed here are some of our standard trainings. For more information on training topics, costs, and scheduling, contact Emily Rommelman or call 859-474-0064.
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Grief in the School Setting (for teachers)
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Grief in the School Setting (support staff)
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Identifying Grief Behaviors in Children (general)
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Supporting Grieving Children for the Layperson (non-clinicians)
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Understanding the Role of Grief in Family Law and Probate
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Disenfranchised Grief and Non-Death Loss: How This Impacts Client Behavior (legal focus)
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Disenfranchised Grief and Non-Death Loss: How This Impacts Child Behavior
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Understanding Traumatic Grief
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Providing Grief Support After Tragedy in Schools
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Understanding Grief in the College Setting
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Identifying and Supporting Grief in the Foster Care Setting
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Understanding and Supporting Grief in Adoptions
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Understanding Grief in Our Youngest Grievers: Grief in Ages 0-5
KCGCF Training Offerings Include:
Professional Education Resources for Children's Grief and Loss
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National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG): access toolkits, resource locator, and trainings for professionals working with children
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Dougy Center: access trainings and activities and toolkits that are sharable with families
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Coalition to Support Grieving Students: free training modules, toolkits, talking points sheets, and more, designed especially for school settings
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ELUNA: access free articles, toolkits, and resource locators for youth impacted by death loss and addiction
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National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement: free event preparation guides; toolkits, training modules, and more to help administrators and students deal with crisis situations
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National Resources from Experts
Downloadable Resources to Display and Share With Teens and Families/Caregivers
All About Grief
Sometimes its hard for middle and high school students to talk to school personnel about their grief. Download and post this handout at your school to provide some quick education on what grief can feel like--and what students can do to help themselves in moments of struggle. The QR code on the flyer links to the Peer Healing Teen Grief Group signup form.
