COPE offers professional bereavement and grief training on various topics through the lens of holistic care and social justice.
Education on death, dying, and bereavement is one of many ways to validate the experiences of grievers and create grief-informed environments.
Led by licensed clinicians, virtual or in-person trainings equip laypersons, educators, mental health, and health professionals on pertinent issues. These trainings are open to organizations such as schools, libraries, houses of worship, and nonprofits.
Training Topics Include
For more information on training topics and fees, please call or Email COPE Outreach & Engagement Manager Rashida Sanchez, MA, LMSW, FT.
Overview of Grief For all adult audiences
Grief’s impact on the body
Anticipatory and ambiguous grief
Myths about grief
Grieving styles
Disenfranchised Grief
Non-death related loss
Words that Help v. Words that Hurt
Children & Grief For educators, school professionals, guardians
Adverse childhood experiences
Developmental stages and grief
Features of childhood grief
Conversations with children and teens on grief
Interventions
Grief Interventions and Support Groups For mental health and school professionals, chaplains, hospice admin. etc.
Grief’s holistic impact
Attachment types and grief
Grief theories
Normalizing grief reactions and psychoeducation
Grief techniques for counseling
Grief in the Workplace For HR, employers and employees
Griever issues at work
The Grief-informed workplace
Accommodations for grievers in the workplace
Tips for leadership and co-workers
Connecting employees to bereavement support
