"Tools to Support Grieving Children and Teens"

This training will analyze how the developmental stages for children and teen impact the manifestation of grief. Exploration of primary loss and secondary loss will be discussed to further understand how a loss can impact throughout a youth’s life time. Attendees will learn grief interventions to better support their grieving children and teens. This training will empower clinicians with a foundational understanding of grief’s presentation in children and teens, primary loss and secondary loss, grief assessments, grief interventions, and grief resources to confidently and effectively support their youth clients who are grieving.

Objectives

• Recognize how grief can present itself in children and teens.
• Recall 3 effective interventions to better support children and teens who are grieving.

About Tiffani Dilworth

Tiffani Dilworth, LPC, FT, is a successful psychotherapist, author, and sought-after speaker on topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault.  Miss Dilworth received her Master’s in Community Counseling from Oklahoma State University. She’s a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who specializes in PTSD, Grief, and Sexual Trauma. She’s a Fellow in Thanatology and a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist.

She has worked across the US with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and to teach countless people how to live alongside their grief.  In addition to maintaining a private practice, Ms. Dilworth is an affiliate of PsychExperts & Associates, Inc, located in Baltimore, MD.

Drawing on her rich clinical experience, Ms. Dilworth incorporates the most current information on the process of grieving with evidence-based and innovative treatment techniques that clinicians can immediately use in their practice.  She’s the author of the books 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief, and the host of Managing My Grief Podcast.