The Tornado Within: Exploring the Connections Between Children's Anger, Unresolved Grief and Escalating Violence Seminar training classes conferences & workshops presented by Cross Country Education Seminars register for training on FindaSeminar.com

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Violence and loss knock at every door and now has invaded classrooms, day care centers and playgrounds: every corner of our world. Every child will experience the death of someone or something they love and, unfortunately, many of those children will also know violence in a very personal way. The connections between unresolved grief and violence are well documented, but few people recognize the grief reaction and are unprepared to cope with the anger that may appear. When grief-related anger is ignored or inappropriately diagnosed, grief remains unresolved and anger can escalate into violence.

This workshop will provide information on the role anger plays in the grief process as experienced by children and examine the differences between chronic and grief-related anger. Special attention will be focused on the connections between unresolved grief and the increasing violence in our society and how the lack of adequate coping skills and support can lead to escalating violence among our children.

We will explore the progression of anger, types of anger, targets for anger and techniques for helping convert destructive anger into constructive expressions. Participants will be able to identify the type of anger being expressed, develop appropriate interventions and evaluate client responses to determine further treatment plans. Symptoms and "red flags" will be identified so that grief-related anger will no longer be confused with chronic anger. It will provide strategic interventions for working with grief-related anger and unexpressed grief. This workshop will also provide skills and tools to evaluate underlying chronic anger problems that may co-exist with grief-related anger.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Grieving children tend to be "forgotten mourners."


• "Forgetting" these mourners can have serious, long-term consequences for children and teens.

 
• Explore different losses where grief might occur


• Define the process of grief and adaptation


• The connections between unresolved grief, anger and violence


• The issue of invisibility and escalating violence


• The differences between chronic and grief-related anger


• Three strategies for grief-related anger/violence reduction


• Three strategies for positive resolution of grief

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Darcie D. Sims, Ph.D., CHT, CT, GMS is a bereaved parent and child, a grief management specialist, a nationally certified thanatologist, a certified pastoral bereavement specialist and a licensed psychotherapist and hypnotherapist. She is the author of Why Are the Casseroles Always Tuna?, Footsteps Through the Valley, Touchstones and If I Could Just See Hope. She is co-author of A Place For Me: A Healing Journey for Grieving Kids, Footsteps Through Grief, The Other Side of Grief and Finding Your Way Through Grief with her daughter, Alicia Sims Franklin. She also wrote and produced the videos Handling the Holidays and What Color is Dead: Death From A Child's View as well as wrote numerous chapters in professional books and textbooks. Darcie is featured in the award-winning video series "Good Grief," produced by Iowa Public Television, and has been featured in several other videos as well.

She is an internationally recognized speaker and was Coping Editor for Bereavement magazine for 15 years. She now writes for Grief Digest. She served on the national board of directors for The Compassionate Friends, the national board of directors for the Association of Death Education and Counseling and the board of trustees for the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved. Darcie received The Compassionate Friends Professional Award in 1999. She co-chaired the 1991,1996 and 2005 World Gathering on Bereavement, and keynoted at all 4 World Gatherings.

Darcie is president and co-founder of GRIEF, Inc. a grief consulting business and the Director of the American Grief Academy in Seattle, Washington. She is a Diplomate in the American Psychotherapy Association, a Certified Diplomate in Clinical Hypnotherapy and is listed in Who's Who in America, The World Who's Who of Women and The International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Counselors
• Educators
• Case Managers
• Medical Staff
• Physicians
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Law Enforcement Personnel
• Clergy

CREDITS:

Cross Country Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cross Country Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 6 CE credits for psychologists. Full attendance is required to receive credit for psychologist, variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded based on the APA guidelines.

Cross Country Education is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 13345, for 7.2 contact hours.

This program has been approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification for 6 clock hours of continuing education (approval #5948151476).

Cross Country Education is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing, provider #50-466. This course is offered for 7.2 contact hours.

Cross Country Education is an approved provider with the Iowa Board Of Nursing, approved provider #328. This course is offered for 7.2 contact hours.

Cross Country Education is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP?) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. (NBCC Provider #5904) The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. Six (6) contact (clock) hours are being awarded for completion of this program.

Cross Country Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider #044013109, this course is offered for 6.0 contact hours.

Cross Country Education provider #1005, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Licensure Boards (ASWB), through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program (approved through 1-27-09). Cross Country Education maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 6 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course. Licensed social workers should contact their individual state jurisdiction to review the current continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Visit ASWB's website at www.aswb.org for more information.

This seminar qualifies for 6 continuing education hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific filing requirements.

SEMINAR CLASS TIMES:

Seminar Check-in 7:30 AM  Seminar Class 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Seminar Summary:

An important one day seminar on helping children cope with loss and prevent reactions of violence (see full course description)

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