The nature of grief has been mischaracterized in our society. This has caused grieving people’s grief experiences to be marginalized and often dismissed.
This presentation will dispel societal myths related to grief and offer a construct for understanding grief that more accurately reflects the experience of grieving people.
We will focus on the experiences of children and teenagers in foster care. We will look at how grief manifests in their lives and how to recognize the signs that a child or teenager is grieving.
Learning Objectives:
• Participants will be able to understand how grief manifests in the lives of children and adolescents.
• Participants will be able to recognize mischaracterizations and societal myths about grief and the impact this has on the grieving person.
• Participants will be able to identify signs of grief in adolescents and children and better understand their needs.