Each workshop is from 9am to 1pm and is open to mental health professionals and graduate students. The cost is $50 for each workshop, $40 each if you register for three or more, and $30 each for students. Register by calling or email The Village for Families and Children (860-236-4511 ext. 3763 or nschwan@villageforchildren.org and include “Play Therapy Training” in the subject line of your email).

This workshop will address working with children, adolescents, and their families, who are experiencing grief and/or loss. During this time, a theoretical base for tasks to be completed in the grief process will be presented, along with practical interventions for each step. Whether the loss is due to death, divorce, a move, or any other transition, this workshop is designed to give you a road map in your work with these clients.

Workshop Objectives:

• Learn interventions to help children identify people in their support system
• Accept the reality of their loss
• Find ways to memorialize, or remember
• Integrate their loss into a new way of life