The following workshops are designed for social workers, teachers, psychologists, nurses, childcare educators, spiritual animators, counselors, behavior technicians, clergy, volunteers and anyone working with people to understand loss, the process of grieving and the dying process. Participants will explore personal attitudes and learn strategies for helping grieving adults, children and adolescents and interventions to accompany the dying.

Good Grief
Friday Feb. 15, 2008 - 9-4 pm
Participants of this interactive, experiential workshop will:
• Learn about the process of grief
• Clarify personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs about grief
• Explore personal attitudes
• Identify interventions that are helpful to a griever
• Identify risk factors for complicated grief

Helping Children and Teens Deal with Death
Friday Feb. 22, 2008 - 9-4 pm
Participants of this interactive, experiential workshop will:
• Learn about the process of grief
• Learn how child and teen grief differs from adult grief
• Identify common grief reactions in children and teens
• Clarify personal thoughts and beliefs about grief and children
• Learn helpful interventions with grieving children and teens

The Art of Dying – Understanding Palliative Care
Tueday Mar. 18, 2008 - 9-4 pm
Participants of this interactive, experiential workshop will:
• Learn about the physical, psychological, spiritual processes of dying
• Explore personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs about death and dying
• Learn helpful interventions to accompany the dying

Running on Empty – How do we refuel?
Thursday Mar. 27, 2008 - 9-4 pm
Participants of this interactive, experiential workshop will:
• Have the opportunity to share difficult and challenging situations
• Identify personal feelings and behaviors when we are running low emotionally
• Reflect and explore coping strategies
• Identify personal "soul food"

End of Life Issues
Tuesday April 1, 2008 - 9-4 pm
Participants of this interactive, experiential workshop will:
• Explore the issues of advances care directives, living wills and mandates
• Explore personal thoughts, feelings and reactions
• Learn helpful ways to open discussions about these topics

Registration
Workshops will be held at The Grief Centre (Suite 443, 2100 Marlowe Ave., Queen Elizabeth Health Complex, Montreal)