Sample Workshops & Training Topics and Audiences

The Children’s Room has extensive experience presenting to a variety of different audiences.  Our presentations are typically interactive and our style is warm, engaging and with humor to soften difficult subjects and make the audience comfortable.

Note: any topics listed below are also available for your school or community

Perkins School for the Blind, Psychiatric Consultation Group, Newton, MA
•    The Many Faces of Grief: Supporting Children and Families Through All Kinds of Loss

Arlington High School Safety & Health Awareness Day, Arlington, MA
•    Teens in Transition: Challenges and opportunities of loss in adolescence

Follen Church Society, Lexington, MA
•    Supporting Grieving Children, Teenagers and Families through Mutual Empowerment and Peer Grief Support

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Chaplaincy Services Department, Boston, MA
•    Supporting Grieving Children, Teenagers and Families through Mutual Empowerment and Peer Grief Support

Sunday School for Jewish Studies, Brookline, MA
•    Helping Our Children Cope with Stressful Life Events

Saint Ann’s School, Methuen, MA
•    Loss, Connection and Meaning: Supporting Children and Teenagers Living with Loss

Independent Schools Health Association Spring Conference, Wellesley, MA
•    The Children’s Room Teen Performance Troupe: Educating Educators on Supporting Grieving Children and Teenagers

Children’s Group Therapy Association Annual Spring Conference
•    Safety, Connection and Meaning Making: Uses of Ritual in Children’s Bereavement Support Groups

Leaders of Tomorrow, Brighton, MA
•    Loss, Connection and Meaning: Supporting Children and Teenagers Living with Grief

Nursing Students at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
•    Supporting Grieving Children, Teenagers and Families through Mutual Empowerment and Peer Support

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Chaplaincy Services Department, Boston, MA
•    Loss, Connection and Meaning: Supporting Children and Teenagers Living with Grief

Samaritans, Framingham, MA
•    Loss, Connection and Meaning: Supporting Children and Teenagers Living with Grief

Maria Hastings Elementary School PTO, Lexington, MA
•    Supporting Grieving Children and Families in the Community

Lahey Clinic Social Work Lecture Series, Burlington, MA
•    Supporting Children and Families When a Family Member Is Dying

UMass LEND Fellows, Arlington, MA
•    The Many Faces of Grief: Supporting Children and Families Through All Kinds of Loss

Boston University: Behavioral Health Masters Program, Boston, MA.
•    Loss, Connection and Meaning: Supporting Children and Teenagers Living with Grief