Workshops are presented by Deborah Rivlin, Director of Education & Training.
Deborah has worked in the field of bereavement for 35 years. She has provided trainings for The Good Grief Program at Boston Medical Center, and she developed the CIRCLE, a family bereavement support program that helped many families whose loved ones died on 9/11/2001. Deborah is also an adjunct professor at Mount Ida College.

Summer 2012 Educational Workshop Series

• Wednesday, August 1st  -  Fostering Resiliency

Fostering Resiliency in Children Coping with Death, Illness, and Other Losses

This workshop provides social workers, counselors, teachers, and any adult working with children the tools and strategies to support children through all kinds of loss. Loss will be discussed not only as a crisis, but as an opportunity to develop and strengthen coping skills that will serve children throughout their lifetime.

• Tuesday, August 7th  -  Crisis Planning

Helping Your Community Respond to Loss: Creating a Crisis Team & Plan of Action

Working interactively, this workshop will focus on creating a ‘crisis’ or ‘caring’ team and a plan of action. Empower your community and create a physically and emotionally safe environment that provides support to children and adults facing a crisis involving loss.

• Thursday, August 9th  -  Young Children

“If we lost Uncle David, why don’t we go find him?” Strategies for Talking with Young Children about Death, Dying, and Loss

This interactive workshop will provide tools and strategies for working with young children around death, illness, and other painful losses. Participants will learn how to support and work with young children and their families through the grieving process.

• Tuesday, August 14th  -  Loss in Adolescence

Understanding the Challenges of Loss in Adolescence

For most, adolescence is a period of life defined by growth and new beginnings. Yet for many teens it can be a time marred by grief and turmoil. This workshop will explore how teens make sense of and negotiate between these two competing worlds. Learn tools and strategies that will help you work with and support teens through all kinds of loss.

All workshops are scheduled from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and include an hour break for participants to go to lunch.

Workshops are held at The Children’s Room, 1210 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington. Space is limited so please register early. Workshops are open to the community, and continuing education credits are available for participants.

Fees & Registration

$100.00 per workshop for regular registration
$90.00  early registration for workshops (two weeks or more prior to workshop date)
$25.00 for CEU’s & CE’s (continuing education credits are optional)
For PDP’s (for Massachusetts Teachers), please contact DOE for any additional fees

To register, please e-mail education@childrensroom.org or call 781-641-4741 (x100).

Click here to download and print the flyer for 2012 TCR summer workshops.

For more information, please contact deborah@childrensroom.org.