Facilitating Suicide Bereavement Support Groups for Children and Teens:

a four-part training workshop series

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This interactive, online training workshop series is for anyone with a personal or professional interest in facilitating peer support groups for children, preteens, and teens (ages 6-18). 

 

You don’t need to be an expert - if you’re interested in helping children and teens after a suicide death, these workshops will provide the training, skills, and best practices to start. Note: if you’ve experienced a personal loss to suicide, we recommend that you be at least 2 years from the death. Mental health professionals are warmly welcome, and although we don't offer CE credits, we can provide you with proof of attendance. 

 

The workshops will be led by Pamela Gabbay, EdD, FT, who lost her sister Donna and her uncle Alan to suicide and has 25 years of professional experience in family bereavement support. She is the former Director of the Mourning Star Center for Grieving Children in California, Director of Operations and Training for The Compassionate Friends, and co-author of “Understanding and Supporting Bereaved Children: A Practical Guide for Professionals.” Pamela facilitates Coping After Suicide’s Mothers group and also the Relationships & Family Dynamics group.

 

2025 TRAINING DATES COMING SOON

 

Workshop 1: Introduction to Child/Teen Grief

Workshop 2: Facilitating Groups for Children (6-10)

Workshop 3: Facilitating Groups for Preteens and Teens (11-18)

Workshop 4: Nuts & Bolts of Starting a Group​​

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The registration fee is $195 and covers one 4-workshop series.  You can purchase the program materials and Zoom recordings from the last time we offered the program here. 

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Group discounts available. 5 people for the price of 4. Contact us for more information.

 

 

 

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This program is offered in collaboration with Rethink The Conversation's Conversation Masterclass series.

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Learn more about helping children and teens to cope with suicide loss through our unique Ask The Experts online series and through our award-winning documentary Talking OutLOUD: Teens & Suicide Loss, A Conversation.

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You can also learn how to facilitate suicide bereavement support groups for adults through our online training workshop series.