Expressing Grief: Expressive Arts Interventions to Support Bereaved Children and Adolescents

Overview

Through didactic and experiential learning, attendees will increase their comfort engaging in conversation and facilitating creative exploration with children related to death and dying. They will develop foundational skills in assessing the needs of bereaved children and facilitating creative intervention to support the unique psychosocial, needs of his population at various stages of the grief process.

After participating in this workshop, attendees will be able to describe the theoretical foundations for use of creative arts therapy intervention to support bereaved children and will become familiar with several expressive interventions suited to clinical work with bereaved children.

Credits: 6 CEs

Virtual via Zoom (link provided 24 hours prior to event)

Learning Objectives

• To explore the theoretical foundations of grief psychotherapy.
• To describe the philosophical and theoretical models of expressive therapies and how they relate to treating children’s grief.
• To demonstrate understanding of the unique psychosocial needs of bereaved children and adolescents and to formulate therapeutic goals for working with this population.
• To experience and reflect upon creatively based psychotherapeutic interventions and directives that can be used in psychotherapy with bereaved children.

Tuition Rates

• $150 – Regular
• $125 – Alumni, FI, Adjunct
• $90- VET/ Student

*Current AUSSW Students Free with Promo Code*

Faculty Bio

Rebecca Versaci

Rebecca Versaci is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Registered Drama Therapist, and Certified Child Life Specialist specializing in child and adolescent grief and bereavement. In the hospital setting and in her private practice she facilitates creative interventions to help children and adolescents share their grief story, strengthen bonds with family and peers, and practice strategies to navigate grief. Rebecca is currently enrolled in Lesley University’s Doctoral Program in Expressive Therapies and passionate about using research to guide clinical practice.

Adelphi University School of Social Work is an approved provider for continuing education credits for the following:

• NYSED Social Workers
• NYSED LMHC
• NYSED LMFT
• CASAC Renewal
• APA Psychology, pending NYSED Psychology
• NYSED LCAT

ACE Approved Provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours

Adelphi University School of Social Work: Continuing Education and Professional Development, #1786, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Adelphi University School of Social Work: Continuing Education and Professional Development maintain responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/03/2022 – 03/03/206. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education Provider in the states of New York and West Virginia unless the event is outside of West VA. Adelphi University School of Social Work is an approved NYSED CE provider in New York State.

55 states/jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. Successful completion for the award of approved continuing education credits requires attendance at the entire training/workshop and submission of a completed evaluation form.

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Cancellation Policy

Unfortunately, we cannot provide refunds for cancellations made seven working days or fewer before the event for any reason—or for no-shows. We can provide credit towards a future workshop up to 24 hours before the event. After that, no credit will be issued.

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