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Archives: September 2008

Web Memorials

September 26, 2008

We recieve many calls asking about web memorials. Here is some information that we share with our bereaved clients. Web memorials are personalized websites that allow the bereaved to create individual memorials to their deceased love ones, to visit the site and demonstrate affection. To create a web memorial search, do an internet search and [...]

Education and Training

September 22, 2008

The fall has been a very busy time for education and training. Walking Through Grief: A bereavement certificate program is off to a good start. Tomorrow is the second of eight sessions. Dr. Bob Ballantine will be the instructor on Anticipatory Grief. The greater Cleveland community has made numerous requests. Last week, I presented to [...]

TEEN GRIEF

September 18, 2008

During grief, teens experience all kinds of emotions. They may be overwhelming, frightening, and intense: they may feel out of control. The variety of grief reactions is endless and includes physical, behavioral, emotional/social, intellectual/cognitive and spiritual reactions. Here are some tips for teens coping with grief: Shock, disbelief: Talk, talk, talk. Grief needs to become [...]

Crisis Response

September 15, 2008

The school year has been off to a busy start with crisis response. There was a teen death last week in Ashtabula county and two teen deaths over the weekend in a Cuyahoga county school. Our team is able to mobilize quickly and get out to the school to help disseminate information in a systematic [...]

School Services Program

September 8, 2008

We are very excited to introduce Megan Davis, LISW-S, as our new school liaison. Prior to coming on board , Megan worked as a Social Worker on one of our hospice home care teams. Prior to that she had worked as a school Social Worker. Megan joined us as a counselor at camp and is [...]

Greetings!

September 3, 2008

It’s been a few weeks since the last blog. Our 3 day grief camp was a great success and afterwards, I took some time off. During that time and since the creation of this blog, I have had several conversations on how to improve the blog, reach more readers and meet the needs of our [...]