Testimonials For Helping Children With Loss
The process of writing the completion letter was helpful. the process of reading the letter at the end was not helpful. It was hard to read such difficult content with no verbal response, and then just sit in silence for 10 minutes while the facilitator stared at me. This is not a critique of the facilitator. But, this was not what i needed after reading my letter.
Helping Children With Loss01/26/2021
I wasn’t sure what to expect on the very first night, but I was amongst friends as all four of us work at the same school, Dawn was so lovely to talk to that before long it was like 5 friends chatting and she explained things very clearly and with such passion. I now have a deeper understanding of the term grief and look forward to using my new found understanding in the school with the children who need our help.
Helping Children With Loss01/25/2021
Helping Children With Loss12/28/2020
The program helped me to understand how to respond to children when they experience a loss. I realize that what we say to them is very important. We cannot minimize their loss. Children need to be encouraged to write a letter to their deceased loved to include forgiving the individual and apologize for anything that they may have done.
Helping Children With Loss12/14/2020
This was an Outstanding program and it helped me so much to get in touch with grief and loss and how i can help others.
Helping Children With Loss12/14/2020
Helping Children With Loss12/03/2020
Helping Children With Loss12/03/2020
The grief recovery method was a great way for me to realize my own incomplete grief as well as get ready to help my children, or the children that I work with, grieve. I am excited to think about these new methods and have them in my back pocket to help others. I would recommend this program to others who are curious about how to help their children recover from grief.
Helping Children With Loss12/03/2020
Helping Children With Loss12/03/2020
This program has helped me to understand the importance of apologies, forgiveness and statements of emotional energy that must be a part of the grief recovery process and that behind every person with "issues" is someone who has not gone through the completion of the grieving process. Also that feeling sad is not bad, and that anger is a mask for sadness. The only way we can effectively help children or other people grieve is if we own our own "stuff". It's not about what we have to say, it's about what they have to say.
Helping Children With Loss12/01/2020Participant in Hinton, AB
Helping Children With Loss12/01/2020Participant in hinton, alberta
My experience on the pilot program of When Children Grieve opened up my eyes to so many aspects of grief. I have either heard or said some of the wrong statements regarding grief. I am a widow and I have suffered other losses in my life and I now realize I have to recover from them. The safety and nurturing that I experienced during the class was very helpful. At the very least, I will stop myself from saying some of the things that were not helpful to others experiencing loss. I am very appreciative of this opportunity to learn more on this topic and have already recommended your method to those who need it. Thank you.
Helping Children With Loss11/28/2020
Working through How Children Grieve was a journey of discovery, firstly recognizing the deeply ingrained myths that I have learned and unwittingly passed along to my own children. This awareness as well as using the Emotional Energy Checklist will help me to set an environment where there are safe places for children to at very least speak their truth. As I have reflected on my own experiences of grief and loss, I am grateful that there are additional tools for me to explore further using the Grief Recovery Handbook. This has been a heart opening experience with a gracious and knowledgeable guide. Thank you
Helping Children With Loss11/28/2020
As sometimes happens in the lives of the little people we care for and/or love, my granddaughter has had more losses than many adults I know. I long to help her to deal productively with the losses she has experienced. During the course Helping Children With Loss, I learned to recognize grief myths and how I inadvertently propagate them in my own life, in my children's lives, and in my grandchildren's lives. I learned what I do to avoid feeling the pain of my own losses, and learned to recognize what my kids and grandkids do to avoid their pain. What is especially encouraging, is having leaned to DO something productive to move the grieving into completion. I believe that what I have learned had the potential to genuinely change the dynamics in our family for the better!
Helping Children With Loss11/28/2020
The program was very good and well delivered, but I think it may not have been a great entry point. This isn’t a bad thing though— it’s actually hinted at in one of the earlier survey questions. Entering this training with a view to providing support for families with children going through grief/loss brought up some personal insights that required attention. There was a tension between wanting to dive into that a bit, recognizing, however that the training had a different focus. Not as dramatic as, but akin to wanting to put my oxygen mask on first, but being taught to put the mask on someone else. We were gently redirected when that tension was mentioned. And we were also informed of other Grief Recovery courses that would help address those concerns.
Helping Children With Loss11/28/2020
It has allowed me to move forward with my life as I felt stuck in a situation that I couldn't.
Helping Children With Loss11/17/2020Participant in Pocatello, ID
Helping Children With Loss11/17/2020Participant in Pearland, TX
Helpful for anyone experiencing or helping others grieve. Not just death but other situations.
Helping Children With Loss11/05/2020Participant in Pearland, TX
The program has really opened my eyes to the verbiage I use when speaking with someone experiencing grief. There are things we say to others when grieving that we mean as support, but may be received in a different manner. This has really made me aware of the words I use. In addition, the program has helped with my own grief and moving forward.
Helping Children With Loss11/05/2020Participant in Pearland, TX
I was satisfied with learning how to listen with our ears on our hearts. Also what language is appropriate when talking with a child and others.
Helping Children With Loss11/05/2020Participant in Pearland, TEXAS
Helping Children With Loss11/04/2020Participant in Edmonton, AB
This program was good as it opened my eyes to what is loss. Especially from a childs point of view. Moving, or loss of a favorite toy was not something I thought of as loss. But after going through this program it made me more aware. This is good because I can now have discussions with this knowledge and will hopefully be able to help them through this. For my own past loss I realized that maybe I have not fully grieved the loss of my parents when I was 11 and 17 years old. Although I thought I had, the Emotional Energy Checklist and letter writing sections of the book made me think back to how something like that would have been good to do. I look forward to sitting down and going through this process and to grieve. Thank you for this course it was great.
Helping Children With Loss10/29/2020Participant in Sherwood Park, Alberta
I am so glad that I said yes to this course. I lost my Dad 2 years ago and I am looking forward to doing a family completion of our grief. Carleen Ross was the perfect facilitator for our group. I really enjoyed the book and the perspective it gave me. The main reason I said yes to this course was to support our children in dealing with the move from school to distance learning during Covid 19. Carleen's examples really helped us process and look at other perspectives and possible losses that we might have overlooked. There is an expanded awareness of the conversations we can continue to foster in our home. I am filled with grace and gratitude!
Helping Children With Loss10/29/2020Participant in Sherwood Park, Alberta
I became aware of how this could help other people with their own grief and that of children.
Helping Children With Loss10/25/2020Participant in Phoenix , AZ