Writing through the grief experience & creating positive memories with system involved youth

Shoshana Phoenixx

Training Description

This class enables participants to assist system involved youth in recognizing the stages of their grieving process and to help them set realistic goals for themselves (regardless of goals set for them by others). Training participants will learn techniques for helping system involved youth avoid setback situations and promote their own healing through writing so that system involved youth can develop skills for creating positive memories which can improve their overall outlook and positive outcomes.

Learning Objective

• Engage the topic of grief with a developmentally accurate approach

• Teach three different writing styles useful for the grief expression of system involved youth