Supporting Children, Youth and Their Caregivers with Crisis and Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic
1/26/202210:00am PST2 hours
Join us for this webinar featuring David J Schonfeld, MD, FAAP, Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.This session will provide practical advice to caregivers and others who support children and youth on how to help them cope with persistent adjustment difficulties and grief associated with the pandemic. Common adjustment difficulties that are most likely to be seen at this point in the pandemic and practical strategies to provide assistance and support will be reviewed. The distinction between grief and loss, common during this pandemic, and trauma will be discussed; free resources from the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement and the Coalition to Support Grieving Students to address these challenges will be highlighted. The session will underscore the need for self-care among adults. Time will be devoted to questions and discussion. Together, we will consider how best to promote the recovery and continued adaptation of children, youth, and ourselves.
