Courses and Conferences

This two day workshop will examine many aspects and needs of parental grief following the death of a child. Regardless of age and/or gestation, the death of a child tends to be a devastating experience for the parent(s), the surrounding family and the community at large. Navigating grief and heartbreak in a society that struggles with both mortality and emotional expression presents additional challenges for bereaved parents. We will examine parental grief following pre- and post-natal death, death of a child by illness, accident and suicide and death of an adult child. Discussions will include the experience of disenfranchised grief due to miscarriage, stillbirth and suicide. The workshop will provide participants with strategies for supporting the individual, couple and family (including siblings) following the death of a child.