NACG - Supporting Children & Families Following an Overdose Death

Schedule

Tue Mar 21 2023 at 09:00 am to 01:30 pm

Location

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | San Diego, CA

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Supporting Children & Families Following an Overdose Death. Intended for professionals in health care, mental health, educators, & hospice
About this Event

Wayfinder Family Co. and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Children's Program are grateful to present a community networking and webcast event, National Alliance for Children's Grief Annual Web Conference: Supporting Children and Families after an Overdose Death live from Baltimore, Maryland. Come learn about this important topic and connect with other organizations in the San Diego community.

Agenda

  • 9:00am - 9:30am: Community networking & continental breakfast
  • 9:30am - 9:50am: Welcome and introduction of programs (Wayfinder Family Co. & Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Children's Program)
  • 10:00am - 11:10am: Session 1
  • 11:10am - 11:25am: Break
  • 11:25am - 1:00pm: Session 2
  • 1:00pm - 1:15pm: Discussion, question, CEUs, and closing remarks

3 CEs are offered for this event at $45.00

Once registered your seat will be saved. You will receive an email closer to event date containing logistics and any additional event information. For additional questions please email [email protected].


Topic & Overview

Grief is the normal and natural reaction to any significant loss, whether that is a bereavement loss or a non-death loss. The opioid epidemic continues to surge in the US, with overdose deaths reaching 107,000 in 2021, a record in the US and an increase of nearly 20% over the previous annual high. Unfortunately, accompanying grief, the impact on children and families isn’t well-researched and often remains overshadowed and misunderstood.

Family members of those living with substance use disorders often experience deep ambiguous grief. Children are often faced with navigating complex, unreliable relationships as a result of the disorder and are left to make sense of concepts far beyond their stages of moral development. The first half of this program is designed to understand ambiguous loss in substance abuse and to provide strategies to support these children and families. This includes a framework for understanding a child’s comprehension of addiction and developmental age, guidelines for talking to children, and creative activities for children and families.

The second half of this program will assist professionals in responding to the unique grief following a substance-related death. Drawing on existing research and program interventions, it will provide strategies for supporting those dealing with the most common complex issues of substance related grief in children and adults, including disenfranchised grief, guilt, blame, anxiety and hypervigilance, relief, and introducing basic coping tools for individuals and support systems. Specific attention will be given to the needs of children and tools for assisting caregivers who are supporting children grieving substance-related deaths.


Wayfinder Family Co. - NACG Conference Host:

Jessica Porté is the founder and CEO of Wayfinder Family Co., an organization that supports families navigate grief, change, and loss. She has over 12 years of experience through nonprofit, working with families impacted by challenges such as death, addiction, foster care, and other losses that impact community. Jessica has been a peer-based facilitator in school, community, and bereavement camps and enjoys creating interventions that allow families to explore their grief in a healthy way. She has worked with over 30 school districts in the Southern California area running program, trainings, and crisis response. She is experienced in program development, management, event coordination, leadership, and presentations. Jessica has her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and her Master of Arts in Leadership from Azusa Pacific University where Home Voyage Program was born. She is a member of the National Alliance for Children's Grief, International Coaching Federations, Coalition for Grieving Students and a volunteer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Site Host:

Harnessing science, love and the wisdom of lived experience, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing and hope for families and communities affected by substance use and mental health conditions. As the nation’s foremost nonprofit provider of comprehensive behavioral health care, the Foundation leads the way in helping society rise above stigma and overcome addiction. With a legacy that began in 1949 and includes the 1982 founding of the Betty Ford Center, the Foundation now has treatment centers and telehealth services nationwide, as well as a network of collaborators throughout health care. Charitable support and a commitment to innovation drive ongoing advances in care, research, programs and services to impact more lives. In addition to clinical care, Hazelden Betty Ford encompasses a graduate school of addiction studies, a publishing division, a research center, thought leadership and advocacy, professional and medical education programs, school-based prevention resources and a specialized program for children—with a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in all of its endeavors.

Hazelden Betty Ford’s acclaimed Children’s Program is designed for young people ages 7-12 who’ve been affected by addiction in the family. Through activities, stories and sharing, children learn to identify and express their feelings, develop self-care skills, deepen communication with their parent/caregiver and recognize they are not alone in navigating the challenges of growing up with addiction in the home. With the care and guidance of licensed counselors, the four-day Children’s Program helps kids come to realize that addiction is not their fault. Thanks in large part to generous donors, no family is ever turned away from the Children’s Program due to the inability to cover the program costs.

Note: Hazelden Betty Ford is a private medical facility. Attendees must adhere to confidentiality guidelines, agreements, and hospital protocol to support patient care and privacy. Thank you for your cooperation.


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Where is it happening?

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, 11720 El Camino Real, San Diego, United States

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Tickets

USD 30.00

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