The Living Memories Project 2019 CONFERENCE

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1 The Living Memories Project 2019 CONFERENCE New Trends and Clinical Interventions in Grief and Bereavement Counseling Friday, January 25, :30am 1:45pm Plainview, NY 4 CE Contact Hours Available Snow Date: February 1, 2019 Presented by 1

2 JASA, Mid-Island Y JCC, and the Zelda Foster Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care of the NYU Silver School of Social Work are pleased to offer: The 3rd Annual Living Memories Project Conference: New Trends and Clinical Interventions in Grief and Bereavement Counseling Friday, January 25, :30am 1:45pm Mid-Island Y JCC 45 Manetto Hill Rd, Plainview, NY 4 CE Contact Hours Available Snow Date: February 1, 2019 About the Living Memories Project Meryl Ain embarked on The Living Memories Project, after she lost both her father and mother within 18 months. With her husband, Stewart, and her brother, Arthur M. Fischman, they set out to learn how others celebrated how their loved ones lived, rather than focusing on how they died. The Living Memories Project details through interviews, anecdotes, essays, poems, photographs, and the many ways that both ordinary individuals and celebrities incorporate the presence of their departed loved ones into their lives. Some who have shared their stories describe instances when they strongly and viscerally felt their loved one s presence, while others have drawn upon rituals or created a tangible memorial to comfort themselves. Goal The main objective of the conference is to empower participants with new tools for providing professional, competent, and compassionate care to those who are grieving or bereft. Who Should Attend? social workers psychologists nurses clergy mental health practitioners chaplains creative arts therapists educators students volunteers 2

3 Conference Agenda 8:30am 9:00am Registration and Breakfast with Exhibitors 9:00am 9:30am Welcome Remarks Lori Hardoon, LCSW, JASA Partners In Dignity, Director Alan Cohen, MPA, JASA s Chief Health Program Officer Rick Lewis, Mid-Island Y JCC s Chief Executive Officer 9:30am 11:30am Keynote: Dr. Susan Gerbino Working with People in the Midst of Grief: Sustaining our Personal Selves Dr. Susan Gerbino, Clinical Professor at NYU Silver School of Social Work, directs the Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (PELC), which includes training and mentoring across the career trajectory from MSW students to advanced PELC professionals. She has worked in PELC for 40 years and has a private practice working with people with life-limiting illnesses and the bereaved. Dr. Gerbino received the 2014 Career Achievement Award from the Project on Death in America and the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network, the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award from the NYU Silver School of Social Work, and the 2015 Quality of Life Award from the American Cancer Society and the Association of Oncology Social Work. Keynote Overview For clinicians working with people who are bereaved, the question of how to manage our own feelings is central. Much of the literature focuses on the difficult consequences of the work burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. While those are crucial and important, this keynote asks you to consider the work from a different vantage point that of vicarious resilience and post-traumatic growth. Examples from practice and life will be shared. Understand the key elements of vicarious resilience Analyze the intersection of post-traumatic growth and work with the bereaved Develop a framework for assessing the positive impact on the clinician of work with the bereaved 11:30am 11:45am Break with Exhibitors 3

4 Concurrent sessions Five breakout sessions will run concurrently during this time slot 11:45am-1:15pm Session 1 Traumatic Loss: Challenges Suicide and Drug Death Mourners Face and What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know The purpose of this presentation is to increase the knowledge base of clinical social workers and other related mental health professionals. The session will introduce various themes associated with suicide and drug overdose bereavement, including the impact of societal stigma and disenfranchised grief. Presenters: Beverly Feigelman, LCSW, currently maintains a private psychotherapy practice and co-facilitates a monthly support group, Long Island Survivors of Suicide (LISOS) for survivors of suicide loss. She is also co-author of several articles on social work education, suicide and drug overdose bereavement. William Feigelman, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Nassau Community College where he taught for 50 years. He is an author and co-author of seven books and more than 70 journal articles on a wide variety of social science subjects, member of the American Association of Suicidology, and the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Gain knowledge of the epidemiology of suicide and drug overdose in the U.S. and the challenging traumatic impact upon those left behind Better understand the grief and healing trajectories of drug death bereaved Become familiar with the interrelationship between bereavement, suicide and drug overdose, death and disenfranchised grief Become more competent in meeting the clinical needs of the bereaved with appropriate interventions and supportive resources 4

5 Concurrent sessions Continued Session 2 A Child s Journey Through the Grieving Process This workshop will provide participants with valuable information needed when working with children who are grieving the loss of a loved one, from general expressions of grief throughout the developmental stages to psychological factors associated with complicated grief due to traumatic loss. Presenters: Carolyn Lisi-Haas, LCSW-R, Bereavement Specialist, Good Shepherd Hospice Diane McNamara, LCSW-R, Bereavement Specialist, Good Shepherd Hospice Identify the tasks of grief and how to assist children in coping with the loss Gain a greater understanding of the characteristics of child grief and important factors that impact the grieving process Identify and apply best responses and interventions when working with children who have lost a loved one based on age and developmental stage Identify factors associated with normal vs. traumatic grief reactions and know when clinical intervention is necessary Session 3 Stand Like a Mountain, Flow Like Water : Mindfulness As a Self-Care Tool Being a professional care provider to people who are dealing with grief/loss can cause extraordinary stress and possibly vicarious trauma. Professionals might respond with unbearable sorrow or even numbness. The session will offer one path through mindfulness practices to cultivate our capacity to stand secure and rounded like a mountain and flow like water. It is suitable for all disciplines and professionals providing grief and bereavement therapy. Presenters: Lori Hardoon, LCSW, JASA Partners In Dignity, Director Judith Pollack, LCSW, Private Practitioner, former JASA Partners In Dignity, Clinical Coordinator Define mindfulness: What it is and what it isn t Identify mindfulness-based stress reducing methods Discuss mindfulness practice advice for the beginner 5

6 Concurrent sessions Continued Session 4 Why a Group? Group Therapy and the Bereavement Process Many who are bereaved seek clinical support during this difficult time in their lives. Grievers often question why a group? or am I right for a group? Clinicians also struggle with these questions for their clients as well as how to best develop and facilitate groups. Participants in this workshop will learn about group therapy and its significant place in the bereavement process. This workshop will review the literature on group therapy as well as discuss types of bereavement groups, who is appropriate for groups and who is not, and how groups are organized and facilitated. Assessment tools and therapeutic techniques will be illustrated using the model of a spousal/partner loss bereavement group. Presenter: Gillian Rittmaster, LCSW, Coordinator of the Pathways to Care program, and Westchester Jewish Community Services Define group therapy and support and its effects on the bereavement process Provide evidence-based research and clinical case work supporting the efficacy of group therapy for bereavement support Delineate tools and techniques to support clinicians, chaplains, nurses and others providing bereavement support Session 5 Grief Support for LGBTQ Individuals and Their Families Presenter: Walter Fendrich, LCSW-R, ACHP-SW, Bereavement Coordinator of Hospice of New York Understand the meanings of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning identities Explore the history of the LGBTQ experience in society as well as past and present biases within the medical and psychological professions Be better prepared to offer compassionate and clinically sound bereavement support to LGBTQ individuals and their families 1:30pm 1:45pm Distribution of CE Contact Hours and Collection of Evaluations 6

7 The Living Memories Project 2019 CONFERENCE Registration Form Please register quickly, as space is limited. Professionals $40.00 in advance by Jan. 22, 2019 $50.00 at the door $35.00 for 4 CE Contact Hours (additional fee) Students Full-time Students: $15 (Please bring your student ID) Name: Organization: Title: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Concurrent Session Selections: 1 st Choice: back up Choice: Please make checks payable to JASA Partners In Dignity Mail registration form with payment to: JASA Partners In Dignity c/o Mid-Island Y JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road Plainview, NY Or Register online at: For more information, contact: Lori Hardoon, LCSW, JASA Partners In Dignity, Director lhardoon@jasa.org Maria Lever, LMSW, JASA Partners In Dignity, Clinical Coordinator mlever@jasa.org Continuing Education Hours Social Work New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers {#SW-0012}. NYU Silver School of Social Work, 1415 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. NYU Silver School of Social Work maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 11/11/16-11/11/19. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social Workers participating in this course will receive 4 continuing education contact hours. Mental Health New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors {#MHC-0083} For Mental Health Practitioners: Please check with your state, if you are not licensed in New York, to determine if these credits will be accepted for licensing renewal. 7

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