Working With Those Who Support the Bereaved

Grief Resources

In the United States every year, 8 million people experience the death of someone in their immediate family. Often those who are grieving feel most comfortable receiving support in the surroundings of their local community, whether it is at church, school or work.

Hospice of Lancaster County’s PATHways Center for Grief & Loss offers courses, resources and materials to help those who support the bereaved. These individuals include: teachers, counselors, social workers, clergy, health care workers, faith communities, small-group leaders, and community support or self-help facilitators.

Lending Library

Books, magazines, professional grief journals, videos and audiotapes on a wide variety of grief-related topics are available. These materials are helpful to both the bereaved and those seeking to support them. Some materials are available in Spanish. The library is open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call (717) 391-2413 or (717)733-0699 for more information.

Workshops and Courses

Educational opportunities have been designed to address a variety of needs. Types of topics include:
  • Facilitating grief support groups
  • Coping with the holidays
  • Helping children cope with illness and loss
  • Loss in the nursing home
  • Understanding grieving teens
  • Care for the caregiver
  • Bereavement needs for developmentally-delayed individuals
  • School crisis response
  • When death impacts your school
  • Workplace grief
  • Supporting the bereaved
  • Living with serious illness

Good Grief Clubs

Using a “train the trainer” model, PATHways Center counselors can provide a curriculum and co-facilitate a seven-week grief group in your school. Call the PATHways Center for more information.

Facilitating Grief Support Groups: The People, The Path and The Process

A course for those interested in, or currently involved in, providing grief support groups. This two-part series is taught twice a year. Call (717) 391-2413 or (717) 733-0699 for more information.

Facilitating Grief Support Groups Part II: Continuing the Process.

This four-week series is for those who have already been involved in leading grief groups and are looking to grow in their knowledge of the group process and to enhance facilitator skills. The course will include small group experience, lecture, role play, and group discussion. Call 391-2413 for more information.

Tranforming Pain Into Resilience: Working With Grieving Students

PATHways Center for Grief & Loss offers this course twice a year, which helps teachers and counselors to be more prepared to assist grieving students. The course will include readings, an in-depth focus on issues related to children and grief and activities to consider. Additionally, the course will cover resources to draw from and specific techniques to consider in working with grieving students, either in the classroom or the counseling setting, will be covered. This course is for teachers, counselors, learning support or substitute staff, or for anyone who comes into contact with grieving students. Included in the course is a manual for those interested in leading a grief group as well as a complimentary copy of Hospice of Lancaster County's publication, “A Teacher's Guide to the Grieving Student.” Prior to the first class, participants are required to have read the book, LIFE & LOSS, A GUIDE TO HELP GRIEVING CHILDREN, 2nd Edition, by Linda Goldman, ISBN # 1-56032-861-4.

To register, visit the IU 13 Web site www.iu13.org, select “Staff Development” and click on “Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Courses for Credit” towards the middle of the page. Or call the IU 13 at (717) 519-1087.

Consultation

The PATHways Center staff is available to provide resources and direction for those who may be facing unique situations. Most PATHways programs are available at no cost due to the generous support of our community. Certain seminars or courses do require a fee. Please contact us at (717) 391-2413 or (717) 733-0699 for more information or individual attention to your need.

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