A free series of training on child/adolescent traumatic grief in response to experience of COVID-19 related deaths are now available to register.

As the US Surgeon General VADM Murthy recently noted, there have been at least 140,000 children in the US who lost a parent or caregiver-- BEFORE the winter surge began. Another subset have lost both parents/caregivers and yet other friends and other family members(grandparents, etc.).

These trainings from the SAMHSA/NCTSN Learning Center have free CEUs (see instructions below) and are presented by some of the world's leaders in treating traumatic grief in children and adolescents. Please share this opportunity with your colleagues.

Part 1: Child and Adolescent Traumatic Stress Reactions to COVID-19-Related Deaths

Judith Cohen, MD, Project Director, AGH Center for Traumatic Stress in Children & Adolescents; Alicia Lieberman, PhD, Director/PI, Early Trauma Treatment Network (ETTN); Dolores BigFoot, PhD, Director, Indian Country Child Trauma Center; Arturo Zinny, LPC, MA, Program Director, Healing Hurt People (HHP), Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health; Savanna Brookshire, NCTSN Youth Partner; Moderated by Melissa Brymer, PhD, PsyD, UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress

To date the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 800,000 deaths in the United States, with more than 140,000 children losing a parent or primary caregiver to COVID-19-related deaths. Due to the nature of these deaths, many children may develop traumatic stress reactions that contribute to problematic grief responses. This webinar will describe aspects of COVID-19-related deaths that can contribute to children’s traumatic stress reactions, with an emphasis on developmental considerations and behavioral health disparities.

• Date and Time
  • January 20, 2022
  • 9:00 to 10:30 AM PT / 12:00 to 1:30 PM ET
• Use the following link to join the webinar online:
  • https://learn.nctsn.org/course/view.php?id=592

Part 2: Applying Evidence-Based Treatments for Child Traumatic Stress Reactions to COVID-19-Related Deaths

Alicia Lieberman, PhD, Director/PI, Early Trauma Treatment Network (ETTN); Dolores BigFoot, PhD, Director, Indian Country Child Trauma Center; Arturo Zinny, LPC, MA, Program Director, Healing Hurt People (HHP), Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health; Regan Stewart, PhD, Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina; Judith Cohen, MD, Project Director, AGH Center for Traumatic Stress in Children & Adolescents; Moderated by Melissa Brymer, PhD, PsyD, UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stres

To date, more than 800,000 individuals in the US have died from COVID-19 and more than 140,000 children and teens have lost parents or primary caregivers to COVID-19-related deaths. Many of these youth are at heightened risk for developing traumatic stress reactions to these deaths. This webinar describes trauma-focused evidence-based treatments (EBT) for children and teens who develop traumatic stress reactions, with specific applications to familial deaths during COVID-19 for 1) young children; 2) American Indian and Alaskan Native families; 3) Black and Latino/Latina adolescents with adjunct peer support components; and 4) diverse youth provided via telehealth.

• Date and Time
  • February 17, 2022
  • 9:00 to 10:30 AM PT / 12:00 to 1:30 PM ET
• Use the following link to join the webinar online:
  • https://learn.nctsn.org/course/view.php?id=593

Further information can be found below:

• To view these webinars, participants must register for a Learning Center account.
  • Register online at http://learn.nctsn.org/register.
  • For help and other questions, contact help@nctsn.org.
• These webinar are FREE and offer 1.5 CE credits each.
  • The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6647. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress maintains responsibility for this program and its content. More information about this and other programs offered for continuing education credit is available on the NCTSN Learning Center at https://learn.nctsn.org/ce.