Show Notes
Parent educators work with families through many life cycle events, including grief and loss. Dr. Kirk Coverstone, a consulting psychologist, and Roschel Servantes, Director of Learning and Development at Parents as Teachers National Center, join us to talk about what home visitors might expect in the immediate aftermath of a death experienced by a family they work with and specific ways to provide grieving families with practical and emotional support. This episode addresses loss and grief in detail and may be difficult to hear. Listener discretion advised.
For more information, please visit: Bereaved Parents in the USA: https://bereavedparentsusa.org/ The Compassionate Friends: https://www.compassionatefriends.org/ Dougy Center: https://www.dougy.org/ National Sudden and Unexpected Infant Child Loss: https://www.sidscenter.org/ Share: https://nationalshare.org/
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