2006 Building Strong Families Conference
Families Surving Loss
Handouts from Workshop Presentations
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Keynote Address

• Denial, Loss and Resilience: Teh Impact of HIV/AIDS on Individuals, Families, Communities, and Nations (Kandy Ferree, President & CEO, National AIDS Fund, Washington, D.C.)

Concurrent Workshop I

• Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief (Joyce Shriner)
• What about Me? Managing Your Own Grief while Caring for Your Child (Gerald Gaugler)
• A Peaceful Village: An Intervention to Help Families Cope with Violence in Their Communities (Linda Oravecz)

• Homeless and No Place to Go: Assessing and Understanding Rural Homelessness (Elizabeth Fisher); Needs Assessment Handout; Homelessness Handout
• Teens and Grief (Gerald Gaugler)
• Grief and Mourning across Cultures (Winston Seegobin & Robert Reyes)
• The Journey of Adoption: Coping with Loss Along the Way (Maryellen Miller and Bethany Hepps)

Concurrent Workshop III

• Promoting Positive Attitudes toward Children with Disabilities and their Families (Ronnie Martin)
• Perinatal Loss and the Subsequent Child: Family Impact (Joann O'Leary)
• Coping with Disenfranchised Grief: Themes from Narratives of Bereaved Domestic, Gay and Lesbian Partners (Carolyn Walter)
• We Used to Share a Room...an in Depth Study of Sibling Loss (Leslie Delp and Jill Anderson)

Concurrent Workshop IV

• Transitioning into Adulthood (Heather Spaan); Youth Transition Conference Pamphet; Youth Transition Conference Registration Form
• Using Multiple Intelligences to Learn about Grief and Loss (Debra Berke and Tawny Smay)
• What about Me? Addressing the Needs of Grieving Children and Adolescents (Brian Medkeff-Rose)
• Families Surviving Loss: The Red Cross Response (Patti Homan)