Educating the workplace, as well as the wider community, is a key way to build support for the seriously ill their caregivers, and those greiving the death of a loved one.
Consoling Communities offers a series of educational forums for businesses, organizations, and associations to choose from. Presentations are tailored to meet the needs of a particular audience.
Educational forums such as the following have proved to be popular for all audiences. The question and answer periods of these interactive forums are always lively and illuminating. Possible topics include the following:
- Help! I'm ill. And I'm trying to work. . Work-place tools for fostering respect, enhancing compassion, and improving productivity during the diagnosis and treatment of a serious illness.
- Let me know if there's anything I can do... Invaluable advice for colleagues who wish to ease the burden of serious illness on a co-worker or professional associate.
- She's exhausted! He's overwelmed! And I'm really concerned... Crafting creative, compassionate, and comprehensive care for the care-giver and the care-reciever.
- Your Grandmothers Wisdom meets Compassion-in-Action: How to build effective care-networks in your business, neighborhood, and organization.
- Unmasking jargon / Unlocking understanding -- Medical decision-making simplified: A guide to ensuring that your health care decsions are honored and respected.
- Living fully/ Dying well. A dynamic tutorial on how to facilitate comfort and dignity at life's end.
- Help! I'm mourning the death of a loved one. And I'm trying to work. . Work-place tools for fostering respect, enhancing compassion, and improving productivity during a time of grief.
- Good grief! What Should I say? What can I do? Practical tips: How to support a friend or associate through grief.
- Don't forget about the children! What children need to know about death and grief, how to teach them - and why it matters in both the workplace and in the community.
- Living with grief on holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries. How to effectively support yourself and others through the toughest days of the year.
Each of these educational forums includes a take home packet, refreshments, and time for individual conversation -- attendees often stay after the presentation to ask questions or receive support.
Busninesses, organizations, and associations can also use the educational forums as a 'building block' to implementing Consoling Communities Grief or Illness Outreach programs. Please refer to Professional Services: Description for more information on available services, outreach opportunities, training workshops, monthly bereavement support letters, and more.
Please contact Consoling Communities for details on price and availability, to schedule educational presentations, or inquire further about our Professional Services.
