Winston's Wish Conferences & Seminars

Each year, our experienced practitioners take part in many conferences and seminars as guest speakers and workshop leaders.

For example, we have contributed to the following events:

• Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen Families Association Conference - October 2009
• Education Conference - October 2010
• Children's Palliative & End of Life Care Conference - February 2011
• IAPS Annual Conference - September 2012
• Mental Health Conference - November 2012
• CRUSE Conference - April 2013
• CBN Conference - May 2013

Subjects presented are based directly on our practical experience of supporting bereaved children and their families and include:

• Factors affecting children’s grief
  • developmental understanding
  • age at time of death
  • types of death (for example, sudden and expected)
  • time since death
  • bereavement by violence (for example, murder and suicide)
  • traumatic bereavement
  • cultural influences.

• Talking to children about death and dying 
  • supporting bereaved children and their families
  • supporting children and families facing life-threatening illness
  • involvement in funerals and rituals.

• Interventions with bereaved children
  • assessment
  • individual work
  • practical and creative ideas
  • memory
  • group work
  • residential group work.

• Service development
  • establishing services for bereaved children
  • developing services
  • evaluation.

• Models and theoretical background
  • current understanding of children and grief
  • research findings.

For more information – and to discuss how we may contribute to your conference or seminar – please email traininginfo@winstonswish.org.uk