Addressing Children’s Grief Head On From An Occupational Therapy Perspective – Live Webinar
February 24, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am MST
The purpose of the presentation is to educate other OTPs, caregivers, and educators about the need for pediatric grief intervention by addressing the impact of how grief affects children’s occupational performance. Children’s grief, if not addressed effectively, has historically contributed to an increase in suicides, poor academic performance, incarcerations, and a decline in future successful relationships.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize the role of occupational therapy in addressing and providing intervention to children who have experienced grief/loss of a parent, family member, pet, or sibling.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe knowledge and an understanding of the incidences of grief with children in the U.S. and the lack of available resources for intervention.
- After completing this course, participants will be able to identify helpful resources, suggested treatment techniques, and specific interventions from an occupational therapy perspective, with the goal of carrying these over into children’s daily living skills.
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction to the topic of addressing children’s grief from an OT perspective |
| 5-10 Minutes | Background |
| 10-20 Minutes | Definition of grief, statistics, and prolonged grief diagnosis. |
| 20-40 Minutes | OT interventions |
| 40-55 Minutes | Video recommendations and OT survey |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary; Q&A |