Community Grief Toolkit [Downloadable!]

John – What to do now

February 23, 2023

John talks about the time after the initial period of grief

Amber – Support

June 8, 2021

Amber talks about following through on offers of support

Alongside

February 8, 2023

That is also our best, and only role, when supporting a person with a developmental disability to grieve. We must be the one that comes alongside. There is no closer place we can get to. We must be present, be with, perhaps not understanding or comprehending what the person we support is experiencing, but alongside them nonetheless. We must be there, ready to provide whatever we can discover of their unique need in grief.

Grief & Ice Cream

January 25, 2023

When my wife of 18 years died in 2016, I became a single father missing the love of my life, and also had to learn how to raise two girls (13-17 at the time) on my own. I remember a conversation I had with my mother-in-law and oldest daughter that began as reminiscing over a person who became a lost love to all of us. We all talked about different aspects of my wife but shortly, it transformed into a “who meant more to her” fest.

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

November 6, 2022

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.

John Martin – Loss and Grief- Make Sure You Hear Their Story

March 13, 2022

John about the importance of hearing a griever

Sarah K – Be gentle

February 8, 2022

Sarah shares what what she has learned to help someone going through what she has been through

Shannon – Enough

November 22, 2022

Shannon talks about us all doing the very best we can from the perspectives of a licensed clinical counselor and losing her husband to suicide.

Sunny- Supporting My Grieving Mom

February 23, 2022

John Martin Understanding Grief part 3

March 13, 2022

John Martin Understanding Grief part 3

John talks about grief work and things you need to go through to come out the other side

Adrianna – Pandemic, funerals and celebration of life

April 16, 2021

Adrianna talks about the death of her friend during pandemic