Grief and Loss

Training Content

Training focuses on separation, grief and loss for the children, parents and resource families associated with the child welfare system.  During this six hour training we will provide you the opportunity to: 

• • ·    Re-examine the grief process as it relates to children and families in the child welfare system
  • ·    Understand how grief is experienced by families
  • ·    Assess and recognize grief and loss
  • ·    Recognize and understand birth parent grief and loss
  • ·    Examine the impact of grief and loss on the well-being of children
  • ·    Understand the areas where the child, birth family or resource family needs support.

This training uses a combination of lecture, hands on activities, case scenarios and audio visual materials. We hope it will be an interactive learning environment for those professionals working in and around families involved in the child protection system.

Trainer Information

Marci Buckles earned her Bachelors of Social Work from Carroll College in 1998.  Marci has held a variety of positions throughout her social work career including: working at Public Assistance, a Behavior Specialist for the Helena School District, a Child Protection Specialist in Helena, as well as a Home Visitor with the Lewis and Clark County Health Department.  In 2009 The University of Montana hired Marci as the Staff Development Specialist (SDS) for Region IV to develop and facilitate training as a part of a workforce development strategy.  Initially this training was limited to the newly hired Child and Family Services employees and in 2013 expanded to a greater audience of Child Welfare Professionals who hold a variety of roles across Montana working with the children and families who come into contact with the child protection system.

Marci is married, has two adult daughters and is a grandmother of 2.

The areas of practice that hold a special interest for Marci are Secondary Trauma, Child Development and Child Sexual Abuse. She is a founding and active member of the Lewis and Clark County multidisciplinary team that responds to child victims of crime and abuse and has been a forensic interviewer since 2003, conducting hundreds of child forensic interviews.  She remains an active interviewer at the Lewis and Clark County Children’s Advocacy Center.

 

 

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