GRIEF
Gaining Resources Information & Empathy for Families Experiencing Loss. Members of CICL staff are involved in training activities for health care providers, community health nurses, childcare providers, pregnant women, parents, and students.
G.R.I.E.F Training Program
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- Causes of death across infancy, childhood and adolescence including stillbirth, SIDS, accidents, developmental complications, suicide, gun violence, and illness.
- Priority public health efforts around prevention – Safe Sleep, Anti-bullying, Maryland Healthy Kids, Click it or Ticket and Buckel Up Programs, etc.
- Effects of loss on family and community systems including parents, siblings, and others.
- Distinguishing between normal grief and mental illness
- Preventing or escaping spiraling grief
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- Enhancing the system of support – Social Workers, First Responders, Schools, Medical Professionals (Primary Care Physicians, OBGYNs, Nurses, etc.), Friends, Grandparents.
- State and local resource.
- Policy issues
- Public and private service providers
- Support Groups and peer programs
- Medications
- How to offer support: What to say and not to say, Timelines/Important Dates.

Topics offered
include :
Injury Prevention SIDS Risk Reduction Strategies Safe Sleep Environment Grief and Compassionate InterventionCICL staff also participates in the training of emergency medical personnel, social workers and community programs working with young families and children to increase knowledge of child safety and a help create a compassionate response for families whose children have died.
CICL Safe Sleep Conference CICL Summer/Spring Training CV CICL Summer/Spring Training TL