Threads of Hope: Implementing an At-Home Bereavement Support Program - 2024 Child Life Conference

Only available as part of a package

This session will explore the implementation of an innovative program, which offers at-home grief support to families. It will describe the initial pilot year of the program and how the program was adapted to become a permanent offering within a child life department. The session will also include benefits and barriers of an at-home grief support program, as well as offer tangible ways to implement this type of program at other institutions.

Please note: All webinar content and its certificate will expire on 5/29/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records before 5/29/2027.

Kayla Black

Child Life Specialist III

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Kayla earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication from Murray State University in 2016, followed by her Master of Public Health from the University of Memphis in 2021. She completed her internship at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in the fall of 2017 and began working in the Outpatient Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in January 2018. She is currently a Child Life Specialist III and is the student program coordinator. Kayla continues to works as a Certified Child Life Specialist in the Outpatient Center, covering a variety of clinics, including the Orthopedic Clinics, Surgery Clinics, Urology Clinics, and Maternal Fetal Center.