Dear Friends,

I’m thrilled to share that for the past 18-months, Good Grief has been developing and piloting its next phase of growth: Routes to Resilience .

Education has been a fundamental component of our mission since 2004, but today we are launching a unique resource that promotes preventative-based care for children in classrooms. Our Routes to Resilience curriculum helps students learn to navigate bumps, bruises, and adversities by helping grades K-12 respond to the many forms of grief and loss. Lesson plans that will be delivered in classrooms will teach children emotional literacy, coping strategies, empathy and kindness, and much more.

While loss and adversity are non-negotiable aspects of the human condition, we can change how we prepare each child to thrive through the many adversities they will face in their lifetime. This new initiative is now available to your school. Please contact us to learn more.

Good Grief is a child’s route to resilience…

In Community,
Joe Primo, Good Grief CEO
GRIEF IS A RESPONSE TO ALL LOSS, NOT JUST DEATH
ADDRESSING LOSS AND ADVERSITY WITH ROUTES TO RESILIENCE
01. Explore Needs

We start by exploring your needs to find the best fit for Routes to Resilience at your school. Each school environment is different with distinct needs and pre-existing programs. We also know that some schools have comprehensive policies and best practices to know how to navigate through loss and crisis, and some do not.

02. Provide Education

Resilience can be learned and cultivated. However, it takes more than simply “teaching” lessons. The subtleties and nuances of building resilience have more to do with how professionals and parents engage and respond to children and teens. We can help to guide and educate faculty and staff on how to do just that.

03. Implement Lesson Plans

Good Grief educators will implement our 5-week program in your classrooms through lesson plans that include lectures, activities, and worksheets on grief and loss, emotional intelligence, coping with stress, building resilience, and empathy and kindness.

04. Program Evaluation

Post-lesson and post-training surveys will be run to capture results, and to cater ongoing coaching to optimize the program for the future.
ROUTES TO RESILIENCE HELPS FULFILL NJ LEARNING REQUIREMENTS
PRAISE FOR THE PROGRAM
"Last year our school experienced two major losses almost back to back. It was difficult for faculty, staff, students, parents and administrators. I have always been a proponent of prevention work and realized this was one area we were behind. Statistically, our students are going to encounter other adversities in their lives. It makes sense to prepare students with the awareness, language, and skills to navigate these situations. The curriculum prepares teachers with that same information. I fully believe that this curriculum is well designed and serves both student’s and teacher’s needs: we are now educating the whole child.”


– School Psychologist at Christina Seix Academy
BRING ROUTES TO RESILIENCE TO YOUR SCHOOL
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