Hospitals and Counselors looking for an excellent Grief Training program for their staff and volunteers, will find their answer in the ”My Gift: Myself - Grief and Bereavement” video training. This Video/DVD series uses 4 of the 7 chapters of the popular and effective ”My Gift: Myself’” Hospice Volunteer Training program, emphasizing volunteer support for grieving individuals and families. ”My Gift: Myself - Grief and Bereavement” is a coordinated training program with a Leader’s Guide complemented by 10 student manuals. The course is meticulously designed to tap the mind’s hidden resources by accessing all of the Four Basic Learning Styles (See Sidebar to upper right).
The Leader's Guide contains all you need to design and implement a professional, comprehensive, and creative volunteer training program specifically targeted for grief and bereavement support. It shows you how to understand the needs and gifts of your volunteers so that you may more easily screen, recruit, and retain your quality people. Your Leader's Guide helps you focus your training on each volunteer’s individual strengths, offers creative and sensitive problem solving, and shows how to honor your volunteer’s contributions in ways they will cherish the most.

”My Gift: Myself - Grief and Bereavement” Description

Chapter One: “The Greatest Gift” addresses communication skills, presenting the stages of dying and how to support someone emotionally through these stages. Common fears of the patient and family, good listening skills, avoiding clichés, and how to read body language are also covered.
Chapter Two: “Things of the Spirit” defines spirituality and explores the spiritual needs of the patient, addressing those needs without being intrusive or invalidating their beliefs, and how to help them find peace within themselves.
Chapter Three: “A Time For Grief” explores the stages of grief, factors that influence the family’s grief process, signs of unhealthy grief, signs of healing, a child’s grief, etc.
Chapter Four: “Caring For You” covers self-care for the Hospice volunteer, including how to create healthy boundaries, signs of burnout, self-nurturing activities, and other self-care techniques.

TO ORDER - For more information or to order this abbreviated training series please see our Contact Page to call or email our office. This program is not currently available for purchase through our website.

 

 

Each chapter in the My Gift: Myself - Grief and Bereavement video is divided into segments that cover the Four Basic Learning Styles with a final assessment.

#1 "Just the Facts Please" provides factual information appealing to the left side of the brain where logical thought occurs.
#2 "At the Heart of the Matter" engages the right side of the brain, addressing emotions and stimulating volunteers to look inward to find their own heart's responses to the material.
#3 "Putting it Into Practice" is more "hands on" in nature, providing practical exercises and real-life scenarios for the volunteer.
#4 "A Closer Look" focuses closely on one important aspect of the chapter topic, appealing to the part of the brain that thrives on patterns.
A final "Skill Check" assesses progress and “cements” the learning. This open book test is a guide to summarizing chapter contents.

“Pain, in a person
with an open and
teachable heart,
can serve as an instructor,
a motivator for growth,
and a “softener”
of the spirit;
deepening the capacity
for compassion
and understanding.”

~JoAnne Chitwood~