Caring for the Carers is a week-long webinar series designed to support school staff, counsellors, educators, and parents in supporting children and themselves during an ongoing crisis and disruption to schooling and daily life.

The sessions provide practical psychosocial strategies, emotional support frameworks, and guidance for navigating uncertainty, loss, stress, and disrupted learning environments.

Series Themes

The overall series emphasises:

•       Supporting the supporters – caring for adults who care for children.
•       Trauma-informed responses.
•       Emotional validation and resilience.
•       Practical strategies for crisis situations.
•       Supporting children through uncertainty.
•       Maintaining wellbeing and purpose during disruption.

Session 1: Change, Loss and Adjusting to the New Normal

Speaker

Dr. Rea Powell

Target Audience

Parents, school counsellors, educators, and school staff.

Key Focus

Understanding the emotional impact of disruption and loss during the crisis.

Key Concepts / Goals

•       Understanding grief and the grief cycle in response to sudden changes.
•       Recognising different types of loss:

o   Loss of routines and normal school life

o   Loss of friends leaving the country

o   Loss of freedom and predictability

•       Normalising emotional reactions (sadness, confusion, frustration).
•       Helping children acknowledge and express grief.
•       Practical coping strategies:

o   Memory-making and symbolic activities (letters, drawings, memory boxes).

o   Validating emotions while encouraging gradual adjustment.

·        Supporting children to move forward with new routines and social connections.

Join using the link below:

🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83443977802