This Office Hours session highlights the importance of setting a strong foundation for an SMRC team, including key partner engagement, hosting effective planning meetings, and scheduling practice reviews. Tips for implementing and sustaining SMRCs are also discussed.
Webcast: https://vimeo.com/1086915804
May 2025 Office Hours – Slides (PDF)
This webinar will provide an overview of the types of infant and child loss, best practices for supporting families, expressions of grief, and how to recognize complicated grief reactions. The webinar will conclude with tips for processing our own feelings on grief and loss, vicarious trauma, and resources for self-care.
Webinar (passcode: Support)
Slides (PDF)
Resources (PDF)
CHW Grief Websites (PDF)
CHW Grief Books (PDF)
Resiliency Toolbox (PDF)
Questions and Answers (PDF)
Fatality review is hard work, and team members may frequently participate in difficult reviews about deaths. This exposure, whether one time or repeated over time, can bring about symptoms of vicarious trauma. The webinar will identify what vicarious trauma is, how to recognize it, and how to respond to it. Speakers will include CDR program representatives and an expert in vicarious trauma.
Webinar (passcode: VT)
Slides from Webinar (PDF)
Guidance for CDR and FIMR Teams on Addressing Vicarious Trauma (PDF)