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SUMMARY:Meeting Grief Together: Creating a Compassionate Response Plan
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Grief Together: Creating a Compassionate Response Plan\n\n12/03/25 02:00 PM EST\n - 12/03/25 03:00 PM EST\Description:\nThis webinar is a practical and compassionate training designed to help organizations and individuals respond effectively when a tragic event, such as gun violence or loss of life, impacts their community. With a focus on supporting young patrons, families and staff, this session explores immediate and long-term strategies for communication, emotional support, and trauma-informed responses. Participants will learn how to prepare in advance, respond with empathy, and care for themselves and others in the wake of tragedy.\n \nLearning Objectives:\n\n	Identify key components of an organizational response plan for supporting youth, families, and community members during and after a tragic event.\n	Describe strategies for individual self-awareness and self-care in the face of trauma and grief, especially for frontline staff.\n	Explain the importance of advance planning and communication protocols to ensure a compassionate and coordinated response to community trauma.\n\n\nPresenter:\n\nLizzy Sullivan, Educator and Youth Advocate\n\nLizzy Sullivan is an experienced educator and student advocate who has spent over a decade teaching in K-12 schools. Recognized as Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the District, Lizzy helps school districts and students thrive by supporting well-being through literacy-centered curriculum, nutrition programs and mental health support. She works to promote equity and lasting change in her classrooms and community.\n \Details:\nWho Should Attend:  Anyone interested in learning about Supporting Neurodivergent Library Users\nCompetency: Customer Service, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Patron Awareness\n\nNon-Member Cost:      $40\nNEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost:  $24\nNEO-RLS Silver Member Cost:   FREE\nNEO-RLS Gold Member Cost:    FREE\nNEO-RLS Individual Member Cost:  $20\n\nCan't attend on the date or time listed? Sign up anyway! All of our webinars include archive access for later viewing at your convenience.\nIt’s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.\n\Location:\nOnline via Zoom\n\n,
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Meeting Grief Together: Creating a Compassionate Response Plan<br /><br />12/03/25 02:00 PM EST - 12/03/25 03:00 PM EST<br />Description:<br />This webinar is a practical and compassionate training designed to help organizations and individuals respond effectively when a tragic event, such as gun violence or loss of life, impacts their community. With a focus on supporting young patrons, families and staff, this session explores immediate and long-term strategies for communication, emotional support, and trauma-informed responses. Participants will learn how to prepare in advance, respond with empathy, and care for themselves and others in the wake of tragedy.<br />
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<strong>Learning Objectives:</strong>
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	<li>Identify key components of an organizational response plan for supporting youth, families, and community members during and after a tragic event.</li>
	<li>Describe strategies for individual self-awareness and self-care in the face of trauma and grief, especially for frontline staff.</li>
	<li>Explain the importance of advance planning and communication protocols to ensure a compassionate and coordinated response to community trauma.</li>
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<strong>Presenter:</strong><br />
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<em><img alt="" src="https://neo-rls.org/photos/griefspeaker_11132025140516.JFIF" style="float:left; margin:5px 15px; width:100px" />Lizzy Sullivan</em>, Educator and Youth Advocate<br />
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Lizzy Sullivan is an experienced educator and student advocate who has spent over a decade teaching in K-12 schools. Recognized as Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the District, Lizzy helps school districts and students thrive by supporting well-being through literacy-centered curriculum, nutrition programs and mental health support. She works to promote equity and lasting change in her classrooms and community.<br />
&nbsp;<br />Details:<br />Who Should Attend:&nbsp; Anyone interested in learning about&nbsp;Supporting Neurodivergent Library Users<br />
Competency: Customer Service, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Patron Awareness<br />
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Non-Member Cost: &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $40<br />
NEO-RLS&nbsp;Bronze Member Cost:&nbsp; $24<br />
NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost:&nbsp; &nbsp;FREE<br />
NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost:&nbsp; &nbsp; FREE<br />
NEO-RLS Individual Member Cost:&nbsp; $20<br />
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Can't attend on the date or time listed? Sign up anyway! All of our webinars include archive access for later viewing at your convenience.
<p><strong><em>It&rsquo;s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.</em></strong></p>
<br />Location:<br />Online via Zoom<br /><br />,  
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