Tips and Tricks for Planning and Implementing a Family Camp

2:00 p.m. Eastern | 11:00 a.m. Pacific (1.5 hours)

Presentation Description:

Family camps are a powerful way to enhance the grief journey with healing, joy, and fun. When creating a family camp or modifying your kids camp there are certain things to keep in mind when planning your schedule, family prep, and volunteer training. This training will provide tips and tricks from hands on experience for navigating separation anxiety, setting boundaries and expectations with adult campers, and planning a balance of age appropriate and family activities.

Coral Popowitz, MSW, LGSW, CT is the Executive Director for Children’s Grief Connection and has a private practice in her small rural community.  She developed and has facilitated a 6 week grief education series titled The Impact of Grief  at Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake, MN for fifteen years. She is an adjunct professor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College where she teaches Death, Dying and Bereavement and an InSight certified funeral celebrant.  The author of Grief Recovery for Teens (2017) and But I Gotta Say Something: What not to say to bereaved people (2015), Coral has been married over forty years, helped raise seven adult children, ten grandchildren, and thirty-six foster children. 

Courtney Reynolds is the Special Programs Manager at Bo’s Place, a bereavement center in Houston, TX. Courtney is the group coordinator for the Wednesday night family support groups, and plans, develops and runs programming for families outside of group that enhances their healing journey (camps, retreats and summer programming). Courtney earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Religious Studies from Austin College, and a Masters of Social Work from The University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Courtney is a licensed clinical social worker, and prior to starting work at Bo’s Place in 2015 Courtney was the Outpatient Coordinator for Lone Star Behavioral Health.

1.       Identify ways to engage family members and family units in a camp setting.

2.       Enhance understanding of potential benefits to a family camp.

3.       Explore adults as campers & how to navigate common difficulties.