NACC Webinar: Diary Writing & Discernment (Angela meets Ignatius)

By Jeanine Annunziato | June 6, 2023 | Comments Off on NACC Webinar: Diary Writing & Discernment (Angela meets Ignatius)

With the growing need to tend to the grief, loss, and joys of others, we can diminish or neglect our own soul care, which affects our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Join us to learn how to sharpen our awareness about great expectations of what God wants to give us right now through diary writing

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Listening and Responding to Concepts of God in the Context of Trauma and Grief

By Jeanine Annunziato | June 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Listening and Responding to Concepts of God in the Context of Trauma and Grief

It is natural for patients to question the nature of God in the context of trauma and grief: “Why would God let this happen to me?” “Where is God when I am suffering?” “What kind of a God would allow these tragedies? Responding to these questions effectively not only requires understanding where the patient is coming from religiously and spiritually, but also on you as the Chaplain or caretaker. How does your religious formation, spirituality and personal experience inform your responses to someone’s whose background may be very different than your own? How might your response add to or alleviate the pain of the patient and their family members?

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NACC 2023 Webinar Series
Honoring and Supporting Grief and Loss in the Lives of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Families

By Jeanine Annunziato | January 27, 2023 | Comments Off on NACC 2023 Webinar Series
Honoring and Supporting Grief and Loss in the Lives of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Families

For a long time, grief and loss in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, was essentially ignored and disenfranchised, often because of assumptions about levels of understanding or because the focus was on the grief of families. Yet they live in a world of relationships in which grief and loss are often ubiquitous. This webinar will address some of that history as well as rapidly growing resources for supporting grief and loss, including new initiatives focused on people with autism, their friends and families, caregivers, and professional helpers.

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