Trauma-Responsive Grief Support for Youth & Families Impacted by Homicide

Join us for the 2026 NACG National Webcast, a three-hour educational event designed for professionals, featuring presenters Katherine Streit, Sam Middleton, and Samantha Anthony from Uplift Center for Grieving Children in Philadelphia. This event will:

• How historic and systemic oppression shape the homicide-related grief experiences of youth and families.
• Culturally and contextually responsive strategies for understanding and addressing stigmatized grief responses such as vengefulness, guilt, and shame among co-victims of homicide.
• Trauma-related grief behaviors that may emerge across the lifespan for survivors of violence.

Learning Objectives:

· Describe and identify at least 2 ways that historic and systemic oppression impacts homicide-related grief with youth & families

· Demonstrate knowledge of at least 3 strategies for understanding & addressing stigmatized grief responses (including vengefulness, guilt, shame) in a culturally and contextually-responsive approach, particularly for youth & families considered co-victims of homicide

· Identify up to 5 different trauma-related grief behaviors that can manifest across the lifespan for survivors of violence

Attendees seeking CE credit: Please RSVP for the Live Webcast through EventBrite and select that you'd like to obtain CEs. You will receive CE registration information in your confirmation e-mail.

Please note that the NACG will not issue refunds. You may wait until the day of the event to register with NACG and purchase the CEs.

To obtain credits, you must register with the NACG, sign in and out of the event, and complete an evaluation following the event by March 10th. Good Grief of Northwest Ohio will assist in recording attendance.

Continuing Education (CE) Provider Information: Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CEs. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE process, please contact Megan Lopez at [email protected] or at (432) 288-4688.

The National Alliance for Children’s Grief has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7221. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course will receive 3 contact hours.

The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0689. Social Workers completing this course will receive 3 contact hours.

The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0238. Counselors completing this course will receive 3 contact hours.

National Alliance for Children’s Grief, #1819, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. National Alliance for Children’s Grief maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 07/20/2023 – 07/20/2026. Counselors completing this course will receive 3 continuing education credits.

About the Speakers:

Katherine Streit, MSW, LCSW, MSEd, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, educator, and clinical supervisor who believes in the connection between healing, justice, and liberation. Since joining Uplift in 2018, she has led the school-based clinical team, managed citywide K–12 partnerships, overseen program evaluation, and directed Uplift’s training and professional development initiatives. She also supervises grief groups at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center and previously managed the award-winning Philly Hope Line.

Katherine specializes in creative, play-based approaches, particularly with neurodivergent youth, and is committed to Uplift’s non-pathologizing model. She holds an MSW and MSEd from the University of Pennsylvania, has over 20 years of experience supporting youth and adults with disabilities, guest lectures in local graduate programs, and has co-authored a chapter on SEL and play.

Sam Middleton, MS, is originally from Wilkes-Barre, PA and moved to Philadelphia to attend college in 2014. Sam received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree from Arcadia University in 2018. She then went on to work for her Master of Clinical and Counseling Psychology, with a specialization in trauma, from Chestnut Hill College. While starting her time at Uplift Center for Grieving Children as an intern, Sam gained experience and expertise in support group facilitation, eventually becoming a member of Uplift’s staff where she utilizes their knowledge in trauma-informed care and grief and loss support. Sam’s goal is to make youth feel heard and supported in their grief. She strives to validate all aspects of grief and loss. They continuously work to grow and learn how to best support the youth, families, and communities of Philadelphia.

Sam has training in several areas outside of their degree, including in Psychological First Aid, and Perinatal Loss. They have also participated in Grief Conferences, committees, and other organizational events and programs.

Samantha Anthony, MS, LPC, is a grief clinician who operates out of Uplift Center for Grieving Children in Philadelphia. She has lived in the USA for 10 + years after immigrating from Malawi. She has an M.S in Clinical Child Psychology and a vested interest in the interconnected areas of childhood mental health, with a special focus on grief, trauma, social justice, and education. Her work is driven by the tenet that grief is a social justice issue.

Info: Stop by the front desk to sign-in - required to receive CEs.

Info: *includes 30 minute break

Info: Additional time for community conversation and sign-out - required to receive CEs.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Good Grief of Northwest Ohio, 1900 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee, United States

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