get in touch with your own pain and grief, but will better equip you to facilitate successful abortion healing groups for others. We review the benefits of cofacilitation and the typical progression of the healing process for your client. Lesson 5: Healing Groups Part One: Pre-group Planning and Implementation Now that you have an understanding and awareness of how a client will feel and act after an abortion and how the healing journey builds on itself, this lesson will discuss how to plan and implement a successful group. Topics such as: pre-group planning, scheduling, and promoting the group are discussed. Additionally, we suggest important questions that should be asked during the intake process, basic ground rules and how to enforce them, and how to maintain continued engagement with the participants leading up to the group which is key for their attendance and completion of the healing group. Lesson 6: Healing Groups Part Two: Group Progression, Dynamics and After Care In this lesson, we continue our discussion of groups and concentrate on three key areas: group progression, group dynamics and after care. We will walk you through how a group progresses week to week and some of the group participant dynamics you will or may have to manage. Understanding the progression and dynamics that take place in a group is essential to facilitating an effective group. Finally, we close with after care. It is important that each client has an after care plan whether it is to move on to another group or attend a weekly support group. Lesson 7: Planning and Facilitating the Celebration of Life Ceremony In our final lesson we guide you through each step of planning and facilitating a successful Celebration of Life Ceremony. The entire group process has been leading to this final step - finding closure from the abortion experience.While the participants will never forget their loss, they can learn how to live life and find peace. Naming the child and memorializing the child in some tangible way to help to bring dignity to their child’s life. What Others Are Saying... “Very well done for understanding how to talk with clients and families affected by abortion and how to better accept them where they are in the grief and healing process. It teaches the importance of developing a better understanding of the reason(s) why abortion was chosen. Plus, it develops a confidence that allows the client-advocate to ask the client and family how they are coping with the decision they made to have an abortion. Finally, it gives the steps to help them heal and see their vision and value in Jesus.” - Beth Rohrbacker, Client Services Director, Pregnancy Solutions & Services “I enjoyed your teaching materials, your taking things one step at a time was very good. I believe the courses can be life-giving after this traumatic experience.” - Cindy Scholl Very compassionate, and thoughtful! I appreciated some of the practical things that were mentioned like how to phrase things. I highly recommend it.” - Connie Peacock, Volunteer Coordinator, Life Options 31
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