1. Drumming for Reconnecting in Healing Grief Kate von Ritter LMSW St Joseph Mercy Home Care and Hospice Bereavement Coordinator Don Allen Health Rhythms Facilitator

2. Learning Objectives Describe the experience of ‘disconnectedness’ in grief. 2. Identify and give examples of areas in a child’s life where their grief would cause this sense of disconnection. 3.Demonstrate drumming activities that can provide an experience of reconnection.

3. Grief and the Child’s Experience of Disconnection

4. Disconnected From What? The physical presence of the person who died Those not affected People affected by the death Activities that are important to the child Their world view

5. Disconnected How? Body Mind Heart Spirit

6. Disconnected Why? Pain Shock Fear Separation from physical presence

7. Disconnected When? Only at time of death?

8. Reconnecting? Trusting Community Sharing Identity

9. Time to get drumming!