Our Willow House School Outreach program continues to be in high demand. We are currently working on an ongoing consulting basis with 2 schools following particularly traumatic deaths in their communities; namely, Libertyville and Highland Park.

We have school workshops planned with:

  • Highland Middle School
  • Glenbrook High School
  • Sunset Ridge School
  • Niles North High School

In November, thanks to our grant, Willow House hired an additional part-time staff member as a School Group Coordinator. She will work in schools providing group support to children and parenting grieving children education for adults. The goal is for her to provide these groups within the school setting for schools:

  • that are particularly interested in this service because the Student services staff doesn’t have enough time to provide these services
  • that are in an area that is particularly underserved and in which parents are not able or likely to bring their children to get services through counseling or programs like Willow House

The goal is to have the School Group Coordinator providing 12 to 16 week groups in 4 schools.