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Child Bereavement ECHO Sessions are returning…

Published on by Change, Loss and Bereavement in Highland

You may well remember that back in 2019, the Highland Hospice launched an ECHO for Childhood Bereavement. We are delighted to hear that this is returning, and this is your opportunity to get involved at the planning stages of the project.

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Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of ECHO before, ECHO stands for Extension of Community Healthcare Options.  The purpose is to share knowledge and best practice to improve outcomes for our communities Project ECHO | Highland Hospice.  You do not need to be involved in healthcare to attend this session, the Highland Hospice are extending the facility to all professionals. 

Way back in 2019 we launched the first ECHO for Childhood Bereavement.  We are relaunching and we would like to invite you to come along to a short session to find out more and see if it’s something you would like to be involved in?  To provide context, the 2019 ECHO was 1 hour, weekly over a 6 week duration and covered subjects of suicide, autism, the teenage brain and vocabulary.  There was a short 20 minute training and then a conversation around a real case study to inform practice.  Please see attached leaflet for more information and register your interest.  Please contact Louise on l.mainland@highlandhospice.co.uk if you have any questions.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week 18th – 24th March 2024

Published on by Change, Loss and Bereavement in Highland

Neurodiversity refers to the different ways the brain can work and interpret information, people naturally think about things differently but for some people this difference can be attributed to a neurodevelopmental difference such as autism, ADHD, Tourette’s, Developmental Language Disorder and others. Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. It aims to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported and recognises the many talents and advantages of being neurodivergent.

A child or young person with neurodevelopmental differences is likely to find change, loss and bereavement especially challenging because of their differences in processing information. This could be a big change such as the death of a relative or a much smaller change such as leaving school to return home at the end of the day.

For more information see the Pines website (the Pines is the neurodevelopmental service in Highland), this includes several videos: https://www.thepineshighland.com/dealing-with-change