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Where is Lisa?
 Calendar for  2010  
    
Teaneck High School: Student presentations through the The Forum, Teen Center 1/5/10  
Jonathan Dayton High School: Faculty presentation: 1/6/10  Supporting HS Students Through Loss and Transitions 
Linden Girl Scout Troop:  Adolescents Coping with Grief and  Loss: When a Young Friend Dies -    1/6/10 
Teaneck High School : Student presentations, Boys HS group, Girls HS group, Teen Center,  1/7/10 
A Conference on Underage Drinking: Trinitas, Prevention Links, 1/8/10 Trinitas Regional Medical Center 
Valerie Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center: Grief Support for Staff: When Professionals Grieve 1/8/10 
Grace and Peace Church: Cranford:  Youth Group presentation: When a Beloved Friend Dies: Teens Coping with Grief  1/9/10
Essex County Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth: Lead Response Team meeting  1/13/09  
Jefferson Township Library: Coping with Depression and Grief after the Holidays , 7-8:30 
Association for Student Assistant Professionals Somerset County: 1/14/10   Supporting Grieving Students 
Woodbridge Middle Schools, Woodbridge  Student presentations on Coping with Transition and Loss :
Iselin Middle School:  6th, 7th and 8th Grades: Coping with Transitions and Loss: 1/15/10     
Clifton High School: 3 hour in-service professional development workshop for SAC's, Learning Consultants and Guidance Counselors K -12th :  1/18/10  
TLC training on Traumatic Incident Intervention: to help grieving Haitian children and families   1/19/10 
Avenel Middle School:  Presentations to 6th graders about Coping with Transition and Loss: 1/20/10   
Toussaint Louventure Marquis De Lafayette School: Elizabeth: Supporting Haitian Students (TLC)  1/21/10 afternoon group
Support Group -Springfield: Saying Goodbye to a dear friend- 1/21/10 evening group
Woodbridge Middle School: Presentations to 6th graders  1/22/10 
Girl Scout Troop:  6th graders : Friendships  -  Springfield: 1/24/10
Manalapan-Englishtown Schools: 2 hour professional development workshop: Counselors and Nurses: K-8th  1/26/10 
Colonia Middle School: 6th graders: Let's talk about coping with transitions and loss, 1/27/10 
C.A.S.E.: Center for Adoption Support and Education: Webinar: Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens with Debbie Riley 1/28/10
Barkalow Middle School: Freehold School District, 3 hour Guidance Staff in-service workshop: Supporting Grieving Middle Schoolers: 1/29/10 
Oak Knoll School: 9th and 10th grades: Teens Coping with Grief, Loss and Transitions 2/1/10
Oak Knoll School: 7th  grades: Adolescents Coping with Transitions, Grief and Loss 2/2/10 
St. Agnes School: Clark  : Program for students- K - 8th :  2/3/10 postponed
Atlantic Health Care: Planning a bereavement summer program and training 2/4/10
16th Annual NJ State Elks Association Youth Peer Leadership Conference: Presenting to 200 peer leaders from all over NJ on Coping with Grief, Loss and Other Tough Stuff: Two workshops  2/5/10-2/7/10  Long Branch NJ
Homefirst : planning community wide grief 6 week community support program for spring 2010: 2/8/10
Middletown School District: Middle Schools and High Schools: Program for staff  2/16/10 
Jonathan Dayton High School: Presentation to the students in the Inclusion Classroom:  Bullying, Self Esteem, and Expressing Anger in healthy ways.  2/17/10
Grief After Suicide: How Does Suicide Change the Grieving   ADEC Webinar by Jack Jordan Ph.D, FT   2/17/10
Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth of  Essex County: Understanding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans-gendered and Questioning Youth , Hudson Pride Connections:  2/18/10
Children's Specialized Hospital: grief support for parents of pediatric patients: When Everything Changes in an Instant: Helping Parents to Cope  2/19/10
Oak Knoll School: 9th and 10th grades  2/22/10: Books as a source of emotional support and inspiration during challenging times 2/22/10
Belleville High School : Winter Professional Development Institute: 20 hour Grief Program for teachers K-12 :  2/22, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29 
Oak Knoll School: 7th and 8th grades: Learning to Listen with Empathy:  2/23/10 
Mercer County School Counselors: Supporting Grieving Students in School:  Two hour professional development workshop 2/24/10 
Montclair School District: ASAP (Association of Student Assistant Professionals): Supporting Grieving Students as an SAP  2/25/10 
TLC Middlesex County 2/26/10
Blog Talk Radio Show:  Coping with the Grief of Divorce: 3/1/10  
Livingston High School: Assembly Program for Seniors on Coping with Transitions, Grief and Other Tough Stuff  3/2/10
Traumatic Incident Intervention: by Robert Macy, PhD: Certificate Course: one day training for TII:Traumatic Incident Intervention in Schools: 3/3, 8-4
Advance Post Traumatic Stress Management: Protocols for Response to Suicide 3/4/10  MACY training 9-5
Advance Post Traumatic Stress Management: Protocol for Response to Homicide 3/5/10   Macy Training 8-5
Atlantic Health Palliative Care Program: Do Everything: Overlook Hospital  3/9/10
Jonathan Dayton HS: 7 Health Class Presentations on Teens Coping with Grief, Loss and other Tough Stuff 3/10/10
Teaneck High School: Forum, School Based Program: Teens Coping with Grief, Loss and Other Tough Stuff 3/11/10
The Deron School of NJ:  Speaking to faculty and staff:  Special Needs, Grief and Loss: two 2 hour professional development : 3/12/10 
Saint Michael's Teen Youth Group: Presenting to 200 teens  : Depression, Self Injury and Suicide: What Teens Need to Know   3/16/10
TLC Essex  GLBT issues with youth in schools, 3/17/10
New Milford  High School: Health and Alliance Seminar: Supporting Grieving Children and Teens: 3/18/10 
Journey from Loss to Renewal: Clinical Interventions for Normal and Complicated Grief CMI Educational Institute, cutting edge
strategies for working with normal, complicated and traumatic grief. Harold Ivan Smith, Ed.S.   Parsippany, 3/19/10 
Classroom Based Intervention: presented by Robert Macy, PhD, Founder and Executive Director of the Boston Center for Trauma Psychology, the Co-director of a Category III National Center for the Child Traumatic Stress Network site in Boston, Founder of The Children's Trauma Recovery Foundation and Research Associate in Psychology in the Dept of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
3 day Certificate Course:  intensive training for CBI Classroom Based Intervention: 15 Session Protocol : 3//22- 3/24/10 
Farleigh Dickenson University: Presenting to a graduate class on Schools, Community and Substance Abuse 3/23/10
Contact We Care: 24/7 Crisis Helpline:  3 hour training for helpline volunteers:  3/24/10 
TLC Middlesex county:  3/26/10 
Hospice Foundation of America: Cancer and End of Life Care: 1:30-4pm  
Homefirst/ Family Success Center: Facilitate a 6 Week Program for Community Members on Coping with Grief, Loss and Other Tough Stuff 4/8/10-5/13/10
New Jersey Counselors Association: Conference: Grief, Loss and Healthy Coping : 4/10/10 
Hunterdon County Polytech High School: Speaking to nursing, early childhood education and law enforcement students : 2 hour program, 4/13/10 
TLC Essex County, Cedar Grove 4/15/10 
Youth Suicide Clusters: Webinar (viewing program) 4/15/10
Family Success Center Plainfield, 4/14/10
Chatham School District: Parent Program: Raising Resilient Children and Teens Through Difficult Times: AM and PM programs; 4/27/10
Rainbows of Livingston: Program for children who have experienced loss through divorce, death or abandonment. Speaking to the parents on Coping with Grief, Loss and Transition  4/19/10
Raising Your Boys: an In Depth Workshop for Parents: program on violence prevention, domestic violence awareness: Perth Amboy Elementary School , Lisa doing a piece on psychodrama as it pertains to the grief of domestic violence  4/21/10
Kinnelon High School: Freshman Health Classes: Coping with Grief, Loss and Other Tough Stuff, 4/21/10 and 4/2310
School Counselor County Association Dinner: Speaker for meeting (90 school counselors, SAC's, therapists) 4/26/10
Depression and Bipolar Association: DBSA 4/28/10 Lisa presenting on Grief and Diagnosis of  BiPolar Disorder
Family Success Center, Plainfield: Group: 4/29/10
 TLC of Middlesex County 4/30/10
Monmouth School Nurse Dinner: Speaker for evening program: Aging with a Sense of Humor  5/4/10
Blog Radio Show: Guest of Esther Adler, author and speaker
The Milton School of Millburn: School for Children with Special Needs: Presenting to students on Coping with Tough Stuff: Health Fair 5/7/10
Teaneck High School: The Forum: Speaking at After-school Support Group to Teens: Coping with Tough Stuff: 5/10/10
Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth of Essex County: Lead Response Team Meeting 5/12/10
Homefirst/Family Success Center: Group Session #6 of Six Week Group on Grief and Loss: 5/13/10
The Valerie Center: Newark Beth Israel, The Children's Hospital: Grief Support for Valerie Center Staff 1-3  5/14/10
Parsippany School District: 2 hour staff professional development workshop: 5/21/10 
Traumatic Loss Coalition of Morris County: Speaking to members 5/21/10  What TLC Needs to Know about Grief
The Women's Center: Livingston:  Grief, Loss and Coping: program for adults  7-9pm 5/26/10
Roselle Family Success Center: Adolescent and Parent Program: Speaking for two sessions (parent and teens)
Good Ideas Conference: Ocean County School Counselors Conference: Supporting Grieving Students 5/27/10
TLC of Middlesex County 5/28/10
Domestic Violence Task Force of Woodbridge: Coping with Grief and Loss around Domestic Violence: 6/2/10
Oak Knoll School: Parent Presentation: Interventions in Bullying and Building Resiliency in Our Children 6/3/10
Glen Ridge High School: Staff Presentation 6/7/10   Coping with Loss 
Overlook Hospital Palliative Care Lecture Series: Coping with Bereavement  6/8/10   Summit, NJ 
Seasons: Support Group for Divorced and Separated: Building Stronger Relationships 6/10/10
After a Suicide: Working with Survivors: Full day Traumatic Loss Coalition Training 8:30-4   6/11/10 
Atlantic Hospice: Planning a bereavement day camp for the summer of 2011: 6/15/10
Homefirst: Session I Grief and Loss Group: Final Meeting 6/17/10 
Lawrence School District: Professional Development for School Counselors, Child Study Team and School Nurses: K -12, full day training: 8-3: 6/21/10
 JALP: Camp for Youth at Risk: Parsippany Police Department:  Presentation to teens at risk about grief, losses and the importance of finding healthy ways to express losses. 2 hour program . 7/7/2010
Disaster Response Crisis Counselor Training: Cultural Diversity and Trauma Response: Montclair 7/21/10
Visit a camp in Flanders NJ with Atlantic Homecare and Hospice to plan a week long bereavement day camp in 2011: 7/22/2010
Mountainside School District: 6 hour (2 three hour workshops) for teachers, counselors, child study team, nurses: What 21st Century Schools Need to Know about Grieving Students  9/3/10
Traumatic Loss Coalition of Passaic County: Coping with Grief - one hour presentation to TLC Lead Response Team and TLC members 9/21/10
Chatham Middle School: Classroom Presentations to Students: 10/13, 10/14/, 10/15
NJ School Counselor Association Conference: 10/17, 10,18  Grieving Teens in School: How to Support These Students
The Wellness Community Conference for Educators: When a Family Member Has Cancer: What Educators Need to Know: 2 sessions 10/26/10
NJEA Convention Speaker: Atlantic City, teachers weekend, 3 hour workshop: What School Nurses Need to Know about Grieving Students,   November 4 , 2010 
Seton Hall University: Speaker for 4 Undergraduate Education/Special Education Classes: November 22, 2010: What Future Teachers Need to Know about Grief
NJ Community College Counselors' Association Conference: keynote speaker, all day presentation on Helping 21st Century College Students Cope with Grief, Loss and Other Tough Stuff, at Brookdale Community College 12/10/2010
  
 
 Where will Lisa be next year in 2011? 
 
Summit School District: Parent/ Child Program: 3rd-5th graders and parents/guardians: Children Coping with Loss, Grief and Other Tough Stuff   1/26/2011
NJ State School Nurse Association Conference: Presenting: Supporting Grieving Students  3/20/11 
NJ Depression and Bipolar Alliance Support Group: 5/25/11  : Addictions and Mood Disorders  
 
 
 Where was Lisa in 2009?
                                  
Wyoming Elementary School: 1/5/09 Maplewood: faculty: Children and Grief
Maplewood Rotary Club: 1/6/09 Grief in a Get Over it Society
Mount Saint Mary's School: Student Assistant Counselors and faculty: 1/7/09
James Caldwell Elementary School: faculty 1/7/09
Westfield High School: 1/8/09 freshmen health classes: Teens, Loss and Grief: ways to cope
Comfort Zone Camp: Lisa took the training to be a counselor at CZC (www.comfortzonecamp.org)
Deerfield School: Millburn 1/12/09 faculty on children and grief
James Caldwell School: Springfield: 1/12, 1/13, 1/14/09  3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes on grief
James Caldwell Elementary School: PTA: Supporting our grieving children
Alternatives: Coping Skills Group: speaker: Raritan, 1/15/09
Prevention Links of Union County:SAC's, Counselors, Grief in Schools 1/16/09
Madison High School: special education, learning specialists, guidance department 1/19
Middlesex High School: Grief, Self Injury and Other Destructive Behaviors: 1/20/09
Kinnelon High School: classroom presentations to students 1/21 and 1/22/09
Edward V. Walton School: Springfield 2nd grades 1/26
St. James School , Springfield 1st and 7th grades 1/26
Edward V. Walton Early Elementary: parent program 1/27/09
Union County School Nurse Association:  When Grief Visits the Nurses Office: What school nurses need to know 1/26/09
Kinnelon Middle School: entire staff  2/2/09
Edward V.Walton Early Elementary (pre K-2nd) : Classroom presentations  2/3/09
St. James School: program for 6th-8th grade religious education class 2/3/09 (postponed due to snow)
Edward V.Walton Early Elementary: staff training  2/4/09
Springfield Community Conference: Grief and the Power of Community  2/5/09
Glenwood Elementary School: Millburn,when a child loses a parent 2/9/09 entire faculty
Watchung Hills HS: staff in-service on grief in school  2/12/09
Union County School Nurse Association: Self Injury and Other Destructive Behaviors 2/12/09
Catholic Charities of Edison: social work training: 2/17/09
Center for Women: Livingston: Grief, Loss and Coping 2/18/09
Ocean County Personnel and Guidance Association: present to all of the counselors on grief in school: 2/19/09
NJHPERD: Health, Phys Ed, Rec, Dance Annual Conference: 2/24/ 2009 session on "teaching grief in health class" : presentation to health educators.
Livingston High School: middle school and high school coaches: What Coaches Need to Know about Grief:  3/4/09
Kinnelon High School: freshmen health classes, 3/4 and 3/5
South Mountain Elementary School:( Millburn) staff 3/09
South Mountain Elementary School: students: 3/10 3/11
Berkeley Heights - Parent Education Workshop: 3/16/09
Westfield High School: freshmen health classes: 3/18/09
Rainbows: Livingston parent education: divorce, death 3/23/09
Fanwood -Scotch Plains YMCA: staff training on grief and loss: 3/24/09
Middlesex High School:  Topic: When a Parent Is Ill  3/25/09
Summit Elementary Schools: K-5 staff in-service training  3/30/09
Jonathan Dayton High School: health classes for juniors in high school  3/31/09
Contact We Care:crisis hot-line: present 3 hours for a section of the volunteer training : handling grief related calls, 4/1/09
Movin' On: Glen Rock Jewish Center: Widows and Widowers Support Group: Grief and Loss after the loss of a spouse 4/2/09 
Home First: serving homeless families in NJ Staff Training: Grief and Loss: 4/9/09
Home First: 6 week  grief support group: for homefirst clients 4/16/09- 5/20/09
Kean University - NJ School Counselors Association Conference 4/17/09: What School Counselors Need to Know about Grieving Students and Staff.  Children dealing with illness, death, divorce, abandonment and other losses. Lisa keynote speaker
Kinnelon Health Fair: school program  4/21/09
Essex County Traumatic Loss Coalition for Children: Youth and Grief: 4/23/09
Home First: 6 Week Group: Dealing with Loss 4/22
Beyond Survival: Empowering Female Trauma Victims: 4/24 Family Service Bureau of Newark: Lisa attending this program
Hospice Foundation of America: Telecast on diversity and grief: local panelist at Robert Wood Johnson: 4/29/09
HomeFirst: Grief Group 4/30/09
Farleigh Dickenson University: Spoke to students: Grief and the College Student:  4/30/09
Holy Spirit Widows/Divorced Group: 4/30/09  Union: members of support group
Ocean County Counselors Conference: key note and break out session: Children's Grief in 3-D: dealing with death, divorce or desertion  5/1/09 grief and loss
Rainbows: parent education, (program for families dealing with divorce, death or abandonment) Livingston 5/4/09
Sunrise of Madison: Assisted Living Residents  5/5/09
Roselle Park High School: Grief Support Program for students:  5/6/09
HomeFirst:  6 week Handling Life's Losses: group 5/7/09, 5/14/09, 5/21/09
Compassionate Friends: guest speaker: Normalizing the Grief Process in Our "Get Over it" Society, Parsippany group 5/14/09
Jonathan Dayton High School, Springfield: 5/15/09 Health class presentations to seniors
Grief, Loss and Healing: 5/15/09  Verona workshop
Westfield High School: present to sophomore students in health classes 5/18/09
Roselle Park High School: Grief and Loss  5/19/09, consulting work
Overlook Hospital Palliative Care Conference for Physicians: Grief at end of life: physicians, residents, interns, in family medicine, palliative care: 5/19/09
James Caldwell High School, Caldwell, Peer Support Group: 5/19  Facilitated a group on grief, loss and healing
West Milford High School: wellness fair: Grief Speaks will have a table 5/28/09
Catholic Charities of Newark: School Social Workers: 5/29/09
Warren School District: Al Tomaso School: one hour presentation for parents, guardians and staff: dealing with loss in the school community: 6/4/09
Comfort Zone Camp: 6/5-6/7  Lisa attended as a Healing Circle Leader shadow for  weekend grief support camp.
Springfield Emmanuel United Methodist Church: Springfield, Guest speaker: Maintaining Hope through Life's Losses and Transitions: 7/5/09
JALP: Camp for Youth at Risk: Parsippany Police Department:  Presentation to teens at risk about grief, losses and the importance of finding healthy ways to express losses. 7/13/09
The Children's Institute: Verona: Presentation to staff on Grief and the Special Needs Student. Also presented at the Parent Support Group on the topic of "How to Talk to Special Needs Children about Grief and Loss".  7/13/09
Sunrise Assisted Living of Westfield: 8/2/09    "Moving through Transition"
Belleville School District:  Professional Development Institute: Summer: What Educators Need to Know about Grief:Deliver a fifteen hour grief and loss training to school staff over a three day period. Covering such topics as: When parents die, divorce, leave, get ill, dealing with moving, illness, and other losses, in addition to supporting grieving staff and students. 8/11-8/13
Grief, Trauma and PTSD: J. Eric Gentry Pesi Program:  8/14/09 Lisa attending
Overlook Hospital: Grand Rounds for Pediatricians: What Physicians Need to Know about Grief:  August 20,09
Morristown Memorial Hospital: Grand Rounds for Pediatricians: What Physicians Need to Know about Grief: August 21,09
Valerie Fund: Facilitate Monthly Self Care Groups for Physicians at Newark Beth Israel Children's Medical Center, St. Barnabas and Monmouth Medical Center  (September -December 09)
New Theories of Grief: Going Beyond Kubler-Ross : Webinar 9/16/09 ADEC (Assoc. of Death Educ and Counseling) 
Jonathan Dayton High School (Springfield) Freshmen Health Classes: Healthy Ways to Cope with Loss: 9/21/09 
Prevention Links: Union County: Teens and Addiction to Prescription Drugs  : meeting 
Atlantic Health Hospice: Hospice and the Family: Talking to Children about Death and Dying: program for staff, volunteers and conference presenter Fall 2009 
Traumatic Loss Coalition of Middlesex County: Lisa attending, 9/25/09 
Exploring the Art of "Companioning" the Mourner by Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt:  9/28/09  Cherry Hill    (Lisa attending) 
Lacourdia High School, Classroom presentations for 9th-12th on grief and loss, Upper Montclair  9/30/09 
Sticks and Stones: Cyberbullying Program at Verona High School: Lisa attending this workshop  10/2/09 
Contact We Care: Two day Suicide Prevention Training: Lisa taking this class   10/3 and 10/4 
Parsippany Troy Hills: Parent Program 10/6/09 K - 8; staff program 
Westfield High School: Classroom presentations 9th and 12th: 10/7/09 8 Freshmen Health Classes on Teen Grief
Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth: Union County Meeting: Living with Mental Illness, Lisa attending 10/8/09 
Belleville High School: Supporting Grieving Students: Counselors and Special Services, Professional Development 10/9/09 
Teaneck Board of Education: Program for School Counselors in Teaneck, 10/12/09  Professional Development
Brain Injury Association of NJ, Inc. Brain Injury Basics for Parents and School Professionals at Kean University, Lisa attended 10/13/09 2 hour program on brain injury. Identification, understanding and responding to special needs of these students.  
Westfield High School:  7 Health Classes,  seniors  Teens Coping with Loss, Grief and Transitions 10/14/09 
Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth of Essex County :meeting: Mental Illness and Loss  10/15/09 
Children's Specialized Hospital: Program for Parents : "Coping with Grief"  TBA
Out of Darkness Walk: Suicide prevention walk. Community Walks annually. 5K Saddle Brook: 10/18/09
Bergen County School Nurse Association: 10/19/09  Beyond Band-aids: What School Nurses Need to Know about Grief, Wood-Ridge
New Jersey School Counselor Association (NJSCA)Annual Fall Conference: Breakout session: "When Parents Leave Children Behind: Death, Divorce, Incarceration and Abandonment" West Long Branch, NJ  10/19/09  10:15-12:30
Morris County School Nurse Association: 10/22/09: What School Nurses Need to Know about Grief: Rockaway
Kean University: Graduate Student Assistant Professionals: What SAP's Need to Know about Grief: 10/24/09
Rainbows of Essex County: Speaking to Parents dealing with divorce and death, 10/26/09 Livingston
St. Josephs School in Mendham:  Parent Program: How to support your grieving children, when a classmate's parent dies 10/26/09 
Valerie Center: St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, Grief Support Program for Staff: 10/28/09 
Contact We Care: Deliver a 3 hr Training on speaking to Grieving Callers: for hot-line volunteers: Grief Calls: 10/28/09
Traumatic Loss Coalition for Youth: Middlesex County: Lisa attending 10/30/09
Psychological First Aid during a Disaster: Lisa attending , 11/2/09 
Pequonnack High School: Freshmen health classes :Teens coping with transition and loss  11/3/09 
Fairleigh Dickenson University: Graduate Class for SAC's: What Student Assistant Counselors Need to Know about Grief  11/3/09 
Valerie Center Program: Facilitate staff group, Coping with Grief at Work,  Monmouth Medical Center, 11/6/09 
Delbarton School, Mendham  2 hour  Staff Development Program: Guidance Counselors  11/10/09
Traumatic Loss Coalition of Essex County, Lead Response Team Meeting, 11/11/09 
Rahway School:  Grover Cleveland Elementary School: Helping Pre-Schoolers with Loss: Parent Program  11/13 
Springfield Girl Scout Troop: 8th graders: Cyberbullying: What Teens Need to Know   11/13/09 
Monmouth County School Nurse Association: Grieving Students: Many trips to the nurse's office  11/16/09
7th Annual Youth Suicide Prevention Conference: -Ethno-cultural  Variables in Youth Suicide: African American- Asian-and Latino Perspectives   : Somerset:  Lisa attending this program  11/17/09
Association of Death Education: Webinar: Helping Children Cope with Grief by Linda Goldman  11/18/09
TLC of Union County: Lead Response Team Present on ASIST program (Applied Strategies and Interventions in Suicide Training) 11/19/09
Middlesex Traumatic Loss Coalition Meeting: Lead Response Team: Middlesex  11/20/09 
11th Annual National Survivors of Suicide Day: by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Lincroft, NJ  afsp.org  
Seton Hall University: Guest Speaker on Grief for Freshmen Education Majors  11/23/09 
Motherless Daughters Support Group:Lisa guest speaker on: Keeping Connected to Mom during the Holidays: 11/28/09 
James Caldwell High School: West Caldwell: 9th grade student program  12/02/09 Freshmen,  12/3/09 Sophomores
Watchung Hills Regional High School: Presentation to students on Coping with Grief and Loss  12/4/09
Kinnelon High School: Health Classes, Winter and Spring 
Hawthorne High School: Student presentation 1 hour to peer leaders and a class ( Sixty 10th, 11th and 12th graders)
TLC of Essex County: 12/10/09: Sticks and Stones : Cyberbullying Program
TLC of Middlesex County 12/11/09
Pequannock High School: Students in 9th grade Health Classes 12/14/09 
Westfield High School: Six 9th  grade presentations in health on Teens Coping with Loss and Transition 12/16
Westfield High School:  Six 12th grade presentation in health on Teens Coping with Loss and Transition 12/18
Disaster Crisis Counselor Training: Trauma and Substance Abuse: Sayerville 12/21/09
Jefferson Township Library: Coping with Depression: Holidays and Beyond 12/30/09 
 
 
                                  

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