Permission Slip

I have created a permission slip, and it has been revised by Rosita Waden. I still have to send it to Ann Weiss who works at Bo's place and is going to send two volunteers to help facilitate the support group. This will happen only if the permission slip is accepted and or revised until its accepted by Ann Weiss.Once the permission is set I will send an email and to have an understanding of how many people would like to stay a Friday afternoon. From that information I will have an idea of what Friday to have it held on and whether I reserve the Suburban or the mini bus.

Facilitator

I have contacted Bo’s Place an organization that has family grief support groups. I had trouble finding a grief support group because there were legal issues. The good thing is that I spoke to Ann Weiss and we were able to work something out. I have made a permission slip and I emailed it to her for her to review it and see if that will be fine to use if not then I might have to revise it. As we spoke she said it would take about 8 sessions for us to know if the support group will work out or not. She also said that for 6-8 children per group I would need 2 volunteer to be present. As we talked we figure that the best times to meet would be Fridays after school.

Learned Something New

As I spoke to Rosita,I learned that I have the chance to help people get on the right track and get away from the bad rode I took growing up, so why not take that chance and help people. I want to help students here talk about what they have been going through and hear the struggles and learn from them. If I could've had this growing up I wouldn't had gone through the rode I went to, but I did and everything happens for a reason and the reason I went through these struggles was for me to help out others.

Getting there...

Thursday the 10 of February I spoke to Rosita the school counselor about the wording for permission slips for the student. We also talked about writing pledges for the students to sing. The pledge is meant to make sure that everything said in the support group stay in the support group. An issue was raised that if teacher were going to attend then i would have to make them a separate pledge; This pledge would say that the teacher would have to recognize that they are in a different setting and they can not report anything that is said in the support group. We encountered an issue, I need a facilitator that would be willing to sit down maybe once a month with the group and answer questions I couldn't. Rosita suggest Bo's Place a family grief support group. I called and they informed me that even if I had permission slips they couldn't facilitate because there would be legal issue. At this moment I'm looking for grief facilitators.   

Planing Ahead

By the ends of February and the beginnings of March I am planning to start the support group if the survey shows that students and teachers would be willing to attend along with having a sponsor. I am planning to start it by then because I would like to see if the support group is helpful or not, at least here in Chinquapin. I would hold a survey at the beginning of May for those who have attended the support groups, with the survey I would be able to have a sense of the effectiveness the support group had and in what areas could the support group could have been improved.    

Step foward...

These past few weeks I have been searching about the criteria needed to start a support group. In this research I have found that I should create a survey to have an idea whether or not students and or  teachers would attend the support group. In doing so I would also need to take notes on the possible times that the student and or teachers would be able to attend the support group. If the survey shows that the student and or teacher are willing to attend then I would take a step forward to look at the schedule and create permission slips. An issue with this is that I need to find a sponsor that has the knowledge and background on grieving the loss of a loved one. My other issue is knowing how to make a survey, and legal status behind making the permission slips for the support groups.