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• Pregnancy and Early Infant Loss Support Group

  • Start
    11/18/2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • End
    12/23/2025
  •  
    8:30 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM

  A 6-week support group for families who have experienced the loss of a baby through Miscarriage, Infant Death or Stillbirth. The support group will be meeting on Tuesdays, November 18-December 23, 2025 from 7pm to 8:30pm.

  This group is free and is meeting virtually. Interested families MUST REGISTER for the group in order to receive the ZOOM link.

  For further information and to register use the following link.

  https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/calendar/search-results/?TermId=10ab7182-7608-de11-9b17-001372679326
  

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• Impact of a National Media Engagement Strategy on Suicide-related Media Reporting, Social Media Content, and Suicide Rates

  • When
    12/01/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Impact of a National Media Engagement Strategy on Suicide-related Media Reporting, Social Media Content, and Suicide Rates

  Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention North Dakota and South Dakota Chapters

  Date: Monday, December 1, 2025

  Time: Noon to 1:30 pm CST

  Follow this link for more information: 2025 Dakotas Research Connection Info Flyer.pdf 

  Media reporting about suicide can have an impact on suicide rates. Stories emphasizing death and hopelessness can lead to more suicides while stories of resilience and hope can have a positive effect. The impact of a comprehensive media engagement strategy initiated in Canada in 2015 on traditional and social media reporting will be evaluated. Understanding the impact of the media strategy and of different story narratives on suicide rates can inform future reporting.

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• Caring Through Loss: Supporting Grieving Children with Intellectual Disabilities

  • When
    12/02/2025
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

  Caring Through Loss:
  Supporting Grieving Children with Intellectual Disabilities

  DATE: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 2:00 pm ET

  Presenter: Arlen Gaines, PhD, MSW, LCSW-C, APHSW-C

  Please join us for a webinar exploring how children with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience grief and bereavement—an often overlooked topic in research and practice. Designed for professionals, educators, families, and volunteers, this session will present key findings from a recent study and introduce the Caring Connections model, a new framework for developmentally inclusive grief support.

   Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how children with ID, including those with different communication styles, cope with loss, and come away with practical, evidence-based tools for grief support.

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  Dr. Arlen Gaines is the Director of Social Work for palliative care at MedStar Health. She has extensive experience leading psychosocial teams in supporting individuals with serious illnesses and their families. Over nearly two decades of clinical practice, Dr. Gaines developed a specialized focus on supporting individuals with developmental disabilities in their grief and speaks nationally on this subject. She is the co-author of the award-winning I Have a Question series, which helps children, including those with developmental disabilities, understand complex topics like death and cancer. She earned her doctorate in palliative care from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, where she focused her research on the grief and bereavement experiences of children with intellectual disabilities.

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• Diaconal Ministry: History, Formation, and Spirituality Seminary Intensive

  • Start
    01/04/2026
  • End
    01/10/2026
  • Location
    Carmelite Spiritual Center, Darien, IL

  Diaconal Ministry -
  History, Formation, and Spirituality

  
  

  This J-Term course is hosted by the Deaconess Community of the ELCA. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the Diaconal Ministry and how much our nursing history corresponds with it. The Deaconess Community provides financial grants for a portion of the cost and participants can choose what portion of the cost they would like covered. More information can be found at https://deaconesscommunity.org/2025-j-term/

  This Course is for the whole church as it introduces participants to the historical, theological, and social contexts in which the work of diaconal ministry has been expressed through the church’s history;

  • provides a particular focus on ways in which that history continues to impact the present;
  • provides opportunity for the development of spiritual disciplines and vocational discernment;
  • meets the formation requirements for those entering the Word and Service Roster; 
  • includes pre-work.

  Course Goals:

  • To present a theological grounding for discernment.
  • To learn about the ministry of Word and Service throughout the church’s history.
  • To experience and talk about intentional community. 

  
  

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• Faith Community Nurse Refresher Course Sponsored by Carle FCN Network

  • When
    01/13/2026
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • Location
    Urbana, IL or Virtual

  
  

  

  Faith Community Nursing Refresher Course
  sponsored by Carle Faith Community Nursing Network

  Event Date: January 13, 2026
  End Date: January 27, 2026
  Begin Time: 9:00 AM
  End Time: 4:00 PM

  Facility: Fieldstone Building & Microsoft Teams

  Day 1- 6.25 ANCC Contact Hours

  Day 2- 6.25 ANCC Contact Hours

  Topics include- Prayer and Healing, Loss and Grief, Faith Community Challenges, Advocating the Health Care System. Care for the Caregiver, Community Resources, Substance Use Disorder, Healing and Whole Person Health and Religious Diversity, FCN Documentation and more!

  This course will be offered in person or virtually!

  Registration will close 12/23/2025

  Questions- Please email danna.williamson@carle.com

  Fees:

  • Carle Staff- Virtual: $100.00
  • In Person: $100.00

  Follow this link for more information and to register: https://cmetracker.net/CARLE/Publisher?page=pubOpen&nc=1857023505#/custom13 

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