We are currently planning to put together a professional team of elementary school teachers, children's psychologists, therapists, and school counselors to develop the Super Dog Zam grief books into a self-paced and age-appropriate grief healing school program. The Zam Grief Program is for elementary school students who have experienced the loss of a loved one.
Zam Pilot Project for Elementary Schools
A Helping Paw for Grieving Students
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7 in 10 teachers (69%) currently have at least one student in their class(es) who has lost a parent, guardian, sibling, or close friend in the past year.
In contrast, teacher preparation to support grieving students is uncommon. In a recent survey conducted by the American Federation of Teachers and the New York Life Foundation, 93 percent of teachers reported that they never received any training on how to support grieving students.
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VISION (WHY)
Supporting grieving elementary school students by
giving them effective intervention tools.
MISSION (HOW)
Zam School Project is a grief program that focuses on mental wellness for grieving students. We provide the students self-paced grief workbooks that can help them learn:
- How to cope with loss
- To address difficult emotions
The books will give teachers, counselors, and administrators materials to provide their students in need with an effective tool for support.
our mission
TIMELINE
2014 - 2020
Development, publishing, testing of the family version of the "Zam" grief story & workbooks , which has been donated to families with grieving children ages 3 - 12.
2020
Funding & selecting development team members
2021/2022
January 2021
"Introduction Workshop for development members"
Project begins
April 2021
Graphics team updating books and website.
Develop PR strategy
May 2021
Printing books and materials
May 2021
Train the professionals: online workshop.
Introducing the concept to involved professionals.
Books are distributed to selected schools.
June 2021
Launching the project in the media.
July 2021
Core team attending National Conventions.
Oct 2021:
Follow up workshop with development team & evaluation.
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