Pathfinders: Support for grieving children
Volunteers are fundamental to the Pathfinders program, which offers support to grieving children and their families. Specially trained volunteers serve as facilitators, offering age appropriate opportunities for children and their family members both to express their grief and learn about the grieving process and develop new coping skills to handle their losses. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or learning about becoming a volunteer, please contact Linda Boyle, Coordinator, 973-8269.

Skills Gained
As a facilitator, you can expect to gain skill and knowledge in the following areas related to grief and loss:

• Better understanding and appreciation for the special concerns of grieving children and their families;
• Group dynamics
• Individual/Group communication/Teaming and co-teaming;
• Conflict Resolution/Anger management;
• Parenting in grief;
• Child developmental stages related to the grieving process.

The next available Pathfinders training program
Dates: Pathfinders posts its training dates six to eight weeks before its spring and fall sessions. For a list of training dates please click here.

All new facilitators are required to attend all four training modules.

Location: MOB Conference Room 885 Union Street, Suite 220, Bangor
Contact: Linda Boyle, Coordinator at 973-8269 for an application packet
* A pre-training interview is required.

 

Click here to apply to volunteer on-line!