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SAMM training for other agencies covers
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Challenging judgemental attitudes |
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Looking at our own attitudes and judgements towards others. The definition of stress and how stress affects people who have been traumatically bereaved. How stress affects us mentally, physically and emotionally. Why agencies dealing with the bereaved need to be aware of the effects of stress on concentration. The importance of repeating information and also leaving written information for the family.
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Stages of grief and normal and abnormal reactions to grief |
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Why people can appear to do and say bizarre things. Individual reactions to grief and how to deal with this. Looking at how men and women grieve differently. Financial implications of homicide. Complications of grief. Access to the body and the effects on families if there is delay in having the funeral.
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The effects of bereavement by homicide |
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How families deal with multiple post mortems (sometimes as many as 5 or more), access to their loved ones body, the trial, appeals, parole hearings and acquittals. How families perceive the justice system and agencies.
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Trauma |
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How the mind deals with traumatic memories and the implications of trauma for agencies dealing with the bereaved family. Research findings on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in bereaved families, and increased anxiety.
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Police and other agencies |
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What the family need from the police and other agencies. The importance of the Police Family Liaison Officer in the process of the investigation and support of the family.
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Emotions |
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How dealing with multiple emotions can be exhausting for the bereaved and complicate the process for agencies.
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Communication |
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Why communication with the bereaved is fraught with difficulties. If agencies are not aware of this then things can go badly wrong. Misunderstandings can escalate into major problems/complaints |
