Basic training children funeral

Training: Children’s funerals – knowledge, skill and compassion

A child’s funeral touches deeply. It requires funeral professionals, care providers and involved organizations not only craftsmanship, but also insight into grief in children and their environment.

The death of a child has an enormous impact on the entire system surrounding this child. Parents, siblings, grandparents, friends and classmates. The funeral director guides more than just the funeral, because you are standing right in the middle of the entire system.

In this training, Richard Hattink – specialized funeral director, international speaker and founder of knowledge center ToThePoint – takes you into the world of children’s funerals.

What can you expect?

✔ Insight into figures & trends – How many children die annually and what are the most common causes? ✔ Practical tools – From notification to final care, laying out and choices in materials and locations. ✔ Case studies from practice – Learn from real situations how to act, communicate and support. ✔ Grief in development – How do children experience grief at different ages, and what does this mean for their role at a funeral? ✔ Awareness of pitfalls – Avoidance, rescuing or creating distance: how do you remain close without taking over too much? ✔ Concrete tools – Book recommendations, materials, organizations and interventions that truly help.

For whom?

This training is intended for funeral professionals, care providers, volunteers and anyone who in practice deals with guiding children and their families around a funeral.

Result

After completion, you will have more knowledge, practical skills and a nuanced understanding of how children experience grief and how you can support them and their families carefully and professionally.