Speakers
Camp
Dreamcatcher
http://www.campdreamcatcher.org
Topics: HIV/AIDS education and outreach to community groups, churches
and schools. They visit sites to talk about camp and what
they do, to answer questions and specifically in the schools
to offer students a chance to hear the experience of a child
or adolescent their age who is HIV positive, has a loved one
living with HIV/AIDS or a family member who has died of HIV/AIDs.
Plus, for 4th and 5th grade students, they facilitate "HIV
To the Classroom," a curriculum written by one of their
counselors.
Contact:
Camp Dreamcatcher, 110 E State Street, Suite C, Kennett Square,
PA 19348: (610) 925-2998
e-mail: info@campdreamcatcher.org
Chandler
Funeral Homes
http://www.chandlerfuneralhome.com/
Topics:
Living through loss; Children and Grief; Training for Professionals
on Grief Issues. Planning Ahead for a Funeral; Cremation Curiosities.
Contact:
Helen Johnson
helenjohnson@chanderfuneralhome.com
and
Anne Rowan annerowan@chandlerfuneralhome.com
Chandler
Funeral Homes, Delaware: (302) 478-7100
Chaplain
Lowell Graves
Topics: Death & Dying Preparation & Aftercare
Contact:
Cornerstone Homes
6 Orangeburg Ct.
Newark, DE 19720
(302) 832-7207
Compassionate Care Hospice
http://cchnet.net
Physican, Nurse, and Bereavement staff are
available for presentations to professional or community
groups on a variety of end-of-life topics. Continuing
education credits are provided for nurses.
Dan DePietropaolo, M.D., Regina
Giannone-Tyler, MSPC, and Sheila Grant, RN, BSN, CHPN, speakers.
Contact: Sheila Grant at (682) 683-1000 or sgrant62@gmail.com
The
Compassionate Friends, Inc.
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
Topics: Services
provided by Compassionate Friends, Inc.; Death due to terrorist
attacks: Methods of healing and esolution.
Contact:
Ceil Buonocore CeilTCF@aol.com
Compassionate Friends
P.O. Box 114
Rockland, DE 19732
302-376-0300
Delaware
Cancer Pain Initiative
Topics: Call for topics
Contact:
3 Innovation Way
Suite 210
Newark, DE 19711
302-292-1616
(fax) 302-292-2693
Delaware
Hospice
Topics:
Speakers on end-of-life care for schools, youth groups, and
community organizations.
Contact: 1-800-838-9800
Doherty
Funeral Homes
http://www.dohertyfh.com
Topics: Guidelines for the bereaved; Grief and the
holidays/special days; Children's grief issues; The non-religious
funeral services; and How planning ahead reduces stress
Contacts: Ralph Plumley, ThM, Ordained Chaplain with
seven years experience as hospital chaplain
e-mail: bereavement@dohertyfh.com
Barry
Hughes, CPC
e-mail: barry@dohertyfh.com
302-652-6811
(Wilmington) or 302-999-8277 (Wilmington/Pike Creek)
1900 Delaware
Ave.
Wilmington,
DE
302-652-6811
Madeline
E. Lambrecht, EdD, RN, CDE, CGC
Director, Division of Special Programs, and Professor,
Department of Nursing, University of Delaware. Vice-President,
Association for Death Education and Counseling (2003-04).
Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement by the Association
for Death Education and Counseling..
Topics: Supporting the bereaved adult; Caring for the dying; Supporting
bereaved children & teens; Integrating death education
in K-12+ curriculum.
Contact:
University of Delaware (dsp-email@udel.edu)
Division of Special Programs
McDowell Hall
Newark, DE 19716
302- 831-4549
Mobile
Crisis Intervention Services
Topics: Suicide
and depression for adults (Also operates the statewide, 24
hour, 7 days a week suicide/crisis hotline and face to face
counseling for adults).
Contact:
NCC, Delaware phone:302-577-2484
Kent/Sussex, Delaware, phone: 1-800-345-6785
McCrery
Funeral Homes, Inc.
http://www.mccreryfuneralhome.com/
Topics: Loss, bereavement
and grief issues. How to tell a child about death; Questions & answers on cremation, burial & viewings; How to
personalize a funeral service; Is prearrangement really necessary?;
"What's a funeral anyway - A special time to always remember" for children 3-14 whose family member has died and had services
through McCrery Funeral Homes.
Contact: Polli Funk, Aftercare Coordinator
3924 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-478-0224
Brother
David Schlatter
Topics:
Suicide/Bereavement
Contact:
The
Franciscan Center
833 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-656-0711
Spicer-Mullikin
Funeral Homes, Inc.
http://www.spicer-mullikinfuneralhomes.com/
Topics: Loss, grief, and bereavement
Contact: Kit Angell
121 W. Park Place
Newark, DE
302-368-5738
SPCA
http://www.delspca.org/
Topics:
Speaker
for schools including preschools.
Contact: Scott
Vogel, Director of Humane Education
PO Box 6067
Stanton, DE 19804
302-998-2281
SLAM
http://www.co.new-castle.de.us/ems/home/webpage3.asp
Slam is a prevention initiative of the Delaware New Castle
County Police, Department Emergency Medical Services Section.
The program is powerful and graphic, and uses the perspective
of paramedics and law enforcement officers to illustrate the
consequences of motor vehicle crashes in our community.
Contact: New Castle County Police Department, Emergency
Medical Services Section
302-395-8184
Supporting
Kidds: The Center for Grieving Children and Their Families
http://www.supportingkidds.org/
Topics: Services
provided by Supporting Kidds.Children
and death; Helping parents understand what children are going
through; Will put together a talk designed specifically for
the needs of each group; will speak to either adults or children;
prefers one month notice for speaking engagements.
Contacts:
Ellen
Spoehr, Val
Molaison
850 Mt. Lebanon Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-658-KIDD (5433)
James
Walsh, Ph.D.
Topics: Pastoral
Counseling; Presents on topics related to the spiritual aspects
of grief & loss.
Contact:
Windy Hills Professional Center
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 366-7547