Required: 3 Month Field Training READING Material

Please read all of the following material.

1. How to Help Grieving Teens: http://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/how-to-help-a-grieving-teen/
2. When Does a Broken Heart Become a Mental Disorder:
   https://www.dougy.org/resource-articles/when-does-a-broken-heart-become-a-mental-disorder 
3. Kids and Funerals: http://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/kids-and-funerals/
4. Talking With Kids About Tragic Events:
   http://www.dougy.org/grief-resources/talking-with-children-about-tragic-events/
5. Stages of Acute Traumatic Stress:
   HOW DO PEOPLE RESPOND DURING TRAUMATIC EXPOSURE? (aaets.org)
6. Facts About Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS):
   http://www.medicinenet.com/sids/article.htm#sudden_infant_death_syndrome_sids_facts
7. 11 Facts About Suicide: http://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-suicide
8. Suicide: Facts and Figures:  https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/
9. Communicating With Older Adults: http://www.wikihow.com/Communicate-With-Older-Adults
10. Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/understanding-drug-use-addiction
11. Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse:
    http://www.helpguide.org/home-pages/addiction.htm
12. Mental Illness:

• http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Know-the-Warning-Signs
• http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Bipolar-Disorder
• http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Depression
• http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Posttraumatic-Stress-Disorder
• http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Schizophrenia