Eleanor Silverberg
Social Worker, Grief Expert, Author
Coping Strategist™ for:
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Family Caregivers, Involving Dementia or Other Ongoing Serious Illnesses.
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Anyone Needing to Heal and Strengthen from Adverse Circumstances Involving Situational Loss such as Health Decline, Job Loss, Past Wounds, Death.
"Wherever There is Adversity,
There is Situational Loss"
CONTACT: 647.624.5677
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Are you having difficulty coping?
Could you use support and empowering coping tools?
The vision is for you to have the external & internal resources to live the highest quality of life you can.
The article 'Introducing the 3-A Grief Intervention Model: Acknowledge, Assess, Assist ' was published in the Omega Journal of Death and Dying. Although originally developed for dementia caregivers, the content can apply for caregivers of other progressive and chronic conditions.
The 3-A's:
A common sense framework to cope.
"Works for Me!" ~ Catarina, Workshop Participant
Applying the 3-A Coping Framework components of Acknowledge, Assess, Assist empowers you to monitor yourself with awareness. You strengthen inner resiliency and wellbeing by obtaining a new language and new perspective for coping NOT with the "symptoms" but rather the reactions to circumstances of adversity and situational loss.
Wherever there is adversity, there is situational loss
What is Situational Loss?
Situational loss is the loss of a person, thing, or quality, resulting from alteration of a life situation, including changes related to illness, body image, environment, and death. (Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. 2009),
The 3-A Coping Framework involves using the words:
Acknowledge, Assess, Assist®
Acknowledge the realities involving situational loss due to adversity;
Assess the reaction and impact;
Assist by acknowledging and assessing and using strategies in order to cope with the reality you are facing.
Publications:
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2022 E-book Keeping It Together
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2018, Preview the Guidebook Mindfulness Exercises or Dementia
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2017. Chapter of the book :Journey's End: Death, Dying and the End of Life When End of Life Care is Ongoing ...Assisting Families to Transform from the Embedded Grief
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2016, Preview the Book Keeping It Together
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2014, Preview the Book Caregiving with Strength
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2014, Unmasking Caregiver Grief Canadian Nursing Home
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2013, Assisting Caregivers' Losses The Caregivers Voice
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2012, Caregivers Hidden Grief The Caregivers Voice
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2011, Application of the 3-A Grief Intervention Approach in Nursing Home Placement, Canadian Nursing Home, 22
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2007, Introducing the 3-A Grief Intervention Model, The Omega Journal of Death and Dying, 54, 215-235.
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2007, The 3-A Grief Intervention Model, Canadian Nursing Home, 18, 20-21
Presentations of the 3-A Framework
2023: Interview The 3-A Coping Framework & Internal Family Systems
2021: Dementia & Elder Abuse Prevention: Caregiving Matters
2021: Empowering Family Caregivers to Cope: March of Dimes
2020: Navigating Loss: It's Not Just About Death: Caregiving Matters
2019: Navigating Loss: It's Not Just About Death: Caregiving Matter
2019: Health and Wellness Innovations Conference: International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
2019: Guest Lecturer, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work
2019: The Toronto and York Region Caregiver Show
2018: Guest Lecturer, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work
2018: The Caregiver Show, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
2017: Guest Lecturer, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work
2017: The Caregiver Show, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
2016: Caregiver Cafes: Toronto Reference Library, Caregiving Matters
2016: Guest Lecturer, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work
2015: Leading Edge Seminar: Working with Families of the Chronically Ill
2014: Tel Hashomer Hospital, Tel-Aviv. Israel Professionals from Different Clinical Settings
2013: Psychiatric Assessment Services for the Elderly Forum
2012: Ontario Hospice Palliative Care Conference
2011: Personal Support Network of Ontario Conference,
2011: Alzheimer Disease International Conference
2010: Online presentation, Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange,
Alzheimer Society of Ontario
2010: Ontario Gerontology Association Conference
2009: Ontario Gerontology Association Conference
2009: Guest Lecturer, York University, Aging and Caregiving Class
2008: Canadian Association on Gerontology Conference
2008: Social Worker Education, Baycrest, Toronto
2007: Alzheimer Society of Canada National Conference
Online Worshops: ILCA, University of Toronto for Professionals:
Applying the 3-A Framework
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2020 University of Toronto, Institute for Life Course and Aging: Grief Intervention for All Types of Situational Loss
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2019 University of Toronto, Institute for Life Course and Aging: Grief Intervention for All Types of Situational Loss
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2018 University of Toronto, Institute for Life Course and Aging: Introduction to Grief Intervention
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2017 University of Toronto, Institute for Life Course and Aging, Grief Intervention for Situations that Impact, 4 Weeks Online
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2016 University of Toronto, Institute for Life Course and Aging, Grief Intervention for Caregivers of Older Adults, 4 Weeks Online
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2014 University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work, Continuing Education Online 2 Week Workshop, Family Caregiver Intervention: Assessing Behavior from a Loss Perspective
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2013 University of Toronto, Institute for Life Course and Aging, Grief Intervention for Caregivers of Older Adults, 4 Weeks Online
Endorsement:
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2009, Endorsement written for the Living and Transforming with Loss and Grief Guide Booklet, produced by the BUFU Team, Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program,Waterloo,Ontario
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2019. Endorsement written for the book So You're a Spiritual Being. Now What? by Manisha Melwani
Blog Posts Written by Eleanor Silverberg: Applying the 3-A Framework
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