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Nonprofit Sharing Kindness describes clinician‑led peer grief support now offered in Falmouth schools
Summary
Sharing Kindness told the committee it ran clinician‑led peer grief support groups at Morse Pond, Lawrence and Falmouth High School under a signed MOU; the nonprofit said the program is curriculum‑based, clinician‑led and provided at no cost to the district.
Kathleen Shawn O’Brien, director of clinical and community services at the nonprofit Sharing Kindness, presented the organization’s peer grief support work to the School Committee and described clinician‑led, six‑week groups the nonprofit ran this year in Morse Pond, Lawrence and Falmouth High School.
Sharing Kindness staff told the committee the groups are led by licensed clinicians who receive additional training from the nonprofit, and the program includes a “grief 101” briefing for school staff to reduce…
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