Community Supports

Supporting People in Dealing with Grief, Loss, and End of Life

The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities sponsors at least two workshops each year as part of Training Opportunities that focus on aging, end of life, and grief/loss issues with and for people with developmental disabilities.

For written resources, see The Geese and the Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream, a resource created by Melody Steinman, a former Boggs Center pastoral trainee, to assist group home staff and residents, and their friends, in dealing with death and loss.

The Boggs Center has also begun to work with agencies on trainings related to services for people with developmental disabilities who are aging.

Click here for listing of resources related to end of life issues, grief, and loss.

A longer listing is in the Dimensions of Faith Resource Guide, also available in PDF on our website.

For more information, contact Bill Gaventa at The Boggs Center, 732-235-9304 or email bill.gaventa@umdnj.edu .

Project Director/Contact: William Gaventa