Month: March 2017

Kenny Slaught endorses the initiatives of Hospice of Santa Barbara, as they build an active support network at local school campuses of all levels, from elementary school to college. Volunteers visit campuses and build weekly support groups for students suffering traumatic or complex scenarios and requiring a safe space with which to discuss their thoughts and feelings. On-campus groups aim to create open atmospheres that encourage openness and boost critical coping skills. Effective coping skills help adolescents avoid drugs, alcohol, and other forms of self-medication. In addition to direct interaction with students, the hospice volunteers offer training for faculty and staff members about how to communicate with students who are dealing with trauma and how to handle their questions about death, most notably violent deaths and suicide. Each of the 65 schools in the Hospice of Santa Barbara network can call on the services throughout the year to respond to a traumatic situation quickly and successfully.

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California-based real estate investor, Kenny Slaught is committed to making long-term contributions to the communities where his business operates. To further his corporate social responsibility mission, he stands as a long-time advocate for the Hospice of Santa Barbara’s ‘The Youth Bereavement Outreach Program’. Slaught, in efforts to boost public awareness of importance of children’s emotional wellbeing, recently promoted the program via his blog at KennySlaught.com.

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“When children lose a loved one, it can feel like their lives will never be the same again. Their grief may seem insurmountable,” states Kenny Slaught. To combat this impression, the I Have a Friend mentor program pairs children and adolescents in this situation with a trained adult volunteer who experienced a similar loss at a young age. This volunteer serves as a companion throughout the grief process and provides a truly sympathetic point of view. The relationship that is built through this program often becomes indispensable as the child continues to face hurdles for several years.

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Research has documented the serious impact that unaddressed grief among children and teenagers can have on their functioning and personality. When these young people have not gained the coping skills they need to process grief, they may fall victim to violence, drugs, or alcohol. I Have a Friend provides a productive outlet for these children and the opportunity to form a real bond with someone who has experienced the same chilling loss. Understanding the program’s significance, Kenny Slaught wrote, “Recognizing that the child’s life will never be the same, the mentor offers a positive example for how to process and deal with the pain of loss. The mentor serves as a symbol that happiness and wholeness can be achieved no matter how the child may feel in the years immediately following a major loss.”

Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/kenny-slaught–enthusiastic-about-the-i-have-a-friend-program-at-hospice-of-santa-barbara-20161212-00350