TAILORED Gun-Related SERVICES Across Canada

A pioneer in the field of gun-violence response, education and post-traumatic care, Out Of Bounds has garnered an exclusive edge in providing comprehensive, wrap-around care to victims and survivors of gun-related trauma.

With over 20 years of primary, hands-on familiarity in Grief, Trauma, Gun-Related Responses & Victims/Survivors’ Care, we are uniquely and experientially positioned to provide the following services:

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE:

Diverse Crisis Response: Exploration and navigation of the rocky terrain of Traumatic Grief to better understand its impacts.
Hands-on Training: Specific strategies for Crisis Responders, Facilitators, Frontline Workers, Students, Educators, College, Universities, Institutions & Agencies.
Speaking Engagements: Keynote, Plenary, Seminars, Community-specific, Universities, Webinars, Religious, Round-Table discussions, Q&A.
Grief-Related Care: For children, youth, families, communities, and institutions
Workshops: 1-3 hours researched info & PPT presentation; Tailored to Diverse groups and varying socio-demographics.
Seminars: Thematic sessions specific to ALL grief types and gun-related Trauma.
Agency/Group Development: Focus on Community engagement to curb gun and domestic violence.

CATEGORIZATION:

Introductory: Self-reflective Exploration and better understanding the grieving process as it relates to children, youth, families, communities and cities.
Intermediary: Acquisition and expansion of new knowledge; Engaging, analyzing and integrating College level material within a broader context, with the ability to apply such knowledge to everyday situations.
Advanced: Modifying and delving into in-depth University Level understanding of the in-exhaustive topic, terminologies and intricacies of normal grief, the grieving process, and traumatic-grief. Gaining and integrating amplified knowledge of its life-long impacts on humanity.

Reliable, Sensitive, Primary, and Tailored Trauma-Informed Training for:

Diverse, racialized and all Communities.
Trauma-related support/services for perinatal deaths and suicide.
Institutions & Agencies providing care to personnel, Victims & Survivors.
Colleges: Equipping service-providers with primary tools for service.
Universities: Assemblies, individual classes and/or lectures.
Facilitators: Who desire to assist others on their grief journey.
Crisis Responders: Compassionate support for self and those served.
Educators: Mobilization of those who seek to serve on a wider trajectory.
Groups: Condensing collaborative efforts for long-term healing and resilience.
Individuals: Personalizing traumatic grief experience to enhance Individual and person-centered empowerment.

Gun-Related Trauma-Informed Workshops with:

Hands-on, Prevention-Intervention measures to combat trauma.
Training in immediate, short-term and long-term response to traumatic crisis.
Pre, During and Post-Trauma methodologies.
Education for individuals, groups and organizations.
Practical approaches to on-going post-traumatic care.
Primary, acquired methods from ‘Victims and Survivors’
Post-traumatic, Clinical procedures for daily application.

BLENDED LEARNING for Gun Violence Response

Intersectionality:

We are cognizant of the social categorizations of: race, class, and gender, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

We work amicably within these societal approaches with a uniformity that recognizes and empathizes with the universality of grief and trauma across every culture, people and spectrum.

We therefore provide diverse services, with the sensitivity and compassion which recognizes that:

“Grief must have a human face; consolation must have a human voice… There must be the courage to mourn [collectively].”

(Martin Espada. Adapted, Rev. Sky, 2010).

TESTIMONIALS

“I am sharing the validation of my belief that we need to treat each other with compassion because we never know what people are carrying day to day. We were in a space with 17 other people and each one had a grief story that still impacts how they move through the world. Some recent losses – sorry… “deaths…” from early childhood. See, I’m already putting your training into practice. The learning I received about knowing my triggers and doing a self-check in order to be fully equipped to support another person or persons with their grief was invaluable. I also needed the reminder of the importance of self-care for my own health and especially the importance of self-care to nurture and support others. I truly appreciated the discussion about how to relate to, and treat those we seek to support. I look forward to learning more about the importance of continuing to support others on the healing journey within our community.”

“Thank you for your kind words, and for coming to Halifax to share your wisdom and knowledge with the group. The training was well received by participants and I feel like a lot of people experienced healing. I have never been in a setting where group therapy and sharing about personal struggles and experiences happens, and despite the fact that I am by nature shy and a bit reserved, I eventually felt comfortable enough opening up.”

“You created an environment where people felt like they could trust others and I believe the experience genuinely brought everyone together and provided us with the tools to help people in the community who are hurting.”

“I wonder if your ears have been itching? I have been talking about the Relief4Grief training since we were last together. I am still processing what I heard, saw and felt. Your insights were timely and very important for our executive team, which we’ll use in doing this work to comfort and support families during grief and trauma. We are very grateful for the knowledge and insights you shared with us. Thank you!”

“It was certainly our immense pleasure to have you share your knowledge and community experience with us. The training was great! The presentation was certainly powerful for all of us. My take-away was understanding the need to apply the information to myself first, before I could assist others. Most of the topics did apply to me and I needed to hear that. I appreciate the practical exercises which helped me identify with my own trauma. Thank you so much for coming. We all loved the presentations and personal engagements. God Bless you as you continue to do this work.”

“I woke up this morning and needed to send this email. The presentation you shared warmed my heart and my spirit – affirming in me that I desperately needed this training. I receive every part of the training and will cherish the intimate healing experience shared with my colleagues. Thank you for being the gift that you are and for making this training so personable. Your expertise and delivery have changed our community and impacted the lives of our family for generations to come. I look forward to doing the second part of your training and hope that our paths will cross again. Have an amazing day!!”

“Thank you for the opportunity to join your training sessions. I really enjoyed the training; it was a pleasure. What I loved the most was the creative PPT slides and the way you included the group in participating. I was amazed that even the shy folks like myself, was eager to share after a while. Thank you for the inventive ways you included everyone in the discussions. We will apply this to our community and we thank you for sharing with us.”

“The training was truly an enriching experience which made me realize that and I have much more to learn. I thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, in such precise and informative ways. I love the slides and the personal exercises. First training I ever went to that had “homework!” Very interesting and thought-provoking. The self-reflection exercises made me take a deeper look at my motives and where I was personally. I am looking forward to learning more and putting it into practice to help others in our community. Thank you.”

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