Nechama Liss-Levinson, PhD , is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice and author of When a Grandparent Dies: A Kid's Own Remembering Workbook for Dealing with Shiva and the Year Beyond; Talking to Children about Death ; and Remembering My Pet: A Kid's Own Spiritual Workbook for When a Pet Dies , as well as many articles on developmental milestones in the Jewish family, and the emotional impact of death and illness on children and adults. She lives on Long Island, New York, with her husband and two daughters.Nechama Liss-Levinson PhD is available to speak on the following topics: Musings, Milestones and Mayhem at Midlife Not Your Bubby's Bubby: Being a Modern Jewish… Grandmother Talking to Children about Death When a Grandparent Dies: Helping the Whole Family to Cope Whose Bat Mitzvah Is It Anyway? Coming of Age and Coming Together
Lynn L. Caruso is an inspiring educator, writer, parent/child ad�vocate and mother of three children. A contributing writer to Mothering magazine, her work has been published in many other national journals and magazines. Caruso is also the editor of the first-of-its-kind Blessing the Animals: Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate God's Creatures, Wild and Tame and Honoring Motherhood: Prayers, Ceremonies & Blessings (SkyLight Paths).
Rev. Molly Phinney Baskette, MDiv, is senior minister of First Congregational Church of Somerville, United Church of Christ, in Somerville, Massachusetts, and has worked with children in crisis in the United States and abroad.