Managing Conflict, Finding Meaning - Supporting Families at Life's End
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Methods, strategies and practices that can be used to provide psycho-social and other support to terminally ill patients, their families and close networks. Living with Grief®: Managing Conflict Finding Meaning: Supporting Families at Life’s End is the companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-20-9) to the 2016 Living with Grief® program and examines how to better help families cope with the inevitable conflicts that arise during the difficult journey through end-of-life care. (144 pages)
Parenting After a Death - Self Study
Expert Panelists: Stephen Fleming, PhD, CPsych; Kim Ruocco, MCSW; and Ken Doka, PhD, MDiv On Demand: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase Length: 90 minutes CE Hours: 1.5 CEs available for a variety of boards. Board Approvals List. CE Fees: CEs are included with registration. View the program information sheet.
Spirituality and End-of-Life Care
Living with Grief®: Spirituality and End-of-Life Care (DVD) features a dynamic discussion about the differences and relationship between spirituality and religion, while addressing spirituality throughout illness, death, and grief. The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-12-4) by the same title includes 17 chapters and multiple sidebars on providing sensitive and effective spiritual care at the end of life, as well as how hospice and palliative care organizations can incorporate spiritual care into existing care plans. (245 pages)
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Serious Illness, Grief, and Loss
In the program, Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities through Illness, Grief, and Death, experts discuss in a four segment panel the topics of supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through life-ending illness as well as grief and loss.
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The ethical, medical management and psychosocial issues for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who face death, grief and loss can be complex. This educational program focuses on the critical challenges of providing and accessing optimal end-of-life care and bereavement support for this population. Note: The focus of this program is on intellectual disability and generally does not include developmental disabilities where cognitive function is unimpaired. Expert Panelists: - Marisa C. Brown, MSN, RN - Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv - Tawara D. Goode, MA - Matthew P. Janicki, PhD - Leigh Ann Kingsbury, MPA - Teresa T. Moro, AM, LSW - Elizabeth Perkins, PhD, RNMH - Rick Rader, MD, FAAIDD On Demand: For 1 year after purchase Length: approximately 2 hours CE credits are not available for this program.
Transforming Loss - Self Study
Starting from $35.95
Transforming Loss: Finding Potential for Growth is an inspirational program about positive change and action by the bereaved in the aftermath of loss. The program is appropriate for all professionals working in hospice and palliative care, counselors, clergy, funeral professionals, and any professional whose practice involves the bereaved. Ideal for community education and outreach, this program will touch the heart of anyone who has experienced loss with stories of people who have found meaning and purpose through loss. The program will offer clinicians tools to support and encourage transformative growth in grieving clients and will supply self-help advice for the bereaved.
Preview Transforming Loss Preview the 2018 Living with Grief Program, Transforming Loss: Finding Potential for Growth.
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Traumatic and Sudden Loss
Starting from $10
This program examines some of the ways that traumatic and sudden loss, including suicide, homicide, and community losses, can impact or complicate bereavement, and how hospices and other organizations can be better prepared to serve as a resource for these types of losses, even those that happen outside of the hospice environment. Expert Panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv; Reverend Wanda H. Jenkins, MHS; and Kim Ruocco, MSW On Demand: For 1 year after purchase Length: 90 minutes CE credits are not available for this program.
Understanding Death with Dignity Legislation: A Necessity for the Palliative Care Provider
Starting from $29.99
Expert Panelists: Frances DeRook, MD, FACC On Demand: available for 6 months after purchase Length: 90 minutes This program was first presented in September 2015. Since that time, California has passed a law legalizing physician-assisted death, and it is under consideration by a number of other state legislatures and the District of Columbia Council. This program is recorded. There is no opportunity to ask questions, which was available during the live program. **Please note, CEs are not available for this program**
Unlimited CEs - Webinar
Starting from $195.5
Purchase unlimited CEs for your webinar audience. CEs are available for live or on demand webinars. This package does not include program registration. Unlimited CEs are available for Multi-viewer webinar registrations only and can be purchased for a single webinar. To upgrade your individual registration to multi-viewer contact HFA at 202-457-5811 or educate@hospicefoundation.org.
Using Meditation to Help Grievers Cope with Challenging Emotions
Starting from $25
Expert Panelists: Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT
Using the Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement to Improve Your Practice
Starting from $39
Pioneering researchers Dr. Maggie Stroebe and Dr. Henk Schut will elaborate on the development and building of the Dual Process Model of coping with bereavement (DPM), a foundational concept in understanding the grieving process. In conversation with moderator Dr. Kenneth Doka, Stroebe and Schut will critically assess the DPM in relationship to other grief models. The program will also discuss practical applications of the DPM for clinical practice and research. Expert panelists: Maggie Stroebe, PhD and Henk Schut, PhD; moderated by Ken Doka, PhD, MDiv
Veterans Benefits - Basic Training
Starting from $30
Expert Panelist: Andrew Balafas Available on demand Length: 90 minutes Presented by Andrew Balafas, a former Army Infantry Officer and West Point graduate who now serves as the Regional Veterans Liaison for Vitas Healthcare in Chicagoland, this webinar will:
When Death and Loss are Part of the Job - Self Study
Starting from $25.95
Expert Panelists: Patti Anewalt, PhD, LPC, FT, and Kenneth M. Ralph, PhD On Demand: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase Length: 90 minutes CE Hours: 1.5 CEs available for a variety of boards. Board Approvals List. CE Fees: 1 certificate included with purchase
When Grief is Complicated - Self Study
While most people are able to cope with the pain of loss, up to 10 to 20 percent of bereaved persons have more complicated reactions that may impair and impede functioning for a prolonged period of time. This program is designed to assist counselors and others working with bereaved persons understand, assess and assist individuals who may be experiencing such complicated forms of bereavement. The presentation begins with an overview of contemporary work on complicated grief, then explores interventive strategies to support grievers experiencing complicated forms of grief. Expert panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv Robert Neimeyer, PhD Therese Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT Moderated by Frank Sesno On Demand: to registered individuals for 1 year after purchase Length: program is approximately 2 hours + selected chapters of HFA’s companion book (approx. 30min reading time) CE Hours: 2.5 CEs are available for a variety of professional boards Board approval list CE Fees: CEs are included HFA now offers CE credits for multiple participants through most Self-Study (DVD or online) courses! Contact HFA at 202-457-5811 or email us at educate@hospicefoundation.org to inquire about CEs for multiple participants. Program access fees remain the same; CEs are included in course fees for the registered user and are $12 per additional participant per course.* Please note that self-study courses accommodate individual learners only unless prior arrangements are made through HFA for additional certificates.
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DVDs must be used at the registered site address and can be accessed or watched from multiple locations at the registered site address. DVDs cannot be copied or viewed outside the registered site location; DVDs cannot be placed on an internal or external network for viewing outside the site address without written permission from HFA.
CE Credits for this program may only be obtained through HFA. CE instructions will be provided to the registered contact for your organization prior to the live air date and to attendees at the end of the program.
HFA’s program and program content is copyrighted. Its use and dissemination is restricted and unauthorized duplication is prohibited. Viewers agree to use the product under the purchase agreement terms, which restrict number of viewers based on registration type.