Adolescents and young adults are using social media to explore and to cope with grief. This webinar reviews the strengths and limitations of social media – offering sage advice to counselors on ways to monitor and utilize social media with their clients.

Expert Panelists: Kelly Rossetto, PhD, Boise State University and Michelle Post, MA, LMFT, CTBS, Manager of Donor Family Aftercare, OneLegacy

CEs: 1.5 credits available for a variety of professional boards. View the approved board list.

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Continuing education credits are available for a wide variety of professional boards for all of HFA's webinars and annual Living with Grief® program. With a single purchase your organization can provide CEs to your entire viewing audience for all programs. 

This bundle is for CEs only and does not include access to the 2019-2020 education programs. To purchase the 2019-2020 Education Partner Package of programs, click here.

Advanced age can bring a range of losses from a spouse or partner to independence and identity. Along with experiencing multiple losses, older people are more likely suffer from multiple chronic conditions requiring complex medical care.

How can mental health professionals, healthcare providers, and the wider community support the growing number of aging Americans through these losses? 
 
Aging America panelists Ken Doka, Brian de Vries, and Pat Murphy will integrate their expertise to discuss these issues and look at innovative programs and new approaches to support bereaved older adults as they explore:

• grief experiences and support needs specific to older adults,
• programs designed to end the "conveyer belt" of runaway care in the last months of life, and
• ethical issues that may arise.

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Length: 90 minutes
CEs: 1.5 CEs included with purchase. Board Approvals List

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Living with Grief®: Before and After the Death (DVD) features a panel discussion exploring the most current theoretical perspectives on loss and grief as experienced by persons throughout a life-limiting illness and by survivors after the death. 
 
The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-08-7) explores similar topics, with a special emphasis on anticipatory grief and mourning, professional self-care, DSM-V classification, disenfranchise grief, and other insights into the field of grief and bereavement.  

The 6 disk audio series program features prominent experts:

Rev. Anita L. Bradshaw is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and formerly the Director of Supervised Ministries at Yale University Divinity School.

Rev. Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, is an ordained Lutheran minister and professor of gerontology at the College of New Rochelle.

Rabbi Earl A. Grollman, DD, is a noted author and lecturer in the fields of death education and crisis intervention.

Rev. Paul Irion is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, a retired professor, and the founding president of Hospice of Lancaster County.

Dr. Therese A. Rando, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, and the founder and clinical director of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Loss.
 

Expert Panelist: Patti Anewalt, PhD, LPC, FT and Matt Metevelis, MDiv
Available on demand
Length: 120 minutes

Community tragedies affect many who work in hospice or a field related to death and dying and cause them to wonder how they would, or should, respond if a traumatic event occurred in their community. These tragedies are becoming commonplace and perhaps you are feeling an increased obligation to be prepared so you can respond appopriately or wonder where you might obtain more training or be most helpful.

Expert Panelists: Nora Luna, MEd, Kristopher Halsey, DDiv, PhD; moderated by The Rev. Paul A. Metzler, DMin

Can you competently work with culturally and spiritually diverse populations? Cultural and spiritual beliefs can have a direct impact on end-of-life decision making and care. This program looks at how hospice and palliative care providers can ensure that each patient receives care that is grounded in an understanding of individual culture and faith beliefs, and how those beliefs and practices might influence both the dying person and the grief of their loved ones.

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Healthcare professionals and family members often report witnessing unusual or unexpected responses when a person is nearing death. This program will explore phenomena such as terminal lucidity, near death experiences, nearing death awareness, and other end-of-life phenomena, and how clinicians can handle such experiences.

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While all loss is difficult, those whose friends or loved ones die due to self-destructive deaths such as a drug overdose can face unique challenges. This program explores the latest research into these grief situations and how professionals can help survivors cope.

Expert Panelists: Ken Doka, William Feigelman, and John Jordan
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 CE certificate is included with purchase

Living with Grief: Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss, the book (ISBN 9781893349179), focuses on types of loss adolescents may face and ways to assist. Some of the foremost experts in the field share their insights in this 24 chapter volume.

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