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 included with purchase. View the approved board list.

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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 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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This program explores medical, legal, ethical issues, and communication barriers that surround ANH. It emphasizes the need for end-of-life provider organizations to have clear and transparent policies on ANH and to offer training to staff and education for families to minimize family misunderstanding and discord as well as moral distress and anguish of staff. 

Expert Panelists:  

• Terry Altilio, LCSW, ACSW
• Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv
• Rabbi Gary S. Fink, DMin, MAHL
• Thomas E. Finucane, MD
• JoAnne Reifsynder, PhD, APRN

On Demand: For 1 year after purchase
Length:  approximately 2 hours 

CE credits are not available for this program.

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.  

This webinar describes the phenomenon of traumatic bereavement, which is created in the aftermath of sudden and traumatic loss. It presents some of the significant empirical research documenting its worrisome sequelae, identifies the types of death giving rise to it, explores the dynamics that create challenges and complications for the mourner, and discusses interventions that effectively assist the survivor. The focus in this webinar is on conceptual mastery and practical intervention.

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Expert Panelists: Therese A. Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT

Living with Grief®: Children and Adolescents (DVD) features a panel discussion on the ways children and adolescents grieve and how to help them. The teleconference features voices and stories of children and adolescents as well as an expert panel of clinicians and practitioners.
 
The companion book (ISBN: 978-1-893349-09-5) by the same title is written by experts and examines child and adolescent grief in a variety of situations. This book includes chapters on parent loss, sibling loss, loss of a friend, play therapy, protocol for schools, and recommendations for grieving adolescents. 

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.
 

This program explores the use of ritual in assisting individuals who are grieving a loss. These rituals can include funeral and memorial services, group rituals, and individual therapeutic rituals. The webinar begins with a discussion delineating the therapeutic value of ritual. 

Expert Panelists: Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv, Pamela Gabbay, MA, FT
On Demand: For 1 year after purchase
Length: 90 minutes

CE credits are not available for this program. 

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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This program discusses Dignity Therapy, a brief, individualized psychotherapy designed to address the emotional needs of adults who are receiving hospice or palliative care. During Dignity Therapy, clinicians complete a personal interview with their patients, allowing them to discuss their most important memories, accomplishments, and life roles, as well as any lessons learned in life, and hopes or dreams they may have for their loved ones in the future.

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Sold out! Click here to view HFA's 2023 publication, End-of-Life Ethics in a Changing World.

The cases in the book, all written and discussed by prominent professionals, show “ethics in action.” For professionals, the cases may help to provide guidance or to validate the difficult choices as they guide families through decision making involving serious illness and end-of-life care.  The cases highlight ethical dilemmas, looking at issues around futile treatment, informed decision making, ethical conflicts, palliative sedation, and confidentiality.