Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss
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The Living with Grief: Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss DVD addresses issues adolescents face as they cope with loss and explores the ways that hospices, educators, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors, and parents can assist grieving adolescents. 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. Click here to order the self-study program.
Journeys Newsletter Subscription
Journeys is a monthly newsletter designed to offer support and practical advice to people coping with loss and bereavement. Subscribe as an individual and receive support from the experts each month for just $25. A Journeys bulk subscription is a caring and cost-effective way to provide ongoing support to the families you serve. Read a sample issue.
Journeys with Grief
A collection of articles from leading grief experts about love, life and loss. Provides self-help tips for those who are grieving and guidance about what to expect following a loss. Articles address topics including loss of a spouse, child, or partner; grief during the holidays; suggestions for moving forward after a loss, and more.
Journeys: Anniversary Issue
The anniversary of a loved one's death is a difficult time. The Journeys Anniversary issue helps us to understand why this is normal and that society's expectation that a year is sufficient time to recover from a loss is unrealistic. The issue is available as a single issue or in packs of 50 or 100. Organizations such as hospitals, churches and hospices have used Journeys Special Issues to support and inform their community.
Journeys: Newly Bereaved Issue
The Newly Bereaved issue is a great first step in supporting someone who has recently lost a loved one. Written by experts in the field, Newly Bereaved offers support, caring advice, and validation.
The Longest Loss: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
The Longest Loss: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia (DVD) includes candid, compelling interviews and an unscripted in-studio discussion by experts who identify ways medical and social service professionals can best improve care for patients, families and themselves while coping with loss and grief associated with these progressive illnesses. The book (ISBN 978-1-893349-18-6) by the same title focuses on patient, caregiver, and health provider grief experienced in dementia illnesses. Written and edited by experts, caregivers and clinicians, The Longest Loss: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia examines how grief associated with the illness can begin even before a diagnosis.
African Americans & End-of-Life Care
African Americans and End-of-Life Care is a special report in the Living With Grief® series exploring African American attitudes and behaviors about care at the end of life, relating to grieving norms and hospice use.
After Sudden Loss
Living With Grief®: After Sudden Loss (DVD) addresses the intensity of grief and lack of preparation of sudden death as we deal with losses like those that occur from suicide, homicide, accidents, heart attack, or stroke. The accompanying book (ISBN: 1-56032-578-X) discusses the intense and complicated reactions surrounding sudden deaths, and how professionals can best address the needs of those grieving the loss of a loved one unexpectedly.
Children and Adolescents
Starting from $17.48
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.
Starting from $20
This Living with Grief program focuses on the experience of grieving children and adolescents and the ways that all hospice professionals, educators and counselors, parents, social workers, physicians, grief counselors, funeral directors, and clergy can best support these populations as they cope with loss and grief. The program and accompanying book written by child and adolescent grief experts examine the newest theories and practices, and as always, will combine academic research with hands-on ideas for use in hospice support groups and other settings. Expert Panelists:
Children, Adolescents and Loss
Starting from $28.99
In Living With Grief®: Children, Adolescents, and Loss, experts weigh in on the challenges faced by children and adolescents in the wake of loss. These professionals participate in a dynamic panel which considers the influence of various factors on how children and adolescents grieve differently than adults.
Clergy to Clergy
Starting from $29.99
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.
Community Tragedies: The Hospice Response Self Study
Starting from $46
Expert Panelist: Patti Anewalt, PhD, LPC, FT 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.
Creative and Therapeutic Rituals
Starting from $10
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.
Cultural and Spiritual Competency in End-of-Life Care
Expert Panelists: Nora Luna, MEd, Kristopher Halsey, DDiv, PhD; moderated by The Rev. Paul A. Metzler, DMin
Current Issues in Pain Management - Self Study
Starting from $25.95
Dignity Therapy - Self Study
Dignity Therapy is 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. View the full program information sheet.
Diversity and End-of-Life Care
Starting from $30.99
Living with Grief®: Diversity and End-of-Life Care (DVD) features content from Hospice Foundation of America’s 16th annual National Bereavement Teleconference, including the panel discussion on understanding the importance of diversity, cultural histories, traditions, and beliefs in end-of-life care.
Diversity and End-of-Life Care examines how diversity influences end-of-life decision making and the impact that culture has at the time of death and during bereavement. One of the goals of the program is to increase sensitivity by helping professionals acknowledge how their own cultural values and assumptions influence the delivery of care. The program will include a special examination of hospice care and diversity, including how hospices are reaching out to diverse groups and incorporating traditional practices and alternative therapies. It will also discuss the challenges that may occur when culture considerations may cause ethical concerns or moral distress. Expert Panelists:
Dying, Death and Grief Phenomena
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