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.

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.

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Package includes all 2019-20 webinar programs and Living with Grief^®. Available for individuals and multi-viewer groups.
 

Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Risk Factor for Complicated Grief

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. 

Current research is showing links between trauma in childhood and poor lifetime physical and psychological outcomes, including at the end of life and during bereavement. Dr. Crunk and Dr. Burke will discuss their research findings and clinical implications of the relation between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and complicated grief in bereaved adults and offer some recommendations for intervention. They will also provide ways to incorporate trauma assessment and intervention into bereavement settings.

Expert panelist: Laurie Burke, PhD and Elizabeth Crunk, PhD

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Continuing Education:
1.5 credits available for a variety of professional boards for $9 per certificate
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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 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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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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Length: 90 minutes
CEs: 1.5 CEs included with purchase. Board Approvals List

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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.

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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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Expert Panelist: Kimberly Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, CSE; moderated by Kathleen Taylor, MA, LMHC
Available on demand

When there is tension between values/beliefs of an individual health care professional and the ethical imperative to treat all patients with dignity and respect, conflict (and legal issues) may arise. This webinar will explore potential conflicts and offer strategies and tools for professionals in effectively serving the LGBTQ communities.