Course Title:	Retired ~ Bereavement in Early Childhood, Part A
	Category:	28
	Credits:	2.5
	Contains audio:
	PDF included:
	Objectives:	• Learn to assess the grieving process in the preschool child. • Learn to use children’s art in this assessment.
	Description:	Cathy Malchiodi, Ph.D., Psychology, LPAT, LPCC, ATR-BC, REAT, discusses the movie, Ponette. Ponette is four years old when her mother dies in an accident. For Ponette, this absence is intolerable. She talks to her mother, calling for her, unable to believe that she is no longer there and will never return. Nobody, it seems, will ever be able to convince her to stop looking. Little Ponettes refusal to accept adult reality, her struggle against her surroundings, and her refusal to be comfort.
		Approval Bodies: Professional Development Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling) NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals National Board for Certified Counselors Florida Board of Nursing Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE) California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators Connecticut Certification Board, Inc. Pennsylvania Certification Board Florida Board of Psychology California Board of Registered Nursing California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP)