Training Title:
Retired ~ Grief Work, Part C

Clock Hours: 1.5

Objectives:
learn that to adhere to the notion of "stages" of recover from a loss does a disservice to the client and oversimplifies a very personal, complex, and intimate process

Description:
"AIDS Partners and Loss" - Dennis Shelby, MSW, Ph.D., Social Work, BCD, is the author of If a Partner Has AIDS: A Guide to Clinical Intervention, he discusses his research with patients whose life partners have died of AIDS, the complex mourning that ensues, and how to treat it. "Dealing with Death in Families" - Froma Walsh, MSW, Ph.D., Human Development, Behavioral Sciences, is the author of Living Beyond Loss, she discusses her work with families of dying patients --- how to work with denial and how to decide if and when to push people to talk. "Parent Loss in Adolescence" - The listener will hear how mourning and grief in adolescence shapes the developing child.

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