HS 229 - Grief and Loss Across Life Span |
This course will introduce students to the issues and impact of learning to live with, and manage, losses. Students will explore the emotional, cultural, developmental, spiritual and behavioral factors that shape an individual's reaction to loss, including the reactions of helpers who are working with people experiencing personal loss and grief. Material will address losses of individuals, and their significant others, when confronted by chronic disability, illness, or other life-altering events associated with aging as well as death. Students will investigate specific therapeutic methods to respond compassionately and help individuals develop emotional resilence to loss. This class will combine lecture, small and large group discussions, journaling and art projects that focus on personal experience as one way to grasp the reality of griefwork.
3.000 Credit hours 30.000 TO 36.000 Lecture hours Syllabus Available Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science Division Social Science Department Course Attributes: Tuition, Career and Technical Education Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Credit May not be enrolled in one of the following Colleges: College Now |
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