Compassionate Bereavement Care Training programs for healthcare professionals who
work with bereaved
Track
I - Theoretical Framework of Grief
• The basic skills for bereavement support
• Grief theory
• Responses to loss
• Tasks of mourning
• Role of caregiver
• Tools for communicating with the bereaved
Agenda
Learning Objectives
Theoretical
Framework of Grief: Dimensions of Grief,
Myths of Grief, Attachment, Theory of Caring, Variables of Grief,
Phases of Bereavement, Tasks of Mourning
Define/describe normal
grief.
List four phases of
bereavement according to Davidson.
Grief Counseling Principles
List Worden's four tasks
of mourning.
Complicated Bereavement
Describe components
of Swanson's Theory of Caring.
Personal & Professional
Grief Assessment
Relate my
personal/professional history of loss to my care of the bereaved.
Communicating with Bereaved
Children and Grief
Demonstrate a skill
in communicating with the bereaved.
Care for the Caregiver
Registration Fee:
$125 (Groups of 3 or more $100 each). Includes a spiral bound
Workbook and Certificate of Completion.
Mission and Vision 