Welcome
to Caring for the Dying and Bereaved, a Bachelors Level course
in the curriculum for the Degree, Bachelors in Grief Counseling
and Bereavement Education. I'm pleased to offer you this course,
which will be a foundational course for the remainder of your
studies in the bachelor program. This is an exciting course.
Caring for the Dying and Bereaved are fundamental and Pervasive
aspects of the human experience. Individuals and societies
can only achieve fullness of living by understanding and appreciating
these realities. The absence of such understanding and appreciation
may result in unnecessary suffering, loss of dignity, alienation,
and diminished quality of living. Therefore, education about
Caring for the Dying and Bereaved is an essential component
of the educational process at all levels both formal and informal.
This is a four-semester hour course. This course is allotted 15 weeks of
time. Students must complete all of the requirements for the course
successfully by the end of the 15-week period. The first day of week one
will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you
notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are ready to begin your
studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions
of time are permitted, unless the student has good justification. Upon
successful completion of this course, students will be awarded 4 semester
hours of credit.
There is one (1) required textbook for this course.
Book 1: Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making: Sage Publications Inc., Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, and Patricia L/ Blanchette. 2000.
ISBN: 0-7619-1217-7
There are no examinations for this course; grades are based on completion of assignments and activities.
The grading scale
for this course is as follows:
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
Below 70% = Fail
10 Activities 50%
Self evaluation 10%
Research Report 25%
Discovery & Intention Statement 15%
TOTAL 100%
You are
encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher,
coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for
this course. Primarily, communication is through email. However,
I am also available for conversation by telephone if you would
like. Our classroom for this course has a "chat"
room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in
the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending
on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular
time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive
more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are
scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you
can contact me whenever necessary. Upon registration, you
will receive my email address. If at any time during this
course you change your email address, please be sure to notify
me right away.
The aim of education
about caring for the dying and bereaved, is to contribute
to general education as a basis for personal development and
responsible social participation. It must also contribute
to the specific education of those who, as a result of personal
or professional circumstances, are closely associated with
caring for the dying and bereaved.
Readings from
the internet, professional books and journals. Self-awareness/exploration
activities.
Upon
completion of this course, you will be able to:
1). Discuss the topic of death.
2). Understand how to Be With Dying Persons.
3). Understand how to cope with the dying.
4). Understand Death Myths.
5). Deal with the question; Pulling the plug: How do we decide?
6). Understand and describe " terminal Illness."
7). Understand the legal issues of euthanasia, suicide and
life threatening behaviors, and the meaning and place of death
in life.
8). Communicate with terminally ill and bereaved people.
9). Understand the intensity of grief reactions.
11). Understand the Dying person and his/her family.
12). Understand and describe the Hospice Program of Care.
1). Learning about death, dying and bereavement.
2). Being with the Dying.
3). Surviving Death.
4). Death of a parent, child, adolescent, grandparent, etc.
5). Suicide.
6). Death and spirituality.
7). Ethics and Death. who have 'come to grief'.
8). Death Planning.
9). Pulling the plug: How do we decide.
10). The Hospice Movement.
11). Surviving Death.
If
you have any questions regarding this program, you may address
them to
admassistant@breyerstate.com.
An administrative faculty member will respond to all questions.