CARING FOR THE DYING AND BEREAVED

Bachelors Degree in Grief Counseling & Bereavement Education

GRF 425

Breyer State University
Instructor: Juan Kenigstein, PH.D, M.ED., GC-C

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: 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.

TIME FRAME: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.

TEXTBOOKS: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

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EXAMINATIONS:There are no examinations for this course; grades are based on completion of assignments and activities. 

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

GRADING COMPOSITION:

10 Activities                                        50%    
Self evaluation                                    10%
Research Report                                  25%
Discovery & Intention Statement           15%

TOTAL                                              100%

COMMUNICATION: 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.

GOALS: 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.

METHODS: Readings from the internet, professional books and journals. Self-awareness/exploration activities.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 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.

COURSE OUTLINE:

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.

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