CHILDREN AND GRIEF

Bachelors Degree in Grief Counseling & Bereavement Education

GRF 450

BREYER STATE UNIVERSITY

Instructor: Juan Kenigstein, Ph.D., M.Ed., GC-C, Professor

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Children and Grief, 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. "The death of a parent is one of the most fundamental losses a child can face. Ideally, parents support their children, both physically and emotionally; they provide a stable environment in which children can grow and mature; and they serve both as the children's protectors and as their models. In reality, the extent to which oarents fulfill these roles varies. Nevertheless, for the great majority of children, parents remain the most significant others; in effect their partners in negotiating the essential developmental tasks that will take them to adulthood. The loss of a parent to death and its consequences in the home and in the family change the very core of the child's existence"  (Worden 1996). Education about death, dying, and bereavement is an essential component of the educational process at all levels formal and informal.

TIME FRAME: This is a four-semester hour course. This course is allotted 15 weeks of time. You 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 you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded 4 semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Book 1: Children and Grief, J. William Worden: 1996. The Guilford Press: ISBN # 1-57230-148-1.

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EXAMINATIONS: This course is comprised of a mid-term exam and a final exam. The mid-term exam must be taken by the last day of week five. The final exam must be taken by the last day of week ten. You will have three days to complete the mid-term and three days to complete the final, which will commence once you access it from the classroom.

The mid-term examination covers material found in chapter 1 through 5.
The final examination covers material found in chapter 6 through 10.

Both the mid-term and final are programmed and are located in the classroom for this course. They are both open book and objective type exams. To access the exam you must send me an e-mail and state that you are ready to start the exam. Upon registration, you will be provided with my e-mail address. I will then program your access and e-mail you back that you are now authorized to take the exam. To access, you will come into the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are going to take. You will need your User I.D. and Password to access the exam. The exam will appear on your screen. Once again, upon access you will have three days to submit your answers. The program provides me with the exact date and time that you accessed the exam, as well as the exact date and time that you submitted your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom and click in your responses and then click submit. Shortly thereafter, you will receive the exam in your e-mail box with your computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that you missed, as well as the corresponding correct answer for each missed question.

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

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

GRADING COMPOSITION:

SCREANING INSTRUMENT    = 20%
FOUR ACTIVITIES(153-169) = 20%
MID-TERM                           = 30%
FINAL                                 = 30%
TOTAL                                = 100%

REQUIREMENTS: You are to write a screening instrument and score (page 180).

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.

G0ALS: The aim of education about death, dying, and bereavement 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 death, dying and bereavement.

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

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Understand the mourning process for children.
2). Understand how the child responds to grief.
3). Understand children at risk.
4). Understanding how the child's life changes due to grief.
5). Understand the child's reaction to the death of a sibling.
6). Understand the child's loss of a parent by divorce.
7). Learn and understand the counseling process of children
8). Understand the intervention issues related to children.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1). Introduction.
2). The Mourning Process for Children.
3). When a Parent Dies.
4). How Life Changes.
5). How the Child Responds.
6). Mediators of the Child's Bereavement Experience.
7). Children at Risk.
8). When a Sibling Dies.
9). The Loss of a Parent by Divorce.
10). Counseling and Intervention Issues.
11). Intervention Models and Activities.

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