Grief/Bereavement Symposium II

Bachelors Degree in Grief Counseling & Bereavement Education

GRF 490

Breyer State University

Instructor:

Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, DCH, RN, CS, CH-C
Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner
Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Certified Grief Counselor

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: This is a twenty semester hour upper division course in the Bachelor of Science in Grief Counseling degree program. This course is designed as an Independent Study learning course. When you are at this level in the degree program, you will select one focused area of study within the specialty of grief counseling/bereavement. Your choice of study/topic is mutually agreed upon by you and your instructor. The objective is to acquire a significant amount of learning/knowledge related to a particular area of interest in grief counseling and bereavement education, as well as demonstrate the ability to develop advanced life-long learning skills. This is the last course in the degree program. Students must have completed all other courses in the curriculum before registering for this course.

This course of study is structured around a comprehensive learning contract. You develop a learning contract, which provides twenty semester hours of a combination of different learning activities and independent studies focused on your selected area of study. Upon official enrollment into this Symposium Course, you are provided with full instructions for preparing a learning contract, as well as examples of completed contracts. You and I then review your learning contract and mutually agree on the defined goals and learning processes to meet the goals. I provide mentorship, guidance and support to you throughout the development of the learning contract and its implementation and evaluation. You are evaluated using mutually agreed upon evaluation guidelines. The learning contract is a dynamic ongoing process, which may be revised as you progress in the course. Your learning needs are given high priority during the development of the learning contract and the implementation phase. Evaluation criteria are focused on learning experiences appropriate to this upper division level course. The twenty semester hours of learning are based on a formula: one semester hour is equivalent to fifteen contact hours of learning activities.

TIME FRAME: You are allotted twenty weeks of time to complete this course. An extension of up to five additional weeks is generally approved.

TEXT AND OTHER LEARNING MATERIALS: These are selected based on your individual learning contract.

GRADING: You and I mutually agree upon the grading scale for this course. You design a grading scale for the course within the learning contract. You complete a comprehensive analysis of all learning experiences during implementation of the contract.

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 e-mail. 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 e-mail address handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Dominick L. Flarey, PhD, DCH, MBA, RN,CS,- professor of nursing and President of Breyer State University. He is a certified Adult Nurse Practitioner, Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse, and a Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and has authored /co-authored seven texts in nursing. He speaks nationally on many clinical and administrative topics related to nursing, including case management, psychiatric-mental health, and health care law and ethics. He is also certified in Nursing Administration Advanced, and is a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives. Dr. Flarey is also a Certified Grief Counselor.

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

1). Learn the process of learning contract development.
2). Design effective learning contracts at the undergraduate level of study.
3). Contribute significantly to your own learning process.
4). Take higher level responsibilities for independent learning.
5). Acquire skills and motivation for lifelong higher level learning and achievements.
6). Acquire a higher level of overall knowledge and skill development in a focused area of grief counseling/bereavement education.
7). Experience learning via a learning contract.
8). Evaluate attainment of all defined goals in the learning contract. 9). Critically evaluate experiences of independent, self-directed learning.

TYPES OF LEARNING CONTRACT ACTIVITIES: The following is a short abstract of the types of learning activities that you may incorporate into your learning contracts:

1). Independent Research.
2). Focused Reading and Study.
3). Article Abstracts and Analysis.
4). Attending Related Seminars.
5). Clinical Projects.
6). Audio Tape Programs.
7). Video Tape Programs.
8). Research and Publication.
9). Clinical Preceptorships.
10). Course Development.
11). New Services Development.
12). Project Implementation.

CLASSROOM: You will utilize the online virtual classroom for this ourse to access all information and instructions for the learning contract, including contract samples.

PREREQUISITES: You must have completed all of the courses in the Bachelor of Science Degree program in grief counseling, and have successfully completed GRF 475, Grief/Bereavement Symposium I.

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