Pastoral Care of Families

Masters Degree in Pastoral Thanatology

PTH 735

Breyer State University

Instructor:

Juan Kenigstein, PhD.

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Pastoral Care of Families, a Master Level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Master in Pastoral Thanatology. I'm pleased to offer you this course. This is an exciting course. Pastoral care of families is designed to provide a spiritual continuity of ancestral wisdom concerning the eternal cycles of life and death. Death teaches us a great deal about how we live, sometimes more than we want to know. We live, die, grieve, and survive within a family context in which our enduring bonds to those who came before and those who come after us need to be recognized and included.

TIME FRAME: This is a ten-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-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 ten semester hours of credit. You may accelerate, but may not complete this course in less than four weeks.

TEXTBOOK: There are two (2) required textbook for this course.

Book 1: Grief as a Family Process: A Developmental Approach to Clinical Practice: Ester R. Shapiro. The Guilford Press, 1st Edition, New York , NY, 1994: ISBN # 0-89862-106-8.

Book 2: Dying, Grieving, Faith, and Family: A pastoral Care Approach. George W. Bowman III. The Haworth Pastoral Press, 1998: ISBN # 0-7890-0263-9.

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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:

15 Activities                                   - 60%
Self evaluation                               - 10%
Research Report                             - 20%
Discovery & Intention Statement  - 10%
TOTAL                                             - 100%

GOALS: The aim of education about Pastoral care of families is to have an understanding what characteristics to assess and which ones are useful in coping with the illness and subsequent death.

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

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.

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

1). Review new work in the fields of family systems and relational developmental perspectives.
2). Understand the individual grief in a family context and grief as an interdependent developmental process.
3). Understand the systematic developmental approach to family bereavement.
4). Understand individual grief in systematic context.
5). Discuss family developmental approaches to grief.
6). Provide an overview of the treatment implications of the systematic developmental approach in enhancing the developmental outcomes for grieving children, adults and families.
7). Understand faith development in the crises of dying and grieving. 8). Understand the usefulness of family systems in ministry to dying and grieving persons.
9). Understand the Pastor's Ministry to the dying.
10). Understand the Pastor's Ministry to the grieving.
11). Understand the value and utilization of religious resources.
12). Define the Pastor's unique function in death's crises.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1). Introduction.
2). A Systematic Developmental Approach to Family Bereavement.
3). Individual Grief in Systematic Context.
4). Grieving Families and their shared Development.
5). Cultural and Social Factors in Family Bereavement.
6). Family Development and Grief Therapy.
7). Faith Development in the Crises if Dying and Grieving.
8). Understanding and Usefulness of Family Systems in Ministry to Dying and Grieving Persons.
9). The Pastor's Ministry to the Dying.
10). The Pastor's Ministry to the Grieving.
11). The value and Utilization of Religious Resources.
12). The Pastor's Unique Function in Death's Crisis.

DISCOVERY AND INTENTION STATEMENT: Discovery statements are a declaration of what you want, a description of your attitudes, statement of your feelings, transcripts of your thoughts, and chronicles of your behavior. Intention statements can be used to alter your life, statements of your commitment to do a specific task, or to take a certain action. An intention arises out of your choice to direct your energy toward a particular goal.

INSTRUCTIONAL MODIFICATIONS: Students with disabilities, who need reasonable modifications to complete assignments successfully and otherwise satisfy course criteria, are encouraged to talk with me early in the semester to identify and plan specific accommodations. Students may be asked to provide documentation on their disability, which will assist in planning modifications. Breyer State University offers Disability Services through the Counseling Center . To request services, contact the Counseling Center or talk to me.

COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: Unauthorized photocopying of copyrighted works, including musical works, may be unlawful and may infringe the copyright of the copyright owner. Federal law subject to appropriate disciplinary action as well as those civil remedies and criminal penalties provides you in possession of unauthorized duplications of copyrighted material.

SYLLABUS DISCLAIMER: While the provisions of this syllabus are as accurate and complete as possible, I reserves the right to change any provision herein, not covered by BSU or BSU Regent Rules, with notice if circumstances so warrant. Every effort will be made to keep students advised of such changes and information about such changes will be available at all times from me. It is your responsibility to know what changes, if any, have been made to the provisions of this syllabus and to successfully complete the requirements of this course. Questions regarding information on the syllabus and course requirements need to be addressed by you when the syllabus is received.

INFORMATION: 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.

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