Other educational opportunities & resources
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Bereavement Training
Our "gold standard" bereavement training will be a rewarding professional development experience. You will gain the ongoing benefits of greater evidence-based knowledge and awareness that you can apply to your practice.
What are the benefits of RTS education?
- It ensures consistent care at every point of entry throughout a healthcare facility
- It improves patient experience
- It helps healthcare facilities meet The Joint Commission standards for end-of-life and bereavement care
- It lowers legal and risk management costs
Centre for Suicide Prevention
Educating people with the information, knowledge and skills necessary to respond to people at risk of suicide. www.suicideinfo.ca
Walk With Me: Indigenous Suicide Bereavement Workshop
This workshop is intended for Indigenous caregivers working in Indigenous communities. www.suicideinfo.ca/workshop/walk-with-me
After a Student Suicide Toolkit
A suicide in a school community is devastating to staff, students and families. Some students may be unable to cope and the community as a whole may struggle with how to respond. In a state of shock, the school community may be uncertain of what steps to take. This toolkit provides practical information to schools after a student has died by suicide. www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/after-a-student-suicide
Hospice Foundation of America (HFA)
Hospice Foundation of America’s annual Living with Grief program is focusing in 2019 on Aging America: Coping with Loss, Dying, and Death in Later Life.
America is aging at a rapid rate with 10,000 people in the U.S. turning 65 every day. By 2040, Medicare is expected to include 80 million enrollees. Advanced age can bring a range of losses from a spouse or partner to independence and identity. Along with experiencing multiple losses, older people are more likely suffer from multiple chronic conditions requiring complex medical care.
Aging America panelists Ken Doka, Brian de Vries, and Pat Murphy, with moderator Frank Sesno, integrate their expertise to discuss these issues and look at innovative programs and new approaches to support bereaved older adults as they explore:
- grief experiences and support needs specific to older adults
- program is designed to end the "conveyer belt" of runaway care in the last months of life
- along with, ethical issues that may arise
Continuing Education credits are available for a wide range of professions.
For more information about this and other HFA educational programs and publications: www.hospicefoundation.org
Contact Lisa Veglahn, lveglahn@hospicefoundation.org, 1.800.854.3402
Centering Corporation and Grief Digest Magazine
Grief Resources
Centering Corporation has hundreds of grief resources. We have resources for infant loss, bereaved parents, suicide, homicide, loss of a spouse, children and grief, pet loss, military grief/TAPS, general grief resources and more.
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Marian University Online Master's Degree and Graduate Certificate in Thanatology
With the ever-aging population in the United States, Marian's online thanatology master's degree and graduate certificate program are designed for those who assist individuals and families confronting end-of-life, bereavement and non-death loss issues, including nurses, social workers, chaplains, counselors, funeral directors, funeral home outreach, public service providers and educators.
National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)
National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)
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The Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota offers degrees, certificates, and professional programs at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral level. We prepare students to use research to discover and apply knowledge, build interpersonal communication skills, and develop personally and professionally.
The Department has launched an online noncredit certificate program in Ambiguous Loss led by Dr. Pauline Boss, professor emeritus and the groundbreaking therapist revered as a pioneer in the interdisciplinary study of ambiguous loss. For over thirty years, her work has focused on connecting family science and sociology with family therapy and psychology.
Learn more about Ambiguous Loss and the course at: z.umn.edu/ambiguousloss