Compassionate Counseling for Children/Adolescents Dealing with Dying, Death, Other Life Crises

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Explores issues involving dying, death and life crises which occur in today's world and affect school communities. RECOMMENDED PREPARATION FOR NURS 463 IS PSYCH 100 OR SOC 001 OR HD FS 129. NURS 463 explores the complex issues involving death in today's world as faced by children and adolescents. Content includes: counseling skills for nurses; child and adolescent development in the understanding of dying, death, and other life crises; exploring dying, death, and crises that are present in the lives of children and adolescents in the modern world; discussions of risks of death in the modern world including suicide, accidents, disasters, violence, war, and communicable diseases; description of death rituals and how societies cope with dying and death; identifying effective strategies to assist children and adolescents in coping with dying, death, and other life crises. The societal and school issues that affect not only an individual student but the milieu of the school and other students, parents, teachers, advisers, and administrators are inherent in the content. This course expands knowledge and interventions for those working with children and adolescents in the school setting.