Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan

Catalog description

This course examines grief and loss across the lifespan. The course will explore attitudes about loss and how this impacts care and support services. Classical and contemporary grief theories will be reviewed along with assessment and interventions for grieving individuals, families, and communities, as well as differences between non-death-related losses, disenfranchised losses, and ambiguous losses. Students will learn culturally responsive care, different developmental considerations, and critical social work practice.