Date/Location:

January 4 – February 15, 2021

Description:

Grief is something that 100% of the population experiences. This interactive and engaging program will focus on the defining mourning, grief, bereavement and complicated grief as well as discuss the difference between complicated and normal grief. It will also look at the factors that make our grief unique from one another and include clinical interventions for working with grief, traumatic loss, and complicated bereavement. Particular focus will be on the specific grief needs of people who lose someone to ALS, and how their grief might be different from losing someone to a different type of loss.

Speakers:

Julia Ellifritt, LISW-S

Learning Outcomes:

Define mourning, grief, bereavement and complicated grief, including the proposed DSM criteria for Complicated Grief Disorder.

List the tasks of grief and factors that make our grief unique from each other.

Describe the complicating factors of bereavement after an ALS death.

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CEUs This activity is offered for up to 0.1 CEUs (1.0 hour of instruction). To register for CEUs:  

Download and complete the following forms.

Save the files names: 2021_ALSA9_Lastname_Firstname

Send both files to ceus@aacinstitute.org

Upon completion of the two forms and passing the quiz, a CEU certificate will be sent

Note: If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format.