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- Grieving is a natural reaction to a major loss. In foster
care, grieving can be experienced at different times of the care
situation by everyone involved--the birth parents, the child, the
foster parents, and members of the foster family. Yet this grief
is often denied or hidden. Join Charley Joyce, a Licensed
Independent Social Worker and Clinical Director of PATH, Inc. of
North Dakota, as he explores the issues surrounding grief and
loss. This course reviews the stages of grief, how the various
members in a foster care situation grieve, and tools for
regaining a sense of balance and acceptance after a separation.
The discussion segment helps the viewer understand the
differences between complex grief and normal grief, and when to
seek professional help. At the end of the course, parents will be
able to:
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- Identify the stages of grief.
- Understand what contributes to foster children's birth
parents' and foster parents' grief.
- Describe the manifestations of grief and loss in children,
birth parents and foster parents.
- Identify strategies for helping children through the grieving
process.
- Describe complex grief.
- Identify strategies for helping to prevent complex
grief.
- Running Time: approximately 38 minutes.
- This course includes handouts, a knowledge questionnaire, and
a viewer's guide.
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