Course 5T - Traumatic Grief in Childhood

Course overview

Course 5T Traumatic Grief in Childhood Following the Death of Family, Caretaker, or Friend This Course 5T Traumatic Grief in Childhood is an online continuing education course sponsored by CEU By Net. This Course 5T earns 5 Clock Hours of CE credit for multiple mental health and addiction licensing and certification boards including those in Texas, Florida CE Broker, Alabama, and California, and earns 3.5 Credit Hours for NBCC and California BBS. Based upon these credentials, the course is accepted by most state boards for multiple licenses. The seven documents which comprise the study materials of this Course 5T are authored and published in the public domain by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and funded by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). There is also a survey-based retroactive research study by the New York Life Foundation on the impact of the death of a parent on a child prior to the age of 20. Each of the seven sections of this course focuses upon a different circumstance or aspect of Traumatic Grief in Childhood following the death of a family member or other caretaker, or the witnessing of a horrific situation in which people are killed or injured, such as a school or mall shooting or terrorist attack. These studies also describe the grief process which children and adolescents normally experience following such events. Traumatic Grief requires different professional and parental interventions and approaches than those ordinarily required to help a child adjust to a death of a loved one or the witnessing of a horrific event. Most children and adolescents do not experience Traumatic Grief after such deaths or events, and are able to adjust with normal targeted support. With Traumatic Grief, the child or adolescent does not adjust with the normal amount of support, and he or she experiences lingering effects, trauma, and symptomatology which can seriously affect their lives. This course addresses multiple such circumstances including military deaths, deaths of parents before the age of 20, deaths of siblings, and sexual health as it pertains to Traumatic Grief. There are seven relatively short Study Guides (chapters or sections) in this course, and each Study Guide has a different primary focus. These include: Part 1. Overview - Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for Mental Health Providers Part 2. About Child Trauma: Examples of Traumatic Grief, the Risks, and the Protective Factors Part 3. The Twelve Core Concepts: Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families Part 4. Traumatic Grief in Military Children Part 5. Sexual Health and Trauma Part 6. Sibling Death and Childhood Traumatic Grief Part 7. A Research Report Looks Back at Childhood Experiences with Parental Death, through a retrospective survey of over 1000 adults.