GC 560: Adolescent Grief

Course overview

This comprehensive CEU course explores the world of the adolescent as it interfaces with death and bereavement. Through the readings selected, you will be given a practical base of information to deal with how an adolescent grieves; how different kinds of deaths impact their lives; the uniqueness of their grief; and effective strategies to help them in their grief journey. You will examine how normal adolescent grief differs from trauma, and how to address both. The differences between adolescent reactions to sudden and anticipated deaths will be explored, as well as issues related to adolescent grief concerns, adolescent reactions to traumatic deaths, and school related issues. The course presupposes and builds on your knowledge gained in the previous courses in this specialty program. You will find, for example, that the activities manuals provided in the course on developmentally based strategies for children in grief provide excellent strategies that are relevant to the grieving adolescent. Additionally, the books selected presume the student has a solid theoretical understanding of grief. This CE Course is offered by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. See: https://aihcp.net/child-adolescent-grief-ce-course-program/