HS 229 - Grief and Loss Across Life Span

Institution:

Lane Community College

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Description:

3 credits This course will introduce students to the issues and impact of learning to live with, and manage, losses. Students will explore the emotional, cultural, developmental, spiritual and behavioral factors that shape an individual's reaction to loss, including the reactions of helpers who are working with people experiencing personal loss and grief. Material will address losses of individuals, and their significant others, when confronted by chronic disability, illness, or other life-altering events associated with aging as well as death. Students will investigate specific therapeutic methods to respond compassionately and help individuals develop emotional resilence to loss. This class will combine lecture, small and large group discussions, journaling and art projects that focus on personal experience as one way to grasp the reality of griefwork.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Lanecc.edu

Phone Number:

(541) 463-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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