Pre-Conference Institute (June 21 - 22, 2011)

Arrive a few days early and enhance your conference experience by participating in one or more of the pre-conference sessions being offered. These specially designed workshops provide an in-depth look at the topics and issues of greatest importance in grief and bereavement.

ADEC Professional Development Courses

Tuesday & Wednesday

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Introduction to Thanatology: Dying, Death, and Bereavement
Faculty:  William G. Hoy, DMIn FT

Intermediate Course: Grief Counseling
Faculty: Benjamin Wolfe, MEd, LICSW, FT

Advanced Course: Complicated Bereavement and Grief Therapy
Faculty: Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD

Full-Day Workshops

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Grief After Suicide: Walking the Journey With Survivors 
Presenter: John R. Jordan, PhD, FT

Mourning Losses in a Family 
Presenter: Justine van Lawick, PhD

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Clinical Applications of Continuing Bond with the Deceased 
Presenters:  Ruth Malkinson, PhD; Simon Shimshon Rubin, PhD

Clinical Intervention Strategies After Sudden and Traumatic Death 
Presenter: Therese Rando, PhD

Half-Day Workshops

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

8:30 a.m. - Noon

Adolescents, Death and Bereavement 
Presenter:  David E. Balk, PhD FT

Real-life Dilemmas: What "Ought" One to Do? 
Presenter: Clint Moore III, MDiv, PhD, BCC, FT

1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Children's Grief 
Presenter: Linda E. Goldman, MS, LCPC, NBCC, FT

Disenfranchised Grief 
Presenter: Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, FT

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

8:30 a.m. - Noon

Our Therapeutic Imagination: Techniques for Reflective Practice and Renewal 
Presenter:  Sandra L. Bertman, PhD, FT

Parental Grief: Parenting After the Death of a Child
Presenter: Stephen Fleming, PhD

1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Music of the Soul: Composing Life out of Loss
Presenter: Joy S. Berger, DMA, BCC, MT-BC

Disaster Response
Presenter: Maria Helena Franco, PhD

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