Webinars

Violent Death and Culturally Sensitive Strategies for Outreach and Practice with Youth
Tashel Bordere, PhD, CT
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Webinar Time:
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CDT
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MDT
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. PDT
7:00 - 8:30 a.m. HADT
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This interactive session highlights the diversities, complexities and resiliency factors present in the grief experiences of youth and families following homicidal death. Participants will be more knowledgeable about the myths, stereotypes and facts surrounding violent death for both homicide victims and surviving youth. Drawing from cross-cultural research and outreach experiences with children and teens affected by homicidal death in New Orleans, this session will assist participants in the development and utilization of effective approaches to outreach and practice with surviving youth.

Learning Objectives:
After participating in this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Evaluate of the unique challenges and resiliency factors associated with the grief process for youth following the homicidal deaths of significant persons in their lives.
2. Appraise the significant role and meaning-making of rituals for teenage survivors of homicide in memorializing their deceased loved ones.
3. Develop with culturally sensitive strategies, including a cultural iconic approach, in overcoming barriers often associated with outreach and practice with youth surviving violent death experiences.

About your instructor:

Tashel C. Bordere, PhD, CT, is an Associate Professor of Child and Family Development at the University of Central Missouri, where she has developed and taught courses related to Death, Dying and Bereavement in Families, Multiculturalism in Families, and Adolescent Culture. She is a board member of the Association of Death Education and Counseling® (ADEC) and past Chair of ADEC’s People of Color/Multicultural Forum. As an active member of ADEC, Tashel contributes her service and expertise as Assistant Editor of The Forum, the association’s quarterly member publication. She is also a member of the National Council on Family Relations. She is a speaker, youth advocate, researcher and author of works relating to diversity and resilience through grief.  Her most recent article, “‘To look at death another way’: Black teenage males’ perspectives on second-lines and regular funerals in New Orleans” appeared in Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying. She is a Certified Thanatologist. Tashel has done numerous consultations, trainings, presentations and workshops across the country relating to cultural awareness and sensitivity in practice with youth affected by violent death.  Her research focuses on homicidal violent death among African-American youth, cultural death customs, parenting approaches within context, and culturally sensitive practices in research and work with children and adolescents.  

CE Credits: 1.5
Nursing Contact Hours: 1.5

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Cancellations for this session will be accepted through end of business on Monday, July 19, 2010. Registrants who cancel within that time will receive a refund, minus a $10 service fee. Cancellations received after that day will not be refunded.