Leading Death Education Association to Address Societal Issues in Death and Grief

For Immediate Release                                                               

April 1, 2008

Media Contact: Deanna Marchetti
Association for Death Education and Counseling®
Phone: 847/509-0403
E-mail: dmarchetti@adec.org

Leading Death Education Association to Address Societal Issues in Death and Grief
Attend the ADEC 30th Annual Conference, April 30 – May 3, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Deerfield, IL -The Association for Death and Education Counseling ® (ADEC) invites you to join nearly 500 professionals in death, dying and bereavement at its 30thAnnual Conference, April 30-May 3 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. 

The conference provides an excellent forum for the exchange of information in death education, care of the dying and bereavement counseling and support. It offers more than 100 concurrent sessions, professional courses, specialty workshops, general sessions and invited speakers. The conference will address a myriad of important topics in death and society, including children’s grief and trauma, interventions for bereaved children, PTSD and war and end-of-life decision-making .

Featured Keynote Speakers:
Thursday, May 1, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Leila M. Gupta
Addressing Traumatic Losses Among War-Affected Children in the Developing World: Lessons Learned for Future Post-Conflict Interventions

Friday, May 2, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Steven Lewis, Former Special Envoy to UN Secretary-General Kofi
Beyond Comprehension: The Ravage of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Saturday, May 3, 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Kim Phuc Phan Thi
Healing the Wounds of War with Love, Hope and Forgiveness

For specific program details, download the preliminary program on the ADEC Web site, www.adec.org. Complimentary registration is available to members of the press. To register, or to schedule an interview with a death education and counseling expert in your area, please contact Deanna Marchetti, dmarchetti@adec.org, 847/509-0403.

The Association for Death Education and Counseling is an international professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in death education, care of the dying, and bereavement counseling and support. Based on quality research and theory, ADEC provides information, support, and resources to its multicultural, multidisciplinary membership and, through it, to the public.  For more information, see www.adec.org.

Updated: April 24, 2008