Thank you for making our 2023 Annual Half-Day Virtual Workshop a Success!
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ADEC is honored to feature Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, FT for our keynote presentation on "The Quest for Understanding How Grief Gets Complicated: Diverse Perspectives and Clinical Applications"
Dr. Doka's session will be followed by a panel discussion with diverse perspectives and clinical applications.
Our distinguished panel leaders include Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD, FT; Tashel Bordere, PhD, CT; and Darcy Harris, PhD, FT.
- Our workshop will begin with our Annual Mid-Year Presidential Wolfe Report, by Melanie Wright, MSW, FT, ADEC President April 2023-2024.
- Our workshop moderator will be Jane Milman, PhD, MA.
Description
In this presentation, we explore the varied ways that clinicians, educators, and researchers in the field have tried to understand complicated variants in the grieving process. We begin by looking at the varied concepts of theorists ranging from Freud to Worden. Second, we examine the ways that the DSM-5-TR offers ways to classify forms of complicated grief including Prolonged Grief Disorder. The presentation also acknowledges the concerns within the field over such classifications. We describe culturally-informed conceptualizations of grief, such as suffocated grief, and explore
whether and how the concept of Prolonged Grief Disorder is relevant to the grief experienced in non-death losses. We also discuss clinical considerations and intervention approaches that can be applied working with complicated grief.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss historical perspectives of complicated variants in the grieving process.
- Identify ways in which forms of complicated grief have been classified in diagnostic taxonomies.
- Describe intervention approaches that can be applied in working with complicated grief.
Presenters
Featured Keynote: Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, FT
Dr. Kenneth J. Doka is a Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle and Senior Vice-President for the Hospice Foundation of America. A prolific author, Dr. Doka has authored or edited over 40 books and over 100 articles and book chapters. Dr. Doka is editor of both Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying and Journeys: A Newsletter to Help in Bereavement.
Dr. Doka was elected President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling in 1993. In 1995, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Work Group on Dying, Death and Bereavement and served as chair from 1997-1999. ADEC presented him with an Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Death Education in 1998. His Alma Mater Concordia College presented him with their first Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is a recipient of the Caring Hands Award as well as the Dr. Robert Fulton CDEB Founder’s Award. Both ADEC and IWG honored him with Lifetime Achievement Awards. In 2006, Dr. Doka was grandfathered in as a Mental Health Counselor under NY State’s first licensure of counselors.
ADEC's Mid-Year Annual Wolfe Report: Melanie Wright, MSW, FT
Melanie Wright, MSW, FT is the current President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), Chair of the Professional Development Committee for ADEC, served as President for the Parkinson Network of Arizona (PNA), is a member of the National Council on Aging, American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, Alliance for Professional Healthcare Advocates, and serves on the Advisory Council for the Arizona Interfaith Movement. Melanie obtained her Fellow in Thanatology, with a focus on therapeutic interventions for the terminally ill.
Melanie graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in non-confessional Religious Studies, with a leading focus on cross-cultural perspectives on death and religious impacts on human rights and bioethics. Following this, she journeyed to complete her Master of Social Work, where she developed the inaugural internship program between Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic. During a two-year graduate rotation with the Mayo Clinic, Melanie conducted a research study entitled, “Physicians’ Perspectives on Socio-Political Barriers to Effective Palliative Care in a Hospital Setting”, which contributed to the formation of an in-house hospital Palliative Care Team at the Mayo Clinic. She was presented with the distinction of “Honorary Member of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Alumni Association.”
Moderator: Evgenia (Jane) Milman, PhD
Evgenia (Jane) Milman, PhD, is a post-doctoral fellow with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in the Psychology Department at Western University and a Research Fellow at the MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Center. Dr. Milman publishes research on grief-related mental health complications and examines how making meaning of difficult life experiences influences mental health following grief, trauma and other stressful events. Most recently, Dr. Milman developed the Handbook of Grief Therapies for Sage Publications. Dr. Milman also directs continuing education webinar programing for grief clinicians at the Association for Death Education and Counseling and she is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice.
Panelists: Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD, FT; Tashel Bordere, PhD, CT; Darcy Harris, PhD, FT
Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD, FT is Founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Associate Professor, Pending Rank, in the Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Prevention Science and Community Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is also Consultant Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She was a recipient of the 2012 International Psycho-Oncology Society Kawano New Investigator Award, the 2019 Association for Death Education and Counseling Research Recognition Award, and the 2023 American Psychosocial Oncology Society Outstanding Clinical Care Award. As a licensed clinical psychologist, her clinical practice has focused on care for bereaved individuals as well as cancer patients and their families. Her research has focused on understanding debilitating grief and the development of grief interventions, with a focus on meaning-making.
Tashel Bordere, PhD, CT is an internationally-known scholar, author, and speaker, and a grant-funded researcher at the Center for Family Policy and Research at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is certified in Thanatology. Dr. Bordere is Vice-President of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) and serves on the Boards of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). She completed a Forward Promise Fellowship through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) focusing on the promotion of healing, growth and thriving among boys and young men of color. She is a mentor and career coach to Health Equity Scholars through Johns Hopkins (RWJF). Dr. Bordere’s research focuses on cultural trauma, stigmatized loss (homicide loss, violence), suffocated grief (a term she coined), and Black family bereavement and rituals. She developed the S.H.E.D. Grief Tools Training Program. Dr. Bordere has received numerous awards including the Ronald K. Barrett Award (ADEC), Excellence in Engagement in Outreach Award (MU), and the CASE Outstanding Faculty Mentorship to underrepresented college students award (MU). She is a Grief Reach grantee (New York Life Foundation). Dr. Bordere has done numerous workshops, keynotes, and published research on inequities in loss and culturally resonant practices, including her co-edited book, Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief (Routledge). She is a grief health advisor on films. Dr. Bordere has been featured in multiple national and international media outlets (USA Today, New York Times, NPR: Take Note).
Darcy Harris, PhD, FT is a Professor in the Department of Thanatology at King’s University College in London, Ontario, Canada, where she also maintains a private clinical practice specializing in issues related to change, loss, and transition. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for Death Education and Counseling as well as the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement. She is also a faculty member with the Portland Institute of Loss and Transition, and an internationally known speaker and author of numerous books, articles, and chapters, with an emphasis on non-death loss and grief and compassion-based approaches to loss and grief. Her most recent book, Compassion-Based Approaches in Loss and Grief was released early this year.
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Schedule
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12:30 - 1:00 pm EST
- Welcome: Moderator Evgenia (Jane) Millman, PhD, MA
- Acknowledgment of U.S. Veterans Day
- ADEC Mid-Year Wolfe Report: presented by Melanie Wright, MSW, FT, ADEC President April 2023-2024
1:00 - 2:30 pm EST
- Keynote: Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, FT, The Quest for How Grief Gets Complicated: Diverse Perspectives and Clinical Applications
2:30 - 2:45 pm EST
2:45 - 4:15 pm EST / New York Time - Panel Discussion, The Quest for How Grief Gets Complicated: Diverse Perspectives and Clinical Applications
- "Phenomenology," Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD, FT
- "Suffocated Grief," Tashel Bordere, PhD, CT
- "Non-Death Losses," Darcy Harris, PhD, FT
Continuing Education
Our two education sessions are approved by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for 1.5 CE hour each, totaling 3 CE hours.
Satisfactory Completion
Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. You must attend the entire webinar as partial credit is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and The Association for Death Education and Counseling. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
Amedco LLC designates this live and enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 3 ANCC
contact hours.
Psychologists
Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 3 psychologist contact hours.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Counselors: AK,
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
MI: No CE requirements
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs: AK,
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals: AK,
AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (outstate held)*, OK, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY
MA / MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers: AK,
AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY
* If the activity is held live in the state of NY, then direct addictions
board is required, ie: NAADAC. If the activity is held outside NY, is virtual, enduring or remote, it is considered "outstate" and this reciprocity applies.
Social Workers
A s a Jointly Accredited Organization, Amedco is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Amedco maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive XX GENERAL continuing education credits.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Social Workers: AK,
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY
* WV accepts ASWB ACE unless activity is in live in West Virginia then an application is required.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Counselors: AK,
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, ND, NE, NM, NH, NV, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
AL / Counselors: Activities not providing NBCC approval may be approved
by the Board for individual licensees upon receipt of acceptable documentation prior to the activity. Please send course details to your licensing board for approval BEFORE the event. No approvals afterward by the board.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for MFTs: AK,
AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
MA / MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT
board for review.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals: AK,
CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY
New York Board for Social Workers
Amedco SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0115. 3 hours.
New York Board for Mental Health Counselors
Amedco is recognized by
the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0061. 3 hours.
New York Board for Marriage & Family Therapists
Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s
State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0032. 3 hours.
ADA Statement
ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law. If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration. We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate
accommodations without prior notification.
Grievances
If you would like to file a grievance, complaint or have questions, please contact the ADEC Office, at adec@adec.org.
Sponsored by
Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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