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On-Demand Sessions

The on-demand session details for ADEC's 2021 Conference are included below. Conference participants will be able to watch these at any time from April 1 - May 16, 2021. Additionally, there will be a designated time each day of conference to give participants the opportunity to connect with the presenters of these on-demand sessions and ask any questions. 

 

“What about me?” Supporting children impacted by the overdose death of a loved one.
More than 850,000 people died due to drug overdose between 1990 and 2018 in the U.S.Children and families who experience the overdose death of a loved one often find themselves overwhelmed by shame, anger, regret, and confusion. Stigma that often accompanies deaths due to drug overdose may lead to isolation and a lack of support.  The grief that follows the death of a family member from overdose can be larger and more complex than people might imagine. This presentation will provide useful insights and practical suggestions for working with children and families surviving the overdose death of a loved one.
Presented by: Janet Arida, BSN, MA, CT

Hope and Hospice: Holding onto Faith at the End of Life
Within the African-American community, accepting hospice or palliative care at the end of life can be seen as a sign of giving up, a demonstration of a lack of faith.  In being culturally sensitive to the needs of African-American patients, it is important to stress the idea that hospice care and faith/spirituality can work hand-in-hand; that hope and hospice are not mutually exclusive. Allowing hospice care at the end of life is not a surrendering of hope.  It is accepting a gift that makes it possible for the end of life to be lived with dignity and quality.
Presented by: Heidi Barham, MDiv, CT

Impermanence, Thresholds & Grief Care: Bibliotherapeutic Responses
Grief and bereavement care often include a re-working of one’s story. Spouses become widowers; life after loss is transformed to life living with loss; and there and then morphs into a new here and now. Stories change as thresholds are crossed. To step over a threshold is a move from one place to another.   In this experiential session, challenges to the model of continuing assumptions will be addressed.  Participants will be presented with perspectives and tools for crossing thresholds using bibliotherapeutic grief care. Links to classical and creative grief and bereavement care will be included.
Presented by: Ted Bowman, MDiv

Pathfinders: A whole family approach to bereavement care
Pathfinders is a 10-session program developed and evaluated in a community-based grief center. The grief-focused and trauma-informed family systems intervention was creatively designed to meet the diverse needs of bereaved children and families, prevent future complications, and promote positive adaptation. The program is based in theory, research and practice-based evidence. Parallel strengths-based curricula for children, adolescents, and adult caregivers can be used in groups of same-age peers or during individual and family sessions. This presentation reviews the structure, process, and content of Pathfinders, including developmentally tailored interventions for varied ages and types of deaths.
Presented by: Michaeleen Burns, PhD; Brook Griese, PhD

The Next Edition of the Handbook of Thanatology: An Update
The editors of the 3rd edition of the Handbook of Thanatology will present a progress report and time line of the project. They will describe their process for author selection and how the content has been organized around the outline for the Body of Knowledge.  Attendees will learn the purpose of the edition (e.g., primer for those new to the field, resource for those more experienced in who seek to remain broadly informed) and its expected uses in terms of credentialing.  Publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Thanatology is expected in time for the 2021 conference.
Presented by: Helen Chapple, PhD, RN, MSN, MA; Heather Servaty-Seib, PhD, HSPP; Worth Kilcrease

Exploring support for bereaved parents whose children died by suicide

Suicide death is one of the socially unspeakable losses, which could lead to complicated grief reactions (Lazare, 1979, as cited in Worden, 2018). Survivors of suicide often feel their voices of grief are silenced given the social and cultural view on suicide (Mafanwy, Edwards, Plummer & Minichiello, 2010). This study discusses the challenges faced by the parents losing a child to suicide from a systemic view. It also identifies the service gap in supporting the parents before, during, and after their loss, and explore feasible steps to provide holistic care and responsive postvention for the bereaved parents in the community.
Presented by: Michelle Chen Ya Shu, MA; Evelyn Lai, GDip; Yong Hao Ng, GDip (Social Work), BSci

Loving Again After Loss: Issues, Benefits and Strategies
Falling in love again is challenging for widows. The dichotomy between the desire for companionship and love and respect for the previous relationship is a conundrum. Many questions arise when a widowed person steps into the possibilities of new love. Can I love again while still remembering my dead partner? Is it too soon? Will others be judgmental? How do you meet someone in this modern age? Will this person be receptive to my grief? Will I be widowed again?  Creative strategies to help those who choose to seek love again after loss will be demonstrated.  
Presented by: Claudia Coenen, CGC, FT, MTP

A Qualitative Analysis of Parenting Following a Co-Parent’s Death
Presented by: Erin Donohue

Role of Intensity of Event, Distress Disclosure and Resilience in Postraumatic Stress Disorder among Flood Victims in Anambra State
The study investigated the role of intensity of event, distress disclosure and resilience on PTSD among flood victims in Anambra state. 721 adults from three communities in Ogbaru L. G. A. of Anambra state participated in the study. Instruments used were Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ), Distress Disclosure Inventory (DDI), and Resilience Scale (RS-14). Resilience was negatively related to PTSD. Physical intensity of event was positively related to PTSD. Emotional intensity of event was positively related to PTSD. Resilience and Physical intensity of event significantly predicted PTSD. Emotional intensity of event and distress disclosure were not  significant predictors of PTSD.
Presented by: Genevieve Ebulum, BEd, Msc; Genevieve Ebulum, Bed, MSc

A Legacy of Virtue: Ultimate Self-Defining Memories Across Adulthood
Considering one’s own death motivates human thought, including how one will be memorialized after death. Young, middle-aged, and older adults (N = 205) narrated a self-defining memory in the context of either how they may be memorialized or describing their current self, then rated their memory for virtues. Across age groups, individuals wanted to be recalled as somewhat virtuous. Young adults represented themselves as more virtuous in the Memorialization condition than the Current Me condition; middle-aged and older adults showed no differences. How reflecting on death affects one’s definition of self appears to differ depending on one’s life phase.
Presented by: Emily Mroz, MS

Our Bodies Hurt Too: Recognizing and Responding to the Aches and Pains of Grief
Of all the manifestations of grief, our physical reactions have been the least addressed.  Traditional counseling focuses on talking about grief but pays little attention to what is happening in the bodies of grieving clients.  Including the body can greatly enhance outcomes since our bodies have their own way of communicating  grief.   This presentation will focus on ways to integrate the body using aspects of Pat Ogden’s Sensorimotor Psychotherapy work with trauma clients. Working collaboratively with clients to notice, track and regulate their physical sensations can relieve discomfort and help them develop useful resources in their grief process.
Presented by: Maria Georgopoulos, LMHC

Those Left Behind: How Dreams of the Dying Impact Bereavement
Dreams of the dying, or end-of-life dreams and visions (ELDVs), are profound personal experiences that often provide comfort and meaning at the end of life. It can help ease the transition from living to dying. This study aims to add to the knowledge and conceptualization of ELDVs from a bereavement perspective. In a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey of 228 bereaved family caregivers of hospice patients, bereavement outcomes were compared between caregivers whose loved one shared ELDVs with them and to those that did not. Findings suggest that the impact of ELDVs extend beyond those experiencing them to bereaved loved ones.
Presented by: Pei Grant, PhD

Holding onto Hurt: Forgiveness-Based Concerns of the Bereaved
During loss and bereavement, caregivers may be deeply and/or unfairly hurt. This can cause feelings of resentment, hostility, and depression. One response to hurt is forgiveness, or willingness to abandon rights to resentment, condemnation, and subtle revenge. Positive effects of forgiveness include better subjective health, greater adaptive coping, and a decrease in grief, depression, anger, and distress. The findings being presented are an assessment of forgiveness-based concerns of bereaved hospice caregivers. Surveys and interviews with hospice clinicians demonstrate the prevalence, severity, and effects these instances can have on the bereaved. Case examples of forgiveness-based concerns will be included.
Presented by: Pei Grant, PhD; Kathryn Levy, MSW, AdvStat; Danielle Eadie, LCSW

Using Rituals for healing Holiday Grief
Holidays, whether public or private tend to shine a spotlight on a loss and may be more pronounced than those experienced day to day.  Rituals are helpful in navigating the host of emotions experienced as the reality of the deceased being absent from holiday traditions is experienced.  Rituals are therapeutic and provide an outlet for expressing grief.  Rituals are a way to remember and connect with the deceased.  Preparation for difficult times experienced following a death is critical.  This presentation will highlight rituals used with clients in navigating the emotions brought to the surface by holidays.
Presented by: Fay Green, MAC, LPC, LMFT, FT

The intersection between clinician's lived experience, theory and practice.
The courage to walk with clients on their journey of grief and healing is monumental. Join the path with these presenters as they share about their journey of courage through loss, bereavement, post-traumatic growth, entering the mental health field, countertransference, supervision, and personal therapy. Shannon and Heidi will discuss how their grief informs theoretical approaches with clients, integration of research to practice,  use of consultation, and self-reflection necessary for this work.  Walk away with new intentions for providing quality, culturally informed, ethically minded, and valuable work with clients on their journey of bereavement and healing.
Presented by: Shannon Henry, LGSW - LICSW; Heidi Bausch, MA

Music Therapy in Adult and Child Bereavement
Board-certified music therapists have long provided direct care to hospice patients and their families. In recent years, music therapists are serving in bereavement coordinator roles for hospice agencies, providing individual and group counseling for bereaved children and adults. Because of music therapy’s growing role in bereavement, it is important for other professionals to understand how music therapy can address grief and loss. The presenters will discuss how music therapy may be used in bereavement care, offering relevant research. Additionally, the presenters will offer ways in which attendees of a variety of clinical backgrounds may utilize music with their clients.
Presented by: Molly Hicks, MMT, MT-BC; Jennifer Swanson, MMT, MT-BC

“Living Day by Day” in the Asian Context: Mindful Living and Mindful Dying among Older Terminally-ill Patients
Mindfulness practices can conserve patients’ dignity at life’s end, but the psychological processes of mindful living and dying remain unclear. Interpretative phenomenological analysis on 50 lived experience transcripts of older terminally-ill patients facing the end-of-life revealed 12 themes organized into three fundamental processes of mindful living and dying: Purposive Self-Awareness, Family-Centered Attention, and Attitudes of Mortality Acceptance. This model illustrates the interweaving of intention, attention and attitude in facilitating mindful living among dying patients, allowing them to find solace in each present moment, despite their impending death. Recommendation for clinical practice and future research directions are discussed.
Presented by: Andy H.Y. Ho, PhD, EdD, FT, MFT

Spiritual Change among Homicide Survivors of Color
While we know that spirituality is integral to meaning making after homicide, we know little about changes in spirituality during homicidal bereavement. This study used grounded theory to examine post-homicide spiritual change in African American and Latino communities. The presenters will share a theory of spiritual change after homicide that is tailored to the sociocultural contexts of these communities. The theory will provide insights into bereavement after homicide in communities of color and a backdrop for discussion of the implications of the emerging theory for counseling with homicide survivors. Attendees should have an understanding of complicated grief and grief counseling.
Presented by: Shannon Johnson, PhD, MSW, MPP; Patricia Galan-Cisneros, MSW, MAPM

Survivor's Guilt; A Transplant Recipient's Perspective
The success of transplantation relies on the compassion and generosity of donor families. In order for the majority of transplant candidates to receive a life-saving organ, a stranger will have to die. Grief perspectives related to donation customarily revolve around the donor family. A less explored frontier is how the death impacts the transplant recipient, a second chance of life at the expense of another’s death. Through a professional case presentation, participants will explore survivor’s guilt through the lens of a recipient; learn applications of contemporary grief models, and how to effectively support affected individuals.
Presented by: Jacquelyn Kates Agins, LSW, CT

Mobilizing a multidisciplinary workforce to support bereaved people: A Danish educational program with focus on theory and practice

This presentation introduces a new, innovative educational program for professionals from various disciplines (e.g., nursing, social work, education, ministries), working with bereaved people. We present an overview of the program, including its structure, content, and practical exercises. The program was developed to enhance knowledge of natural and complicated grief, and improve competence and confidence in interacting with bereaved people.  It emphasizes theory and practice, using ”transfer learning” and the “PDSA model ” as pedagogical tools. The students design and implement improvement projects, thereby having an immediate impact in their place of work.  Two examples of such projects will be discussed.
Presented by: Lene Larsen, PhD; Birgitte Grube, RN, MEd

Healing Stories: Using Movement, Music, and Metaphor to Restore Resilience after Traumatic Loss
Storytelling is a powerful therapeutic tool.  Stories can be a springboard for exploring feelings, engaging the imagination, and processing the narratives of trauma and loss. In this workshop we will dip into a well of restorative stories that inspire light in dark times--stories that offer hope and courage in the midst of adversity and affirm our capacity to cope after devastating loss. Through case examples and experiential activities, we will explore how evocative themes can be used with children, teens, and adults to engage the imagination and promote creative, restorative forms of expression about each individual’s unique healing journey.
Presented by: Christine Linnehan, LCPC, BC-DMT, FT

Non-Death Loss during Adolescence
There is an endless list of possible non-death losses that occur in the lives of adolescents, some of which include parental divorce, parental incarceration, relocation, friendship loss, romantic break-up, survival of natural disasters, and exposure to media portrayal of mass shootings and other traumatic events. Some non-death losses occur secondary to a death loss. The experiences of non-death loss during adolescence, which may include grief and trauma, can have a lasting developmental impression that carries into adulthood dependent on attachment style, support system, and other mediating factors.
Presented by: Pamela Malone, PhD, LCSW-S, FT

Reinvigorating Death Education for High School Age Young Adults
Public high schools provide unique opportunities for death education. Yet, there is a lack of standards, curricula, and research - which differs from college coursework. This session strives to fill an educational and research gap by mobilizing the professional support we saw decades ago.    To begin, we will look at research and prior efforts, then evolve into an active discussion about modern core goals, challenges, opportunities, and alternatives to public schools. Participants will develop new strategies, determine the next steps for a modern death education program and be invited to a new ADEC task force on high-school aged death education.
Presented by: Kel McBride, MLS, CEOLS

Thanatologists Meet Medical School Curricula
Medical education in much of the 20th century focused nearly exclusively on equipping doctors to cure illness and prevent death. This was an outcome of the numerous medical discoveries and technical advances of the last century. Medical school curricula either did not address or gave minimal consideration to death and dying matters Thus generations of doctors were death-avoidant and unable to shift from curative to end-of-life care when warranted.  Increasingly, however, medical curricula now include death education as evidenced by our panelists’ important professional contributions to this shift in medical student education in the last several decades.
Presented by: The Rev Paul A. Metzler, DMin; Ben Wolfe, MEd; William Hoy, DMin; Sandra Bertman, PhD, FT, LCSW

TAPS 5 Pillars of Young Adult Program
In this Interactive Discussion the TAPS 5 Pillars of Young Adult Development will be discussed from determining needs to creating programming.  The data for this research was collected over a four year period with personal interviews. Through this process it was determined that the answers to this research could fall into five categories of care for Young Adults : Personal Development, Career Guidance, Financial Stability, Communications and Service to Others. In streamlining compassionate care for this age group we can address the most common stressors as well as learn how to create a sustainable, purposeful program for young adults.
Presented by: Renee Monzcynski, NA

Choosing How to Live and Deciding How to Die with VSED (Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking)
Choosing to stop eating and drinking is a well-understood end-of-life option and easily managed as a hospice patient.   Choosing that path when you are not terminally ill creates significant obstacles.  Shaping your death as a ‘lifestyle choice’ often elicits negative responses from people with emotional, financial and logistical influence over your life.   Education and support are critical parts of the process, but the key factor is absolute personal determination.  This professional case study reflects the practical, emotional and ethical complications in one’s woman process to avoid her family’s history of Alzheimers and determine her own time and manner of death.
Presented by: Kim Mooney, BA, CT

The Influence of Race and Religion on Help-seeking Behaviour
Many people experience grief after the death of a loved one. Previous studies have explored how race and religion can protect or cause distress to a person experiencing grief. This may lead to different help-seeking behaviours relating to grief. In a multiracial and multireligious country like Singapore where race and religion often overlap, this study aims to understand the role race and religion play in one’s grief experiences (i.e. helping-seeking behaviours relating to grief) and other factors associated with it. An evaluation on the differing needs and challenging of mourners will also be conducted to inform service planning.
Presented by: Pearlene Ng, DClinPsy; Gwen Ng, GDip

Prevention, Advancement and Advocacy of Grief as a Public Health Issue
Within the next decade, the United States (US) population will undergo a dramatic shift. By 2030, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] reports that the number of aging adults (65 and older) will double to more than 78 million Americans, which will account for more than 28% of the population (2017). In fact, the US Census Bureau (2018) states that one out of every five people in the country will be of retirement age, and the median age is expected to grow from 38 to 43. Current research shows that 80% of these aging adults have at least one life-threatening chronic condition, and at least half of these same persons have two or more (CDC, 2018). In order to cope with and manage not only received diagnoses, but also unreported life-limiting issues (e.g., risky alcohol use, depression, [etc.], these folks will require a diverse array of health-related services and an extended system of care. Less often discussed is the fact that chronic health conditions, aging, pain, inflammation, retirement, pet loss, financial instability, relationship loss, involvement with the healthcare system, loss of friends, family, and peers, [etc.] all have been associated with grief. At the same time, grief is the least understood aspect of public health. From the epidemiology of chronic disease progression to the associated trajectories of functional loss in aging, grief can be inappropriately pathologized, ignored, or simply neglected despite strong evidence that suggests the management of grief is a critical element in the continuum of care. Fortunately, however, the dawn of compassionate communities, death cafes, and "the dinner party," continues to provide opportunities for the reversal of the medicalization of death and the prevention, advancement, and advocacy of grief as a public health issue.
Presented by: Rachael D. Nolan, PhD, MPH, CPH, FRSPH

May someone else benefit from this treatment! Dysfunctional memories intertwining grief waves

This is a case study drawn from a doctoral research on EMDR as a possible intervention for grief therapy. It recognizes the effects of EMDR treatment of a 38 years widow. With a set of losses in different stages of her life, the therapeutic goal was to accept the absence of three beloved persons. Presentation will have recorded sessions and her treatment plan and the unfolding of each target addressed. Measures showed impairment of alcohol, weight loss, reduced anxiety, regularization of sleep and eating, improved memory and attention problems, changes in her social and family life reflecting her achievements.
Presented by: Daniela Reis_e_Silva, FT, PhD; Maria_Helena Pereira Franco, PhD

Evocative Experiences in Bereaved Parents
Evocative experiences, which have been described as visual or auditory stimuli that evoke a sense of the deceased, can contribute to bereaved individuals’ ability to adaptively reconstruct the meaning of their loss and enhance their sense of connection to the deceased. Though these have been clinically observed in the bereaved, they have been minimally studied and are frequently misunderstood or misjudged. This presentation will characterize evocative experiences described by 21 bereaved parents in qualitative interviews. Their role in facilitating meaning reconstruction and continuing bonds to the deceased as well as clinical implications of these findings will be discussed.
Presented by: Kailey Roberts, PhD; Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD

Psychological Outcomes for Atheist Individuals During Bereavement: The role of Meaning, Spirituality, and Discrimination
Thanatology research often examines the role of religious and spiritual beliefs in coping and resilience. Although atheists and other nonbelievers have received some increased attention in recent years, this population remains largely understudied. Atheists utilize an assortment of secular methods to find meaning in life, and many identify as spiritual but not religious. Furthermore, atheists in the U.S. report a variety of discriminatory experiences, which may impact psychological outcomes during bereavement This study analyzed aspects of spirituality, meaning, and discrimination with psychological outcomes in a bereaved atheist sample. Implications for future research and practice with atheist individuals will be discussed.
Presented by: Jacob Sawyer, PhD

When (Prosperity) Gospel Complicates Thorough Bereaving
A recent theological innovation called the “prosperity gospel” has been embraced by 17% of American evangelicals and tens of millions globally (TIME, 2017). The core belief of the gospel is that God wills all Christians to experience financial prosperity, physical health, and a long life.   Clinicians may be challenged by beliefs that appear outside their under-standing of Christianity. In this scholarly paper, the author will explore us-ing Worden’s (2018) “tasks of grief” to counsel believers of the prosperity gospel and offer suggestions to respond to questions that challenge tra-ditional beliefs when working with believers of the prosperity gospel.
Presented by: Harold Ivan Smith, DMin, FT

Netiquette: The Mediatization of Mourning and Manners in the Digital Age
Social and digital media have a pervasive presence in the lives of many, including the use of thanatechnology  as a tool for coping with death and loss-related situations.  This mediatization of mourning has resulted in the need to develop netiquette to guide online behavior.     This presentation will summarize the state of current research on the use of thanatechnology and theories being used to guide empirical studies.  The presenter will share a compilation of netiquette to guide online behavior during times of impending death, grief, and tragedy.   Implications for clinical practice, public death education, and future research will be identified.
Presented by: Carla Sofka, PhD, MSW

Blessings or burdens: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study on the motivations and their impact on end-of-life caregiving among Asian family caregivers
Little is known about the internal appraisal processes of Asian family caregivers of terminally-ill patients that fuel resilience or burnout. Interpretative phenomenological analysis of 20 lived experience interview transcripts of Singaporean patient-caregiver dyads facing the end-of-life revealed six caregiving motivations and one wellbeing determinant to form the Blessings or Burdens of End-of-life Caregiving (BoBEC) model. The model demonstrates how caregivers with similar motivations can have vastly different caregiving appraisals that can lead to resilience or burnout, as well as the influence of self-determination on subjective caregiver burden. Findings highlight the need to enhance palliative services with greater clinical sensitivity and awareness towards enhancing caregiver self-determination. Recommendations for clinical practice and future research will be discussed.
Presented by: Geraldine Tan-Ho, Msoc Sc

Musical Mourning: How Cultural Phenomena Shape Meaning in Grief
Grief is a culturally situated praxis. We learn to grieve through observation and messages from cultural phenomena that convey norms and expectations. Music is one example of a cultural phenomenon that can inform grief and mourning. The presenter will discuss thematic findings from a narrative inquiry into the cultural messages threaded through music lyrics included in performances at the One Love Manchester benefit concert. The presenter will describe the impact music—a cultural phenomenon and intervention for healing—has on establishing norms and expectations for grief and mourning. Implications for culturally-informed grief theory, counseling, and future research will be discussed.
Presented by: Nancy Thacker, PhD

Art Therapy in Rwanda: Giving Voice to Second Generation Genocide Survivors
This presentation showcases an art therapy group with second generation survivors of the Rwandan genocide. Group members explored the impact of the genocide upon their upbringing, family life, and identity. Themes of disenfranchised grief (Doka, 2002) and the transgenerational transmission of grief and trauma (Hirsch, 2012; Lieberman,1979) emerged. Restorative retelling (Rynearson, 2001) and meaning making (Neimeyer, 2006) will be reviewed, as well as the concepts of cultural humility and cultural competence. Tenets of art therapy will be presented to highlight the use of art therapy in cross cultural contexts, and as a beneficial modality for grief and trauma.
Presented by: Sarah Vollmann, MPS, ATR-BC, LICSW

Death and Non-Death Loss in the Lives of LGBTQ+ People
LGBTQ+ identity interacts with loss in a complex manner affecting multiple realms of functioning.  Disenfranchised grief may further isolate the individual.  LGBTQ+ people may also experience external barriers and loss of social support.  BTQ+ people and individuals with minoritized ethnic identities may experience additional marginalization.  This presentation seeks to share common losses experienced by LGBTQ+ people, such as those frequently inherent in coming out, and unique facets of universal losses such as bereavement.  It will also provide research based information about resilience-promoting resources practitioners and loved ones can utilize to support and advocate for the LGBTQ+ individuals in their lives.
Presented by: Laura Wheat, PhD, LPC, NCC

Worst Loss-Best Job: Reporting on Bereavement Programs in Pediatric Hospitals

This presentation reports on the day-to-day experiences of four palliative care, grief, and bereavement professionals who offer end-of-life and bereavement support in four United States’ pediatric hospitals. The presentation provides a platform for fostering a robust conversation for pediatric bereavement professionals through addressing a common sense of isolation often experienced in this field. Each panelist will share their separate institutional definitions of bereavement and end-of-life care, define their common practices, and provide insight into national practices in bereavement support by reporting on the results of their 2019 Nationwide survey of pediatric bereavement programs.
Presented by: Cassandra Matz, LCSW; Megan Youtz, MSCC, LPC; Elizabeth Bauer, MSW, LSW, CT; Owaissa Vanderberg, LMHC, LMFT, CT, NCC

 

On-Demand sessions will also be provided by ADEC's 2020 & 2021 Student Paper Award Recipients:


Needs Assessment Regarding Miscarriage & Disenfranchised Grief
Presented by: Beth Hockenberry 

I Am What I Ate: The Food for Life & Palliation (FLiP) Model
Presented by: Paul Victor Patinadan 

Green Death Practices
Presented by: Mark Shelvock 

Poem Making for Grief and Loss
Presented by: Michaelina Falla 

Engaging Young Adults in Advance Care Planning: Evaluating the Death over Dinner Initiative
Presented by: Emily Mroz 

Death and Bereavement among the People of Southern Mozambique
Presented by: Jonathan Heller