About ADEC About ADEC ADEC's Logo Chapters History Leadership Vision Statement Numbers Frequently Called Strategic Long Range Plan 1998-2003 History of ADEC In 1976, a group of interested educators and clinicians organized the Forum for Death Education and Counseling. ADEC is the oldest interdisciplinary organization in the field of dying, death and bereavement.
All persons are welcome to join regardless of color, national origin, creed or gender.
ADEC works to promote and share research, theories and practice in dying, death and bereavement. ADEC's primary goal is to enhance the ability of professionals and lay people to be better able to meet the needs of those with whom they work in death education and grief counseling. The Association for Death Education and Counseling envisions a world in which death, dying, grief, and bereavement are recognized as significant aspects of the human experience. Therefore, the Association, ever committed to being on the forefront of thanatology, will provide a home for diverse professionals to advance the body of knowledge and promote practical applications of theory in these areas. All rights reserved.