Successful completion of the Bereavement Education Certificate is required for entry into the Grief Counselling and Therapy Certificate program. Individual courses available as space allows Benefits As a Certified Bereavement Educator, you will be qualified to teach healthy coping skills to support healing and growth, train volunteers in grief support, plan workshops, seminars and presentations for public education, understand the impact of loss and grief on health, learn about loss and grief in the family and workplace, recognize and respond to the needs of grieving children. Full classroom attendance is required for credit. As an introduction to loss and bereavement, BE 101 provides students with a general overview of the Grieving Process and is a prerequisite for all other courses in the bereavement program. This course provides a conceptual framework for exploring loss and grief in more depth and detail in subsequent courses.
Students well explore the history, theories and concepts of grief.
The effects of grief on an individual throughout the life cycle are examined. Learning about the different developmental stages allows the student to understand the biopsychosocial needs of a person throughout life. This course examines the role and impact of spiritual and cultural beliefs of the bereaved in a rapidly changing society. Philosophical, moral and ethical concerns are discussed in relation to professional practitioners, dying patients and their family members. The Near Death experience and Post Death phenomena are also explored.