Mount Ida College

June 7 - July 2, 2010
Bereavement Care: Current Concepts and the Application to Practice
Rex. E. Allen, MA

This course will provide students the opportunity to critically examine current theory and research in Bereavement.  Models focusing on meaning making and reconstruction will be discussed and current research that challenges popular assumptions about grief will be examined.  An emphasis throughout the course will be placed on the application of theory to practice. This virtual classroom will allow students to work together with case studies provided and from their own practices as well as from the faculty.  Differences between complicated and noncomplicated bereavement will be addressed.

Rex Allen, MA, is currently the Grief Support Services Supervisor for Providence Hospice of Seattle in Washington State. He has over 18 years of experience in the provision of grief counseling, education and end-of-life care as both professional and volunteer. Rex is a recognized educator in the field of loss and grief and has presented at the local, state and national levels and is currently the Bereavement Section Leader for the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals.