COURSE INFORMATION
The CE course in the Diverse Populations Grief Specialist Certification Program curriculum focused on People of Color covers a comprehensive overview and review of forms of grief, including racism, experienced particularly by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), including Latinx and Asian Americans. It then explores the ways that minority races have historically coped with grief, including intergenerational trauma. Students learn how to support clients from diverse race cultures through their grief, including collective grief and vicarious trauma of victims from their own communities. This Grief Support for People of Color course includes readings/study from the assigned textbooks as well as video lectures and presentations.
Course Code: GC 750. Contact hours of education = 65.
Instructor/Course Author: Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón, Ph.D., GC-C, PGSS-C
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TEXTBOOK: There are two (2) required textbooks for this course.
1. African American Grief (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) 1st Edition.Paul C. Rosenblatt, Ph.D., & Beverly R. Wallace, M.Ed., M.Div. Routledge. 2022.
ISBN-10: 0415951526
ISBN-13: 978-0415951524 Paper back edition.
Link to Purchase on Amazon.com: Access Here
2. The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series).Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT, & Jennifer Mullan, Psy.D. (Foreword). New Harbinger Publications. 2022.
ISBN-10: 1611809363
ISBN-13: 978-161180936 Paper back edition.
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3. Grief Diversity. Elaine J. Dispo-Rendón, Ph.D., from Cope with Hope Deal to Heal. ANAK KO, 2024. ISBN -13 978-1-7364549-8-5 Electronic edition.
Link to Purchase on ANAK KO: Access Here
IMPORTANT: When viewing the ANAK KO purchase link scroll down until you see the “SPECIAL SECTIONS”, there you will find the textbook, and its ISBN. At the bottom of the Special Sections there are ordering instructions. You can contact your instructor, Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón, if you have any issuing ordering this text.
ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS: This course contains additional optional assignments and a required video lecture.
TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete all of the four (4) courses in the Grief Support Group Certified Specialist continuing education program. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the courses within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the courses after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.
GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 65 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by the American Academy of Grief Counseling and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score, will be presented.
BOARD APPROVALS: The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is an Approved Provider for Continuing Education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider # 4637.
AIHCP is an approved provider of continuing education by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals (The Provider) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 65 Contact Hours. Access information
This course, which is approved by the Florida State Board Of Nursing (CE Provider # 50-11975) also has the following Board of Nursing Approvals, for 65 contact hours of CE
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
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ONLINE CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND TOOLS
* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as “open book” tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page “Student Resource Center.” The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor’s online resume/biography, as well as your instructor’s specific contact information.
* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional “readings” and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain how grief is not pathological but can be accompanied by mental illness
- Define and describe collective grief and trauma among racial minorities
- Define and describe vicarious grief and trauma among racial minorities and grief supporters
- Define and describe intergenerational grief and trauma among families
- Assess how racism as factors into grief
- Identify African American’s social disadvantages in statistics and comparisons
- Explain expectations of African American funeral rituals
- Explain expectations of African American emotional expression during bereavement
- Explain examples of African American grief experiences and perspectives
- Analyze the dichotomy between African Americans’ expectations of expressing emotion and internalized strength during bereavement
- Describe African American gospel music during grief
- Define African American spirituals
- Describe African American religious practices during grief
- Identify reasons why African American resist seeking professional grief support
- Explain how to assure African Americans of grief counseling benefits
- Define the dimensions of the TRIOS model for grief counselors to learn more about the African American culture
- Explain the Indigenous approach to grief
- Explain the Indigenous medicine wheel directions
- Describe similarities among African American and Latinx families in terms of grief
- Identify and define Latinx gender role expectations
- Explain the Latinx Day of the Dead celebration
- Explain characteristics and examples of Latinx holistic healing
- Explain Asian American and other races’ internalized racism
- Explain examples of Indian holistic healing
- Explain Chinese grief expectations
- Identify how grief affects the anatomy, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Identify cultural grief practices that are similar across cultures
- Explain examples of global and cross-cultural grief traditions
- Define and explain examples of Prolonged Grief Disorder
- Explain the pros and cons of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy in terms of minorities’ grief cultural practices
- Explain non-death-related grief among races
- Define and explain examples of disenfranchised grief
- Explain examples of bereavement among races and age groups that are not for family members
- Analyze the effect of hate crimes that target minority races on collective and vicarious grief
COURSE CONTENT:
A brief abstract of content:
- African American grief
- Indigenous grief
- Latinx grief
- Asian American grief
- Collective grief and trauma
- Vicarious grief and trauma
- Intergenerational grief and trauma
- Racism as a factor into grief
- African American disadvantages in society
- African American funeral rituals
- African American emotional expression during bereavement
- African American gospel music and spirituals
- African American religious practices during grief
- African American resistance from grief support
- TRIOS model for African American grief
- Indigenous approach to grief
- Indigenous medicine wheel
- African American and Latinx family and grief similarities
- Latinx gender role expectations
- Latinx Day of the Dead celebration
- Latinx holistic healing
- Asian American and other races’ internalized racism
- Indian holistic healing
- Chinese grief
- Traditional Chinese Medicine and grief
- Cultural grief practices that are similar across cultures
- Global and cross-cultural grief traditions
- Prolonged Grief Disorder
- Differences between grief and mental illness
- Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Grief among races that does not involve bereavement and death
- Disenfranchised grief
- Bereavement among races and ages that are not for family members