Pre-Conference Institute (March 27-28, 2012)

Arrive a few days early and enhance your conference experience by participating in one or more of the pre-conference sessions being offered. These specially designed workshops provide an in-depth look at the topics and issues of greatest importance in grief and bereavement. Additional registration and tuition are required for these courses.

ADEC's pre-conference institute includes two kinds of events: Professional Development Courses and Specialty Workshops. However, you can only choose to attend one of the two types of educational activities, as their schedules conflict.

Professional Development Courses: When you sign up for one of three courses, you'll be attending two full days of specialized education taught by one subject-matter expert. The course will take place on Tuesday, March 27 and Wednesday, March 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both days.

Specialty Workshops: ADEC offers a selection of specialty workshops on a variety of in-depth topics related to the field of thanatology which will take place on Tuesday, March 27 and Wednesday, March 28. You may choose to attend one or more half-day workshops, or one or more full-day workshops. You also can opt to attend these workshops on one or both of the days on which they are offered.

View Pre-Conference Institute scheduling grid.

 

ADEC Professional Development Courses

Tuesday & Wednesday

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

    Introduction to Thanatology: Dying, Death, and Bereavement
    Faculty:  William G. Hoy, DMIn FT

    Intermediate Course: Grief Counseling
    Faculty: J. William Worden, PhD, ABPP

    Advanced Course: Complicated Bereavement and Grief Therapy
    Faculty: Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD

Specialty Workshops

Tuesday, March 27

Full-Day Workshops   8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Complicated Grief and Bereavement-related Depression
M. Katherine Shear, MD and Sidney Zisook, MD

The Helper’s Journey: Counseling for Grief, Loss and Life-Threatening Illness
Dale Larson, PhD

Iceberg Theory: Counseling WAY BELOW the Surface
Ben Wolfe, MEd, LICSW

Morning Half-Day Workshops     8:30 a.m. – Noon

My Family, Your Family: How Families of Origin Affect the Helping Relationship
Janice Winchester Nadeau, PhD, LP, LMFT, RN, FT

Healing a Broken Heart: Intimacy as a Restored Option (session withdrawn)
Richard Gilbert, PhD; Harold Ivan Smith, DMin, FT; R. Bradley DeFord, PhD; and M. Douglas Harvey, MDiv, CT 

Afternoon Half-Day Workshops       1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Care of the Dying and Bereaved
Louis Gamino, PhD

Creative Interventions to Help the Bereaved
Roberta Temes, PhD

Wednesday, March 28

Full-Day Workshops        8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Children and Grief: Theories, Skill and Interventions for the Grief Counselor
Howard Winokuer, PhD, FT

Nine Proven Survival Skills For Coping With Loss and Change: Clinical and Practical Applications 
Lou LaGrand, PhD

Healing from Within: The Use of Positive Psychology and Core Character Strengths in Coping with Loss and Grief
Judith M. Stillion, PhD, CT and Lisa Dinhoffer, MA, CT, CTBS

Morning Half-Day Workshops     8:30 a.m. – Noon

Spiritual and Religious Issues in Dying and Bereavement
Jack LoCicero, PhD, FT

Exploring the Tornado Within: Grief-related Anger in Children  
Darcie Sims, PhD, CHT, CT, GMS

End-of-Life Decision-Making: An African-American Perspective
Scott Adams, MA

Afternoon Half-Day Workshops       1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Using Fiction to Help Grieving Children, Teens and Adults
Marc A. Markell, PhD, CT and Kathryn Markell, PhD

Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Grieve
Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, FT and Terry L. Martin, PhD

Understanding the Needs of Grieving College Students
Heather Servaty-Seib, PhD

 

 

	Tuesday, March 27
8:30 a.m. - Noon	Half-Day Workshops	Full Day Workshops	Professional Development Courses
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Half-Day Workshops

 

	Wednesday, March 28
8:30 a.m. - Noon	Half-Day Workshops	Full Day Workshops	Professional Development Courses
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Half-Day Workshops

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