Relationship of the Course to Social Work Ethics and ValuesBaywood PublishingFactors Impacting AttitudesFeb. 2 NON-WRITTEN RTAN DISCUSSION QUESTIONFeb. 9 NON-WRITTEN RTAN DISCUSSION QUESTION AND DEBATE#6 INSIGHT INTERVIEW PAPER DUEClinical Intervention with Grievers; Issues in Assessment and TreatmentCounseling Principles in Facilitating GriefFeb. 16 NON-WRITTEN RTAN DISCUSSION QUESTION#7 RTAN 4 PROPOSAL DUE (See March 29 for details)Death and Grief in Childhood and AdolescenceDevelopmental IssuesIrish: Chapter 6#8 Ethics and Legal IssuesMedical Ethics and TechnologyRights and the DyingMarch 1 NO CLASS: SPRING BREAKMarch 8 WRITTEN RTAN 3 DUE; COMPETENCY QUIZ 2SW 617, Section 002 Instructor: Debra Mattison Death, Loss, and Grief Phone (H): 734-995-3517 Winter 2012 (please call before 10:00 p.m.) Room SSWB 2816 Confidential messages can be left on phone. Thursday 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Email: [email protected] Office Hours: I am available in the class room prior to and after class to discuss questions PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE MED and concerns. I am happy to make individual IN THE ADDRESS. appointments by contacting me by phone or email. DO NOT USE [email protected] Please allow 24 hours for email response Monday-Friday. Email is not monitored on weekends. Please put SW617 in the subject line. Course Description This course addresses the theoretical framework of human loss and grief from a culturally and philosophically diverse perspective. It seeks to provide information about why and how humans grieve and how grieving is affected by type of loss, socioeconomic and cultural factors, individual personality and family functioning. Attention is focused on life span development and the meaning of death and loss at different ages. Various types of loss are discussed from an individual, family and socio/cultural perspective. The importance of understanding trauma and its relationship to grief and loss will be addressed. Coping and resiliency in loss are explored, emphasizing the diversity of human response and focusing on the significance of social groups in integrating loss. The formation and practice of rituals, and diversity in religious and spiritual experience as a component of coping with loss will be discussed. While some interpersonal practice methods will be discussed, this course is not designed nor designated by the School of Social Work as a methods class. Course Objectives Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. Understand the implications for practice and policy of the changing patterns of death/dying in the U.S., regarding socioeconomic status, age, gender, and cultural/ethnic patterns. 2. Understand the different meanings of loss and the impact of loss on those grieving, caregivers, and larger social groups. 3. Identify and describe responses and reactions of the various caregivers (including social workers) to death and loss and the impact of these reactions on client systems. 4. Demonstrate increased awareness of the medical ethical issues in death and dying. 5. Summarize the different theoretical models for understanding bereavement and grieving. 6. Identify the practical issues and problems that arise for individuals and families following a death or major loss in the family and the significance of social groups in bereavement.SW 617, Sec. 002 Debra Mattison Winter, 2012 - 2 - 7. Examine the variables impacting mourning (e.g. ability, age, class, color, culture, ethnicity, family structure, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion or spirituality, sex, and sexual orientation) in the experience and expression of grief for the family and/or person facing death and bereavement. 8. Discuss the ways in which violence affects the experience of death or loss, and the impact of layered loss when continually exposed to loss or violence. 9. Identify post traumatic stress disorder. 10. Discuss dominant themes of complicated mourning, including multiple losses, traumatized loss; disenfranchised and stigmatized loss, cultural genocide, and historical transmission of loss. 11. Discuss typical ethical concerns related to death, loss, and grief. Relationship of the Course to Four Curricular Themes • Multiculturalism and Diversity will be addressed through the discussion of worker-client differences and power/privilege differentials based on culture, ethnicity, race, gender, age, and social class. Social system and case examples, possible interventions, and readings will reflect this theme. • Social Justice and Social Change will be addressed through discussion of differences between problems that are responsive to interpersonal practice interventions and those which result from poverty, discrimination, and disenfranchisement and require systemic as well as individual intervention. • Promotion, Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation will be addressed through identification of ways to provide early intervention, guidance, and advocacy within systems, methods of preventing or mitigating later problems in loss and bereavement, and discussion of intervention theories and health care and social policies which support adaptive responses to loss that enhance later adjustment. • Behavioral and Social Science Research will inform this course, especially current research in the following areas: bereavement and complicated mourning attachment and developmental requirements, response to trauma and maltreatment and resiliency/coping/ adaptation. Relationship of the Course to Social Work Ethics and Values Social work ethics and values will be addressed in this course using the NASW Code of Ethics. This course will increase awareness of the medical-ethical issues and decision making in death and dying. In addition, students will evaluate ethical issues involved in death and loss, and discuss the impact of the social worker’s values and reactions to these issues. Intensive Focus on Privilege, Oppression, Diversity and Social Justice (PODS) This course integrates PODS content and skills with a special emphasis on the identification of theories, practice and/or policies that promote social justice, illuminate injustices and are consistent with scientific and professional knowledge. Through the use of a variety of instructional methods, this course will support students developing a vision of social justice, learn to recognize and