After participating in the three day, multidisciplinary activity, health care and mental health professionals, as well as clergy/chaplains, will be able to:

Understand the nature of the grief process as it relates to the patients and congregants they serve

Identify the signs of complicated grief and differentiate between “normal” and complicated grief.

Implement strategies and mechanisms to support those who are grieving a significant loss.

Identify signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout.

Develop approaches to acknowledge and validate cultural differences within the grief process.

Understand how children cope with grief and develop skills to assist children through the grieving process.

Evaluate how personal narratives can benefit clients in their grief work.

Describe the rights and choices that family members have in the disposition of a loved after death.