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Person-Centered
Planning for Later life:
Death and Dying - A
Curriculum for Adults
with Mental Retardation
by H.L. Stern, E.A.
Kennedy, & C.M. Sed,
(2000)
This
training curriculum
helps adults with developmental
disabilities understand
death, dying and loss.
It covers the concept
of death; experiencing
and coping with grief,
mourning, comfort, and
support; and death-related
rituals (visitations
and funerals).
The curriculum consists
of five in-class
lessons and one field
trip, which emphasizes
active participation
through both verbal
and visual presentation
of materials.
The Instructor's
guide provides a
script for each lesson
and includes guidelines
for planning and administering
each lesson. Each participant
has a Student notebook
that accompanies the
instructor's training
curriculum. Each participant
chooses a support person
to help him/her review
the lessons and complete
assignments.
The
curriculum is designed
to educate individuals
about death and dying.
Specifically , the aim
of the curriculum is
to teach adults about:
- the
concept of death -
to fully understand
what death means;
- the
issues related to
loss, grief, and mourning
- to be able to recognize
feelings, thoughts,
and behaviours experienced
whenever a loss occurs,
regardless of the
type of loss, and
to learn how to comfort
others who have experienced
a loss;
- death
rituals and social
norms - to learn about
what happens at death-related
events such as visitations,
funerals, etc. as
well as how to act
appropriately at such
events;
- choices
they can make related
to their own deaths
- to be able to make
informed decisions
about end-of-life
events such as obituaries,
eulogies, and funerals.
References
to God and/or any specific
religious practice are
of a general nature
. . . The instructor
has the discretion,
depending on the context,
to determine how much
or how little, religious
and or ethnic perspective
should be incorporated.
Each
lesson provides the
goal, objectives,
preparation, materials
needed and instructor's
script. Pilot testing
was with men and women
aged 50 years or older
with mild to severe
levels of developmental
disability. The term
"mental retardation"
is used.
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The
Clearinghouse
on Aging
and Developmental
Disabilities
Department of
Disability and
Human Development,
University of
Illinois at Chicago
1640 West Roosevelt
Road
Chicago, Illinois
60608-6904
Telephone: (312)
413-1860
Fax: (312) 996-6942
E-mail: rrtcamr@uic.edu
Web site: www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/index.html
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Description
of Resource: 61 pages,
Instructor's Guide &
39 pages of pictures/graphics
used in curriculum,
17 pages, Student notebook,
reproducible, 3 ring
binder.
Approximate
Cost: Instructor's guide
and Student Notebook:
$25.00 (US)
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