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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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