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Compete the “Bereavement Across the Lifespan” worksheet.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing and a title page is expected.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
This assignment meets the following CACREP Standards:
2.F.3.h: A general framework for understanding differing abilities and strategies for differentiated interventions.
2.F.3.i: Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for promoting resilience and optimum development and wellness across the lifespan.
PCN-518 Topic 8: Bereavement Across the Lifespan
Directions: One’s understanding of death and the bereavement process changes over the life
span. Using the matrix provided below, summarize how the various stages of life understand
death, and how each might grieve the loss of a loved one. Create a short vignette for each age
group that expresses your understanding of the age group’s response to death and bereavement.
Finally, hypothesize how a professional counselor might counsel each age group through the
bereavement process. The first stage has been completed for you as an example.
Age Group and
Perception of
Grief
Response to Grief
Baby and Toddler
Excessive crying,
yearning for being held
Vignette
(short
example/story
of a child’s loss
scenario)
A baby’s birth
mother died
during delivery.
Counseling
Interventions
Counsel the
guardians of the
baby to be sure
to tend to the
baby’s need for
touch and
comfort.
Preschool age
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Grade school Age
Adolescence
/Teenage years
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Adulthood
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Late Adulthood
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Directions: One’s understanding of death and the bereavement process changes over the life
span. Using the matrix provided below, summarize how the various stages of life understand
death, and how each might grieve the loss of a loved one. Create a short vignette for each age
group that expresses your understanding of the age group’s response to death and bereavement.
Finally, hypothesize how a professional counselor might counsel each age group through the
bereavement process. The first stage has been completed for you as an example.
Age Group and
Perception of
Grief
Response to Grief
Baby and Toddler
Excessive crying,
yearning for being held
Vignette
(short
example/story
of a child’s loss
scenario)
A baby’s birth
mother died
during delivery.
Counseling
Interventions
Counsel the
guardians of the
baby to be sure
to tend to the
baby’s need for
touch and
comfort.
Preschool age
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Grade school Age
Adolescence
/Teenage years
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Adulthood
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Late Adulthood
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