Living with Grief: Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss

HFAs new program focuses exclusively on issues adolescents face as they cope with loss. Adolescence - broadly defined from middle school years to emerging adulthood - is a significant developmental period where adolescents form identity, independence, and intimacy. Illness and loss profoundly influence these processes. Moreover, adolescent encounters with loss are likely to be traumatic -- deaths by accident, suicide, and homicide. This program explores the ways that healthcare workers, hospices, educators, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors, and other professionals can assist adolescents coping with loss. The program was webcast live on April 10, 2014 and remains available online and on DVD for a year. For more information visit hospicefoundation.org