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Ambiguous Loss, Shattered Dreams, and Disruptive Changes: Honest Responses that Promote Grieving, Resiliency, and Hope

Wed-Thu, May 24-25, 9am-4pm, $300Program #3319-17-LAAS12 hours, 12 CECH (CHES) contact hoursLevel: IntermediatePyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI

This is a busy intersection! Losses are rarely singular; rather, the change intertwines with past, current, and future stories.

Through presentations, demonstrations, discussion, and practice, you discover perspectives and tools to support individuals and families facing developmental and unexpected life events. You also learn to utilize emerging and tried-and-true models for grief and bereavement care.

Learning objectives:• Describe change and transition and their implication

for grief counseling, support, health education, and therapy.

• Define the characteristics of shattered dreams and of clear and ambiguous loss, and explain the implications of these for grief care, support, and education.

• Describe new insights about resiliency and loss. • Practice and apply tools for storying and re-storying

after disruptive changes.• Develop specific plans to use these learnings in

your work.

Instructor:Ted Bowman, author, educator, adjunct professor (Univ. of Saint Thomas School of Social Work)

Note: Enjoy lunch on your own at the many nearby restaurants or at the UW-Madison Memorial Union, located one block away. Outside food items (including items from home) are NOT allowed to be consumed at the Pyle Center.

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Grief Support Specialist Certificate (Online)

Mar 17-May 15, $1,295 before Feb 17, $1,495 afterProgram #3315-17-LAASJul 14-Sep 12, $1,295 before Jun 20, $1,495 afterProgram #3314-18-LAAS35 hours, 26 CECH (CHES) contact hoursLevel: Intermediate

Counselors, clergy, coaches, educators, or other health-care providers: gain the counseling tools to help people find healing in the midst of loss, whether through death, divorce, destruction due to drug abuse, or any traumatic personal devastation.

Lectures, small-group assignments, and activities replicate all of the content and learning objectives of the in-person course, while allowing online learners to listen to the lectures and do the assignments on your own schedule. You are expected to commit 20-25 hours during the first five weeks for lectures and assignments, and 15-20 hours during the last three weeks for a project or paper.

This is the first program of its kind in the nation at a major university. The instructors are renowned experts who understand the complexity of personal loss.

Week 1: Psycho-spiritual model of care, theories, and toolsWeek 2: Supporting children and adolescents in lossWeek 3: Spirituality and cultural competenceWeek 4: Job creation and job enhancementWeek 5: Traumatic grief and compassion fatigue

Learning objectives:• Identify and use various tools and techniques that help

clients process their feelings and thoughts related to loss.• Examine the cognitive, emotional, and physical grief

responses based upon a client’s developmental age.• Develop a basic set of multicultural clinical practice

competencies and guidelines for working with diverse patients and families.

• Develop a strategy of creating or enhancing a job in grief education/counseling.

• Identify options to address large-scale trauma that leaves large groups dealing with grief, and describe techniques to help care for and recharge oneself.

• Develop an action plan to use this expertise in your work.

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Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706-1487Phone: 608-262-2451 or 800-725-9692 (Wisconsin Relay 711)Fax: 608-265-3163 or 800-741-7416

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Instructors:Doug Smith (MA, MSc, MDiv) Smith is a seasoned trainer, consultant and counselor, who has worked for hospices, hospitals, addiction treatment programs and universities across the United States and throughout Canada. A recipient of three master’s degrees in three different

healthcare disciplines, Smith believes his varied background gives him a truly holistic perspective. He has written sev-eral books, including The Tao of Dying, The Tao of Grieving, and Being a Wounded Healer. Smith also has had significant personal experience in grief, having lost to death a broth-er and two daughters. He co-created the UW Madison’s Grief Support Specialist Certificate in 2013.

Molly Tomony (MA, ATR-BC, LPC)Molly is currently a child and family therapist for the Rainbow Project in Madison, Wisconsin. She has taught art therapy and education for both the University of Wisconsin and Edgewood College, and has worked in several

hospices, specializing in art therapy and grief work with children. Molly has extensive experience in running grief groups for both hospices and schools, having written manuals for running grief groups in elementary, middle and high school settings. She has also applied her art therapy talents to individuals with disabilities and is cur-rently an art instructor for SALSO (Strong Artistic Ladies Speaking Out).

Ridley Usherwood (MA, DMin)Ridley has over 45 years of experience in education, teaching, research, and program design. He is recently retired as the grief support coordinator for Home Health United; is currently a practicing marriage and family therapist,

with a strong background in pastoral ministry and coun-seling. He has taught classes in multi-cultural studies at Edgewood College and was for 9 years the Director of the Intercultural Studies Program at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. Ridley has done work in South Korea, Brazil, Great Britain, Ghana, Germany, Argentina, the Philippines, Ecuador and Canada. He has also assisted in the devel-opment of Hope Africa University in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Approved Hours/Continuing Education Credits0.1 CEU=1 hour of professional continuing education. Participants receive verification of attendance at end of program.

The UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies is an approved continuing education provider for the following organizations:

Social Workers: UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies (provider #1042) is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB, aswb.org), through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 4/27/2016-4/27/2019. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers participating in this course will receive 12 continuing education clock hours for Ambiguous Loss (#3319-17-LAAS) or 35 continuing education clock hours for Grief Support Specialist Certificate (#3315-17-LAAS or #3314-18-LAAS). Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota Boards of Social Work recognize ACE programs.

Psychologists: UW-Madison Continuing Studies is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies maintains responsibility for these programs and their content.

Counselors: UW-Madison Continuing Studies has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) #5990. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Continuing Studies is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Health Educators (CHES/MCHES): UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies (MEP4561) is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES).

Marriage and Family Therapists: These programs qualify as accredited university continuing education courses relevant to professional practice.

WI Substance Abuse Counselors: These programs qualify as continuing education courses consisting of relevant subject matter taught by qualified presenters.

Educators: These programs may qualify towards your Professional Development Plans (PDPs).

Other professions: Completion of each program qualifies for 12 continuing education hours for Ambiguous Loss or 35 continuing education hours for Grief Specialist Certificate. Contact your own board or organization for specific continuing education requirements.

General InformationLodging and Parking: For Pyle Center directions and parking visit conferencing.uwex.edu.

Cancellation Policies: For Ambiguous Loss course—Cancellations made at least three full business days before a program begins will receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee. For Grief Support Specialist Certificate—A $500 deposit is required at registration; the remaining balance is due by Mar 3. Cancellations made before Feb 17 will receive a full refund minus a $100 administrative fee. No refunds allowed after Feb 17.Weather Policy: In the event of bad weather or other emergencies, call 608-263-4432 or visit continuingstudies. wisc.edu to learn whether a Continuing Studies program or class has been cancelled.

Continuing Education Credit Information: See continuingstudies.wisc.edu/ceu-approved-hours.html for approved continuing education provider information.

Questions? Contact Barbara Nehls-Lowe at barbara.nehlslowe@wisc.edu or 608-890-4653.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact Andy Richardson at 608-262-0557 or email andy.richardson@wisc.edu. Requests are confidential.