FSE 430 Aftercare and Bereavement Counseling

• Explain aftercare, bereavement, grief, death anxiety, and death awareness
• Support the need for aftercare at the funeral home
• Explain the purpose of aftercare.
• Assess the skills needed to become an aftercare provider
• Identify training and standards for personnel for an aftercare program at a funeral home
• Describe the funeral director as an aftercare provider
• Address legal concerns and potential liabilities of an aftercare program, as well as ethical considerations
• Assess and respond to the aftercare needs of a multicultural society
• Identify local agencies to use as resources for an aftercare program
• Develop a funeral home aftercare program and aftercare support groups
• Differentiate among the levels (types) of aftercare
• Describe the dynamics of grief
• Analyze special types of grief and mourning.
• Discuss grief management in relation to religious beliefs or lack thereof
• Examine facilitating grief through the funeral ritual
• Assess techniques funeral professionals use to address grief an avoid burnout