Healthcare Training Institute - Quality Education since 1979
CE for Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, & MFT!!

Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes

By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Name three aspects of denial in children.
-Name three aspects of anger in children.
-Describe three concepts of guilt in grieving children.
-List three aspects of murder that affect children.
-Identify two signs of complicated grief and depression following loss.
-List three concepts of fear in grief process.
-Name two ways to involve children in the change that results from loss.
-Name three aspects regarding children's adjustment after a loss.
-Discuss three parenting guidelines related to treating traumatized children.
-Explain the manifestation of children's hyperactivity resulting from loss.
-Name four types of separation distress in children.
-Explain two topics regarding defense mechanisms in children's grief.
-Identify three techniques regarding complicated grief in children.
-Discuss two topics in relation to solving childhood grief as an adult.
-Explain the result of unresolved childhood grief and perception of vulnerability to loss.
-Explain loss of the "infantile object" or loss of the "fantasized self."
-Explain what factors associated with bereavement lead to adult depression.
-Explain the main challenge for a CCT therapist.
-Explain what was found in a study performed by Weller and colleagues related to the comparison of the manifestation of depression in bereaved children and a sample of clinically depressed children.
-Explain the signs of depression in a child up to age three.
-Explain the signs of adolescent suicide.
-Explain during the introduction session of CBT, what is the focus of a brief parent-only segment.
-Explain what is inhibited by children dealing with grief complicated by symptoms of PTSD avoiding painful and intrusive thoughts.
-Explain which sex shows higher rates of overall psychological difficulties.
-Explain the continuous line or "scribble" technique and its purpose with bereaved children.
-Explain what stages of grief working with the Arts helps a child move through.


"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."