[Training] Loss & Grief in Real Time: The African American Experience with COVID-19

Presenters:

M. Katherine Shear, MD. Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Center for Complicated Grief (Bio)

Nicole Alston, MSW, Associate for the Center for Complicated Grief (Bio)

Johnnie Green, DMin, Senior Pastor Mount Neboh Baptist Church – Harlem (Bio)

Description:  As of May 4, over 68,000 people have died in the United States from COVID-19. The death rate for Black Americans is 2.7 times higher than the rate for Whites leaving a catastrophic number of Black Americans grieving their loss. COVID deaths are especially difficult for everyone, but racism and the disparities it engenders further magnify the untoward outcomes of these losses. This webinar will provide a HEALING milestones model for psychoeducation on grief and adaptation to loss. We’ll moderate a discussion of the challenges of having a loved one die during the COVID-19 pandemic and how we might meet them. The focus of the webinar will be on the lived experience of grief in the African American community as told by Dr. Green, the distinguished Senior Pastor of Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem and the impact of racial inequalities. We will also discuss the likelihood of elevated rates of prolonged grief and strategies that might help mitigate this.

Objectives: By attending this session attendees will be able to

• Use the HEALING milestones model to inform grief psychoeducation with a client
• Describe the impact of COVID-19 on the grief experience of the African American community

LIVE WEBINAR w/ Limited Capacity- Please note that this event is open to the public and being recorded for educational and professional development purposes. FREE ADMISSION W/ OPTIONAL DONATION TO CSSW STUDENT EMERGENCY FUND

• Donations will go to CSSW students facing immediate crises including food insecurity, housing insecurity, or other unexpected COVID-19 related expenses.
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1.5 CE for NYS-, NJ-, and CT- licensed social workers. Other states, please confirm with your licensing board as many other states accept our social work CE. 

***Tickets are available until 10:30am on 5/21/2020 OR when capacity is reached***