Announcing the Educator's Resources
The Educator’s Resources are the direct result of feedback we gathered from Instructors and students over the past year. The Educators Resources it the go-to resource for how-to-teach, teaching tips, and strategies. We hope this resource will assist you with teaching and ensure that your students are well prepared to provide hospice palliative care. We’ll […]
Teaching: Timing – Part 3 – When to assign the reflective writing assignments
This post will address when to start the students with the reflective writing “Baggage and Beliefs” section of the Study Guide For those unfamiliar with the Study Guide, you can have a peek inside by using this link to view a sample of the Beliefs and Baggage” exercises. These exercises encourage students to explore their […]
Death and Dying in the 21st Century… how fascinating!
You may have heard of “midwives” and “birth doulas” but have you heard of “midwives for the dying” or “death doulas”? https://www.agentleguide.com/ You know about home deaths, but have you heard about “home funerals” or “family directed funerals”? https://homefuneraldirectory.com/ You know about environmental programs to minimize environmental impact, but have you heard about “green burial” […]
Excellent teachers… Wendy Kurchak is a fine example
Wendy Kurchak just finished facilitating LDM online course “Walking and Talking with Kids about Death and Dying”. As I followed the course, I was reminded of Parker Palmer’s inspiring book “The Courage to Teach” (A must read for all educators).He suggests that the role of the teacher is to connect, connect with the students, connect […]
