Research paper on death education for children and adolescents
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a review of the professional literature (peer-review journal articles) and describe efforts to teach and counsel children and adolescents about grief.
Instructions: HEA 336 students will write a report on this topic based on a review of at least 5 peer-review journal articles. Include the following information in your report:
1) A summary of what you learned from this research
2) How can you use this information as a future health educator (or other type of service professional)?
3) How does what you learned from these articles relate to your own experience or other outside reading/research that you have done?
4) How does the information from these research studies relate to the information in the “Last Dance” book?
5) What questions or concerns do you have based on what you learned from these studies?
6) What were your own experiences with death education in school when you were growing up, what would you change and why?
7) What are your recommendations for improving death education and bereavement services for children and adolescents?
8) If you were instructed by the principal of your school to develop a working group on improving death education in your school, how would you go about forming this group, who would you include and why, what would be your main goals, how would you measure these goals?
9) Identify and describe one local and one national organization involved in promoting death education among children and teens and how you could involve them in your school program.
HEA 336 students: Your paper should be at least 5-7 pages long (excluding cover page and bibliography). Please choose your words carefully and thoughtfully, and consider each paper as an opportunity to improve your writing skills.

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