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Let's Talk About Death: An Open Forum For Challenging And Changing Uri’S Response To Student Bereavement, Molly Beluk
Let's Talk About Death: An Open Forum For Challenging And Changing Uri’S Response To Student Bereavement, Molly Beluk
Senior Honors Projects
When my father passed away in March 2020, I felt discord and inconsistency in how the faculty responded to my grief. This project is designed to understand how the University of Rhode Island currently supports students after they have experienced a death loss and determine ways we can improve student support moving forward. This project’s praxes include a faculty survey on current supports; study of other universities’ student bereavement policies; and facilitation of a forum with faculty, staff, and administrators. Students who experience a loss in their college years “are at risk for decreased academic performance and dropout” (DeSpelder and …
Turning To Waheguru: Religious And Cultural Coping Mechanisms Of Bereaved Sikhs, Muninder Ahluwalia, Raman Kaur Mohabir
Turning To Waheguru: Religious And Cultural Coping Mechanisms Of Bereaved Sikhs, Muninder Ahluwalia, Raman Kaur Mohabir
Department of Counseling Scholarship and Creative Works
Grief and loss are universal experiences for all individuals and communities. The experience of a loss due to death and the bereavement process to follow are influenced by an individual’s religious values and beliefs. In this article, we discuss the Sikh bereavement process in the United States. We provide brief personal narratives as exemplar case studies, highlight religious and cultural factors, and explain potential challenges of bereavement. Finally, we discuss implications for mental health clinicians and other providers of services that surround death and dying.
School Counselors, Multiple Student Deaths, And Grief: A Narrative Inquiry, Michael Hannon, Raman K. Mohabir, Richard E. Cleveland, Brandon Hunt
School Counselors, Multiple Student Deaths, And Grief: A Narrative Inquiry, Michael Hannon, Raman K. Mohabir, Richard E. Cleveland, Brandon Hunt
Department of Counseling Scholarship and Creative Works
A team of 5 school counselors were interviewed to learn how they professionally and personally experienced the deaths of multiple students in 1 year in their school while attending to the needs of the school community. By using narrative inquiry, 5 themes emerged from the analysis: gravity of the losses, logistics of care, personal vs. professional conflicts, increased student cohesion, and efficacy. Recommendations for counselor preparation, research, and counseling practice are offered.