Preparation

For this assessment, you will choose one of two topics on the topic of grief and loss to examine. Your research efforts should focus either on how children and adults grieve, or on the cultural differences in grieving. Locate at least 3 scholarly or professional research articles to use.

Requirements

Choose one of the two topics listed below to examine:

• A comparison of the bereavement and grieving processes of children and adults.

• A comparison of the grieving processes of two different cultures.

Your submitted assessment should include the following:

• Explain what grieving is. Does it always involve the physical death of a loved one?

• Describe the grieving processes for the two populations you have selected (children and adults, or two different cultures).

• Analyze the differences in the way the two groups grieve.

• What theories of development or models of grief might be applied to explain how each group grieves?