title: Communicating about loss and mourning: death education for individuals with mental retardation.
abstract: The experimental curriculum that is the focus of this investigation, the Communicating About Loss & Mourning (CALM) Curriculum, was designed for and field-tested on a sample of verbally expressive adults with mental retardation. Findings from this pilot study involving the implementation of the Curriculum suggest that individuals with mental retardation have a need for and indeed can benefit from a formal program of death education and grief counseling.
authors.affiliation: Ohio University, Athens 45701.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yanok
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beifus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D003142:Communication; D003210:Concept Formation; D003479:Curriculum; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment