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Death and Dying across the Lifespan
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (I Corinthians, 11-13)
Our understanding of death is going to be different depending on our age and life experience. In this unit we will be taking a lifespan perspective and seeing how developmental stages affect how we cope with death, how we mourn, and even how we view death itself.

Outcomes
Unit Outcomes 
•	The factors that contribute to crime, such as substance abuse, economic conditions, and family strife.
•	The different theories attached to criminal behavior, including cognitive, rational choice, learned behavior, sociological, and mental illness.

What do you have to do in this unit?
•	Complete the Unit Reading 
On the Reading page
•	Attend Seminar 
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•	Complete the Unit Assignment 
Concept Check
30 Points 
•	Participate in Discussion 
Respond to this unit's two discussion questions.
40 Points

In this unit we are looking at facing death, coping with death, grieving, and other issues surrounding death and dying from a developmental perspective. We have already looked at these topics in general, this week we will examine what impact age and developmental stage can have on these issues.
Chapter 12: Children. This chapter looks at how children encounter death and dying.
Chapter 13: Adolescents. This chapter looks at how adolescents encounter death and dying
Chapter 14: Young and Middle-Aged Adults. This chapter looks at how young and middle-aged adults encounter death and dying
Chapter 15: Older Adults. This chapter looks at how older adults encounter death and dying

To earn seminar credit for this unit, complete one of the following options below:
Option 1:Participate in a synchronous seminar.
Option 2:Participate in an asynchronous discussion by responding to the question below. Your response should be composed in complete sentences and paragraphs and be approximately 200-300 words in length.
For this seminar we will examine the vignettes in chapters 12-15.
1.	The vignette on page 320 depicts a father who did not respond in very helpful ways to the death-related concerns of his daughter, Allison. How would you have responded or have wanted him to respond to those concerns?
2.	Did you have any experiences like those described in the vignette on page 363? If so, what did the administrators, teachers, parents, and other students at your school do to cope with those experiences?
3.	Think about the vignette on page 398. What types of losses were the Archbishop and his mother coping with? If you were a friend, how would you try to help?
4.	Think back to the vignette on page 427. What types of losses did they experience? How did those losses affect them? How did they help one another?

Concept Check: Helping Children and Teens Cope with Death and Dying
If you were asked to recommend to adults how they could help children cope with death, what would you suggest? How would your recommendations differ (if at all) for different children or different losses?
What would you recommend to adults as ways they could help adolescents cope with death? Think about how your recommendations would differ (at all) for different adolescents or different losses.
This concept essay should be at least 300 words in length and formatted per APA style requirements. You should cite your textbook and include a reference page, however a title page is not necessary for this assignment.
Submitting Your Project 
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•	In the 'Submit to Basket' menu, select Unit 7: Concept Essay.
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•	Click the 'Add Attachments' button.
•	Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document. 
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