Describe the person’s demographics, their developmental age and functioning, and your relationship to the respondent.

Outline for Final Loss Across the Lifespan Paper
The outline below is provided as a guide, not a rigid format. Each subsection should be labeled, but not all questions are appropriate to your respondent’s loss. The order is not prescribed- flow of the paper’s narrative is more important than answering questions in order. Although this is a formal paper and proper grammar, syntax, spelling and citation are expected, you may use “I” judiciously (especially in the summary). References to the class readings (at least 5) and other readings (at least 2-4) should be integrated and cited appropriately following APA 7. “A” papers will use more than these minimums. Most papers will be 10-15 pages beyond the length of the Interview.

I. The Respondent: Describe the person’s demographics, their developmental age and functioning, and your relationship to the respondent. What intersectional identities impact their loss or their mourning of it?
II. The Loss: Describe the person’s loss, both referring to the words they used (in the transcriipt), but also your classification of the loss (i.e., a disenfranchised loss of a loved pet during the adolescent years; an off-time loss, etc.).
III. Application of Grief Theory: Think about the information you elicited about how the person experienced their loss and particularly how they believed their grief process evolved. Try to use several sections of the transcriipt to show the evolution of the grief process over time while possibly applying the questions below to a section or two (remember, each question is not appropriate for all losses).
1.
1. Does the person’s trajectory of grief fit better within classical grief theories, task or process-oriented models of grief- classical or newer postmodern concepts (Disenfranchised grief; Continuing Bonds; Meaning- making)? (Use and cite appropriate professional literature)
2. How do the intersectional aspects of identity you identified in Section I affect this person’s grief experience? How do developmental stage, cultural identities, gender, spirituality/ culture or other aspects play a role in the person’s grief process and/ or meaning- making?
3. What area/s did the person struggle with as their grief evolved and what factors do you assess as critical to why they had more difficulty in those areas?
4. What lessons did they take away from their grief experience and how do they fit with grief theory?
IV Application of Practice:
1. If you were providing grief work services to this person (either when it first happened or currently), what models/ theories would inform your assessment and treatment plan? What professional literature supports this view?
2. What do you believe the person’s needs continue to be in regards to this loss and what would you recommend professionally to help?
V. Summary:
How do you perceive this person’s loss overall?
What did you learn from this experience interviewing them?

APA Citation must be accurate. Remember that in the Neimeyer text, all chapters are authored by different authors and should be cited as separate references (do not just cite the whole text). An appropriate citation would be as below, though the format indent is not accurate here:

ALL Chapter of the McCoyd et al. text is considered part of the one resource, but because the first chapter has many of the seminal readings (Doka, Klass et al., Neimeyer, etc,) you can also cite those readings that you did as separate readings. The Neimeyer text is all different chapters by different authors and those DO all count as different resources (see the syllabus for how to cite each chapter appropriately). But, I’m sorry to say, all the chapters in the text were written by the same author (me) and so they only count as one resource, unless you are citing one of the additional readings at the end of the chapter.

Zech, E. & Arnold, C. (2011). Attachment and coping with bereavement: Implications for therapeutic interventions with the insecurely attached. In R.A. Neimeyer, D. L. Harris, H.R. Winokuer, & G.F. Thornton (Eds.), Grief and bereavement in contemporary society: Bridging research and practice (pp 23-35). Routledge.

Rubric:
15 points- shows analysis of the loss within the theoretical frameworks of loss (5 points for identification of types of loss; 5 for use of relevant loss theories; 5 for analysis)
10 points- shows evidence of skilled application to practice planning (5 for appropriate plan; 5 for connection to the theoretical assessment as driving the intervention)
10 points- follows instructions, has accurate grammar, syntax, citation and writing.

PLEASE USE THIS TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW I CONDUCTED:
The person I interviewed is a young adult who I was put in contact through by her cousin in which I am friends with. I shared with her the interview I will be changing her name for privacy and she chose the name Jessica Alba to be refered to in for the interview. She is dealing with the loss of her aunt who she states she was very close to and she misses her greatly the loss occurred. I was wanting to interview her about a loss that her and her cousin who I am friends with had about 2 years ago. But unbeknownst to me she had a more recent loss she wanted to discuss which was the passing of her aunt in March which was the main focus of the interview. Interview transcribed will be included to make references too for the paper. The interview must be cited properly including page number.

Please also use all the references provided it should include at least 5 of the source that I will provide the interview does not count as a source. And 2-3 relevant articles additionally.

Required reading book:

Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan “A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Third Edition
Judith L. M. McCoyd, PhD, LCSW, QCSW;Jeanne Koller, PhD, LCSW;Carolyn Ambler Walter, PhD, LCSW;
year 2021

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