Talking about Death and Dying with the Disability Community
This PowerPoint contains a description of a program I wrote for our Jewish disability community. There are six activities that can easily be adapted to other communities.
About this Lesson
This PowerPoint contains a description of a program I wrote for our Jewish disability community. It explores the topics of death and grief through the lens of those with cognitive disabilities. There are six activities that can easily be adapted to other communities.
This resource was created as part of the Shomer Collective Educator Fellowship, which was generously funded by the Covenant Foundation. For more Jewish wisdom and resources on death and dying, please visit shomercollective.org.
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