The Central Florida Chapter of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (CFADEC) is dedicated to improving the quality of death education and death-related counseling and care-giving, providing support, stimulation, encouragement and networking to its members and those studying and working in death-related fields. The Association provides opportunities for its members to develop provisional identities as death educators and grief counselors. This mission is implemented in the following ways:

2. Through a regularly published newsletter that keeps members up-to-date on new developments in the field, communicates organizational matters to the membership, and shares other newsworthy items.

3. Through quarterly educational, support and networking meetings.

The Central Florida Chapter of the Association for Death Education and Counseling is a forum of professionals dedicated to improving the quality of death education and death-related counseling and caregiving in the Central Florida area.

It provides fellowship, support, stimulation, encouragement, and networking opportunities to its members and those studying, working or volunteering in death related fields. Our quarterly dinner meetings serve as a means to exchange related information on local direct services, insights and newly generated practices among professionals and concerned lay persons.

If you have not attended one of our dinner meetings we highly recommend that you join us for our October meeting to get acquainted and become connected to a truly dynamic group of specialists in the field of death, dying and bereavement. CFC ADEC spells:

C onnectedness with other grief specialists
F riendships fostered
C ommunity focused
A ffirmed and validated in grief work
D edicated to the mission
E clectic group complementing each other
C ommitment to compassionate care.