Helping Children Cope With Grief

2013-08-21
Helping Children Cope With Grief

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  • Author: Alan Wolfelt
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135059691
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 193

First published in 1984. A common myth is that that young children (say around three years of age) do not understand death or give the death of friend, pet, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, other relative, or give it a Raggedy-Ann doll meaning. However, research has indicated that they do. If it is difficult for us to think about our death, it is the author’s hypothesis that to think of the death of our children is an even greater difficulty. We dread the thought of our children suffering pain, dying, and death. Similarly the thought of our children suffering grief is difficult for us to comprehend. Helping Children Cope With Grief is more universal to more than the area of grief and is a valuable tool for parents, teachers, and counselors when their goal is to develop happier, more loving children.

Helping Children Cope with Loss and Change

2019-08-19
Helping Children Cope with Loss and Change

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  • Author: Amanda Seyderhelm
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000043975
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 299

Whether it’s the grief of bereavement, the strain of divorce or the uncertainty of a new home or school, loss and change affect children in countless ways. Nevertheless, teachers and parents frequently find themselves ill-equipped to help children struggling with the difficult feelings that these situations, and others like them, bring. Helping Children Cope with Loss and Change offers guided support for teachers, health professionals and parents. Designed for use with children aged 4-10, this guide offers: Case studies illustrating various signs of grief and loss, to help the caregiver spot and manage a child’s pain. Therapeutic stories designed to be read with the child, and with prompt questions to encourage discussion. Creative activities and exercises that can be developed into a therapeutic ‘toolkit’ to support the child and the caregiver themselves. With chapters that move from Loss and Change to Resolution and Resilience, addressing the needs of both the child and caregiver, Helping Children Cope with Loss and Change will be an invaluable therapeutic tool.

Why Did You Die?

2008
Why Did You Die?

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  • Author: Erika Leeuwenburgh
  • Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
  • ISBN: 1572246049
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 134

When a loved one dies, children are faced with a kaleidoscope of feelings, thoughts, and questions. Struggling with these issues can be overwhelming without guidance, support, and creative forms of expression. This bereavement book contains simple, effective activities to help children and parents communicate about death and the grieving process. Through these activities, children will learn how to grow and thrive after the loss of a loved one.

When Someone Dies

2016-03-01
When Someone Dies

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  • Author: National Alliance for Grieving Children Staff
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780996380409
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

The death of a family member or friend has a lasting impact on the lives of children. Often, families are at a loss as to how to talk to their children about death, and how to engage them in end of life rituals. "When Someone Dies" is an activity book for children that also provides valuable information to parents and caregivers about how grief impacts children, and offers guidance about how adults can connect with children on the very difficult subjects of death, dying, and bereavement.

Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One

1996-01-15
Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One

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  • Author: William C. Kroen
  • Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
  • ISBN: 1575428725
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 113

What can we say to a child who has just lost a parent, a sibling, or other loved one? How can we be sure to say and do the right things without adding to the child's confusion and grief? And what if we are grieving, too? Grief in children may be expressed differently than in adults. In clear, concise language, Dr. William Kroen offers comfort, compassion, and sound advice to any adult who is helping a child cope with death. Incorporating insights and information from the respected Good Grief Program at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and weaving in anecdotes about real children and their families, he explains how children from infancy through age 18 perceive and react to death. He offers suggestions on how we can respond to children at different ages and stages, and describes specific strategies we can use to guide and support them through the grieving process—from the first devastating days through commemorating the loved one and eventually moving on with life. Includes a list of recommended organizations and additional readings.

Children Grieve, Too

1998
Children Grieve, Too

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  • Author: Joy Johnson
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781561231065
  • Category : Bereavement in adolescence
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

A concise guide that explains how to help one's child through grief during the first few days after a death, describing what to expect from children at different age levels from infant to teen, providing age-specific guidance on how to help a child cope, and discussing how to talk to the child about the funeral and wake or visitation.

Talking with Children About Loss

1999-10-01
Talking with Children About Loss

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  • Author: Maria Trozzi
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780399525438
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 342

Through captivating stories and thoughtful analysis, Maria Trozzi explains how to handle the difficult job of talking with children and adolescents about loss, with discussions about: * How children perceive and interpret events such as death, disability, and divorce * Guiding children through the four tasks of mourning * Helping children face funerals, wakes, and memorial services * Children's fears and fantasies: how they express them, and how to address them * Age-appropriate responses to children's questions and concerns * Talking to children about long-term illness, suicide, family or community tragedy, and other special situations * What to do when children won't talk about loss, and when to seek professional help"The wisdom, authenticity, and sheer presence of the author are evident from page one until the end of the beautifully written book. Terms like 'ground-breaking' and 'innovative' have been triviliazed by overuse. In this case they are deserved." --Stan Turecki, M.D., author of The Difficult Child

Wherever You Are

2010-09-14
Wherever You Are

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  • Author: Nancy Tillman
  • Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
  • ISBN: 142999553X
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 38

Bestselling author/artist Nancy Tillman celebrates the ways in which the love between parents and children is forever. . . . I wanted you more than you'll ever know, so I sent love to follow wherever you go. . . . Love is the greatest gift we have to give our children. It's the one thing they can carry with them each and every day. If love could take shape it might look something like these heartfelt words and images from the inimitable Nancy Tillman. Wherever You Are is a book to share with your loved ones, no matter how near or far, young or old, they are.

Verbal First Aid

2010-06-01
Verbal First Aid

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  • Author: Judith Simon Prager
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 1101188111
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 289

Words as Medicine What to say to your children to get them through the bumps, bruises, and crises of childhood. Falling off a bike, having a bad dream, getting stitches...sometimes a kiss isn't enough to make it all better. But what you say to your child in those first moments of pain or fear could make all the difference. Using techniques the authors have taught to doctors, nurses, and first responders, Verbal First Aid(tm) explains how words can be used to promote healing from burns, bruises, nightmares, asthma attacks, and more. It provides scripts and tips on how to short-circuit traumatic memories, sometimes just by speaking a sentence or two. This revolutionary book gives parents the responses they need to immediately stabilize their children's emotions. And these methods will build a foundation of confidence and inner strength that will help kids heal at the deepest level, and weather whatever hardships and difficulties they encounter throughout life.

Mindfulness and Grief

2018-12-06
Mindfulness and Grief

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  • Author: Heather Stang
  • Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
  • ISBN: 178249782X
  • Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 183

Without proper support, navigating the icy waters of grief may feel impossible. The grieving person may feel spiritually bankrupt and often the loss is so painful that the bereaved may lose faith in what they once held dear. Mindfulness meditation can restore hope by offering a compassionate safe haven for healing and self-reflection. While nobody can predict the path of someone else's grief, this book will guide the reader forward through the grieving process with simple mindfulness-based exercises to restore mind, body and spirit. These easy-to-follow meditations will help the reader to cope with the pain of loss, and embark on a healing journey. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of grief, and the guided meditations will calm the mind and increase clarity and focus. Mindfulness and Grief will help readers to begin the process of reconstructing the shattered self that is left in the wake of any major loss.