ED438948 PS028387
Title: Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents, and Loss.
Author(s):
Doka, Kenneth J., Ed.
Author Affiliation: Hospice Foundation of America,
Washington, DC.(BBB35931)
Pages: 333
Publication Date: 2000
Notes: Foreword by Jack D. Gordon.
ISBN: 1-893349-01-2
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Language: English
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Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source:
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Journal Announcement: RIEAUG2000
Noting that the best way to help and prepare children to cope with death and trauma
is through education and understanding of the day-to-day ramifications that loss
and grief have on them, this book is designed to help adults involved with children
and adolescents to provide that education and understanding. Chapters in the first
section of the book provide a theoretical overview of loss and grief, while those
in the second section deal with clinical approaches to treating children and adolescents
dealing with loss. Chapters in the third section focus on specific types of loss.
The chapters are: (1) "The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies" (Robert Kastenbaum);
(2) "What Do We Know about Grieving Children and Adolescents?" (Charles
A. Corr); (3) "Adolescents, Grief, and Loss" (David E. Balk); (4) "Culture
and Class: The Different Worlds of Children and Adolescents" (Margarita M.
Suarez and Susan J. McFeaters); (5) "The Role of the School" (Stan Johns);
(6) "To Everything There Is a Season: Empowering Families and Natural Support
Systems" (Earl A. Grollman); (7) "Counseling Approaches with Children
and Adolescents" (Dottie Ward-Wimmer and Carol Napoli); (8) "Part of
Me Died Too: Creative Strategies for Grieving Children and Adolescents" (Virginia
Lynn Fry); (9) "Play Therapy To Help Bereaved Children" (Nancy Boyd
Webb); (10) "Using Ritual with Children and Adolescents" (Kenneth J.
Doka); (11) "The Use of Groups with Grieving Children and Adolescents"
(Donna L. Schuurman); (12) "Magical Dreams, Visions of Reality: Guidelines
for Developing a Grief Center for Children" (Rebecca Sloan Byrne); (13) "The
Role of Death Education in Helping Students To Cope with Loss" (Robert G.
Stevenson); (14) "When Parents Die" (Phyllis R. Silverman); (15) "Sibling
Bereavement: We Are Grieving Too" (Betty Davies); (16) "The Military
Model for Children and Grief" (Bonnie Carroll and Major Judy Mathewson);
(17) "In the Aftermath: Children and Adolescents as Survivor-Victims of Suicide"
(Terry L. Martin); (18) "Grief and Traumatic Loss: What Schools Need To Know
and Do" (Peter L. Sheras); and (19) "Resonating Trauma--A Theoretical
Note" (Jack D. Gordon and Kenneth J. Doka). Placed throughout the chapters
are sections of practical advice and reflections by children and adolescents on
their feelings of loss. The book concludes with
guidelines for using books
to help children and adolescents cope with death and an accompanying bibliography
(Charles A. Corr); and a list of resource organizations. (Contains 236 references.)
(HTH)
Descriptors: *Adolescents; Bereavement; Bibliotherapy;
*Childhood Needs; *Children; Coping; Counseling; Death; Emotional Adjustment;
*Grief; School Role; Suicide; Therapy
Identifiers: Funerals; *Loss;
Traumas
