Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. What is Death?. 2. Grief and Bereavement. 3. Challenging Factors Influencing Grief. 4. What Should We Tell Children and Adolescents?. 5. Schools Coping with Bereavement and Death. 6. Funerals: The Attendance and Participation of the Child or Adolescent. 7. Continuing Care of the Child and Adolescent. 8. Care of the Carers Including Ourselves. 9. Weaving the Threads Together. Appendices. Further Reading.

Promotional Information

A comprehensive resource exploring how adults working with children and adolescents can help them to understand and engage with death

About the Author

Marian Carter is an experienced chaplain and educator who has worked both in hospital and hospice settings and in theological education.

Reviews

Helping Children and Adolescents Think About Death, Dying and Bereavement is a comprehensive resource that addresses how young people feel and think about death and includes practical suggestions on how to include them when a pet or person dies in their life. Marian Carter has shared excellent examples about children and has created a useful 'spiral curriculum' to aid the reader in understanding a situation more deeply. She also includes intervention that schools can use to help kids cope with bereavement. I would recommend this book highly for parents and professionals working with grieving children.
*Linda Goldman, author of 'Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death: What Children Need to Know'*