Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence and Abuse (Travel Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1583913122 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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This chapter then contains new activities to work with traumatized grieving children.The new edition also includes updated resources, books, curriculums, websites, hotlines and another new chapter on bullying and victimization issues. The chapter for educators has been expanded, including the coverage of topics such as at-risk students, gay and lesbian issues, and self-injurious behaviors.. The last study is from the Oklahoma bombing and the outgrowth of a place for the traumatized children and how they still work with kids and family today. These parts in turn can be grieved for and released one at a time.A new chapter is included, called "Communities Grieve: Involvement with Children and Trauma." It includes information on The Taiwan Earthquake and how the community worked with children, a school bus accident in which 36 elementary school children witnessed the death of the bus driver that was driving and how the school system worked with these children and their families; a boy who was running on a cross country team and got hit by a car, which was witnessed by teammates; and how a non-profit community grief agency worked with family, school, and community. It presents words and methods to help initiate discussions of these delicate topics, as well as tools to help children understand and separate complicated grief into par
Outstanding! H. Tresselt This book is an excellent resource for parents, caregivers, and children dealing with the complex facets of grief. The author speaks from her heart, and obviously understands these issues at a personal level. Her techniques in speaking to children, and the child in each of us, through the use of photos, children's artwork, and creative writing is a wonderful way for the observer/reader to focus on what these pict. A Customer said Magnificent.. This wonderful book demonstrates in a very clear and helpful way how to deal with kids suffering from complicated grief such as suicide, homicide, AIDS, violence, and abuse. Therapeutic interventions coupled with case studies and children's artwork and creative writing create a full spectrum of knowledge for therapists, educators and other caring adults. The chapter on a child-oriented memorial service is state-o. Disappointing A Customer While the title of this book is impressive and promisesinformation on working with grieving children, the book itself onlypresents a very superficial view of the process of working withcomplicated grief in children. The author speaks with great compassionand obviously has experience in the area of bereavement, but largetypeface and use of photographs of children predominate the text--- Iwould have preferred more
Her book is a warehouse of resources on complicated grief as it is woven through life and through the lives of children. It includes many very helpful techniques that aid you in both understanding the issues and, most importantly, helping you to help the children who need your stewardship. This is a great resource. It also offers plenty of recommendations for further study both print and Internet. The insights are on target, and the help will enable us, as adults (parents and professionals), be more present in the story and feelings of childrenThis book is a "must for your professional library and should be made available to parents and families"-Resources Hotline, 2002 (The World Pastoral Care Center) ""Breaking the Silence is a book that needs to be read by everyo