For Carers of Bereaved Children

Then, Now and Always
Author: Julie A Stokes

This is a guide for practitioners about the practical and theoretical aspects of running a community-based, child bereavement support service.

 

 

Brief Interventions with Bereaved Children
Author: Barbara Monroe
This book addresses and explains the theoretical concepts and practical implications behind the idea of brief work with bereaved children and families. Flexible and accessible short term services delivered at the right time underpin the strengths of bereaved children, supporting their recovery rather than pathologising the grief process.

 

Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies
Author: J W Worden

Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children.

 

Sibling Grief: Healing After the Death of a Sister or Brother
Author: P Gill White
The author outlines the specific ways in which losing a sibling as an infant, a young child, an adolescent, a college student or as an adult can often impact an individual.  Includes a bibliography of works relevant to the loss of a sibling.

 

How to Help a Child Cope with Grief
Author: Janice Perkins
This book has been written to help adults who care for or work with children who have been bereaved or who are facing the death of someone close. It offers practical advice and strategies to help you to help children confront and deal with troubled feelings. Also deals with developmental stages, culture and beliefs.

 

Talking About Death
Author: Earl Grollman
This guide to helping children cope with death includes an illustrated, read-along story, and discusses coping with a child's anger, denial, or guilt, and how to discuss funerals, cemeteries, and grief.

 

Grief in Children: A Handbook for Adults
Author: Atle Dyregov
This fully updated second edition of "Grief in Children" explains children's understanding of death at different ages and gives a detailed outline of exactly how the adults around them can best help them cope.

 

 

Grief and Bereavement
Author: Ann Couldrick
This booklet attempts in simple, straightforward terms, to address the many questions that arise for the bereaved parent when their partner dies. What do children understand?  How much should they be included in the funeral?  What can we expect of them?  Who can the remaining parent turn to for support and advice?

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