Talking with Children and Young People About Death and Dying: A Resource

by Bob Thomas (Illustrator), Mary Turner (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $29.30

  Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects and stages of bereavement and offers useful insights into the concerns of children experiencing grief or facing an imminent bereavement. She addresses children's common fears and worries, dreams and nightmares, and acknowledges the effect of trauma on the grief process. This second edition includes a new section for adults on understanding the distress of a bereaved child and also a list of useful contacts.

  It is a fully photocopiable workbook that enables adults to deal with these issues sensitively and explains, for example, how to choose appropriate words to support the child. It will empower and equip adults working with bereaved children to encourage them to communicate their pain and understand the often contradictory emotions aroused by the death of someone close to them.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $16.99

  Designed specifically for the use of counsellors and therapists working with children who have suffered bereavement. This workbook can be used as a basis for opening discussions and as a medium for helping children and young people to communicate and understand the often painful and confusing thoughts and emotions provoked by the death of someone close to them. It is presented in a format that can be read by both child and adult simultaneously, every page is illustrated with pictures that both hold the child's interest and trigger ideas. Beginning with an exploration of the concepts of death and dying, the workbook covers all aspects and stages of bereavment from the initial pain of separation to the anger, fear and dreams that the child may experience, concluding with sections on remembering and going on.