Helping bereaved children:a handbook for practitioners

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Webb Nancy Boyd, 1932-
Published: Guilford Press,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Social work practice with children and families
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Carrier Form: xxiv, 408 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781606235973 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1606235974 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Index Number: R749
CLC: R749.055
B844.1
Call Number: B844.1/H483/3rd.ed.
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
The child and death / Nancy Boyd Webb -- Assessment of the bereaved child / Nancy Boyd Webb -- Death of a grandparent or a parent / Lois Carey -- The grief of siblings / Betty Davies and Rana Limbo -- The disenfranchised grief of children / David A. Crenshaw and Jennifer Lee -- Suicide in the family : helping child and adolescent survivors / Cynthia McCormack and Nancy Boyd Webb -- The loss and death of a pet / Sharon M. McMahon -- War-related deaths in the family / Diane L. Scott -- The terminally ill child in school and the sudden death of a teacher / Roxia Bullock -- Violent, traumatic death in schools and community responses / Patti Homan Anewalt -- Children's and adolescents' exposure to the mass violence of war and terrorism : role of the media / Kathleen Nader -- Deaths connected to natural disasters / Jennifer Baggerly and Alison Salloum -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy and play therapy for childhood trauma and loss / Janine Shelby -- Conjoint caregiver-child treatment following a parent's death / Patricia Van Horn -- Bereavement groups and camps for children : an interdisciplinary approach / Priscilla A. Ruffin and Sarah A. Zimmerman -- Storytelling with bereaved children / Donna O'Toole -- Professional self-care and prevention of secondary trauma / Tina Maschi and Derek Brown -- Guidelines to help parents and teachers of bereaved children / Nancy Boyd Webb.
This volume presents a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers through adolescents cope with different forms of bereavement, including death in the family, school, or community. Grounded in the latest research on child therapy, bereavement, trauma, and child development, the volume explains the principles that guide interventions.