When kids are grieving : addressing grief and loss in school /
Burns, Donna M.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-103) and index.
1. Am I qualified to work with grieving children? -- Overview -- Self-awareness -- Reflection activity -- Case study: how do I tell the children? part I -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- 2. What are the different types of losses and grief reactions? -- Overview -- Dimensions of loss -- Anticipatory grief versus unanticipated grief -- Precedent: a conceptual framework for understanding grief responses -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- 3. What do I need to know about children's grief? -- Overview -- Developmental processes -- What and how children grieve -- Case study: how do I tell the children? part II -- Gender differences -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- 4. What do I need to know about adolescents' grief? -- Overview -- Developmental processes -- Cognitive factors -- Socioemotional factors -- Family and peers -- School, media, and technology -- How teens grieve -- Risk-taking behaviors and suicide -- Suicide prevention -- Case study: reactions to a classmate's suicide -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- 5. What can I do to help grieving students? -- Overview -- "But I'm not a grief counselor--" -- Things you need to know first -- Things you can do -- Rituals and activities -- Cultural considerations -- Humor -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- 6. What are the elements of school-based crisis response? -- Overview -- School-based crisis response -- Crisis response team -- Skills and training -- Types of crises -- School crisis response plan -- Crisis postvention -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- 7. What grief and loss resources should our schools have available? -- Overview -- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) resources -- Fernside and Banana Splits Resource Center reading lists -- Online resources -- School grief and loss resource library -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection.
School psychology.
Child psychology.
Counseling in elementary education.
Bereavement in children.
Grief in children.