Brief interventions with bereaved children
By: edited by Barbara Monroe, Frances Kraus.
Contributors: Monroe, Barbara.; Kraus, Frances.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199561643
Subjects: Bereavement in children; Social work with children; Brief psychotherapy; Bereavement; Attitude to Death; Child; Counseling -- methods; Family Relations; Psychotherapy, Brief -- methods
Description: "Recent years have seen increasing interest in the needs of children facing bereavement, and a corresponding increase in services to support them. 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 pathologizing the grief process. In this way, the book also speaks to the current interest in the concept of resilience and working with families' strengths and possibilities, rather than merely identifying their problems.  This second edition continues to be a unique book within the growing field of childhood bereavement, and the new chapters added to this edition discuss managing situations with learning disabilities, supporting very young children and emotional literacy. The book also presents cases from the service user's perspective. It looks at different approaches to intervention, such as the importance of assessment and the value of groupwork, and also covers work with children and families before a death.   Brief Interventions with Bereaved Children will appeal to practitioners, educators, and service providers managing scarce resources. The editors have more than twenty-five years experience as practitioners within the field, as service providers and educators. The book features chapters from distinguished contributors with backgrounds in healthcare, educations, social work, and the police, alongside theoretical and practice-based chapters from workers in the field of bereavement care for children"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction, Barbara Monroe 1. Childhood bereavement: The context and need for services, Alison Penny 2. Theoretical perspectives: linking research and practice, Dr Liz Rolls 3. Bereavement, young people and social context, Dr Jane Ribbens McCarthy 4. Swampy ground: brief interventions with families before bereavement, Dr Gillian Chowns 5. Family assessment, Julie Stokes 6. Therapeutic interventions, Patsy Way and Isobel Bremner 7. Groupwork, Frances Kraus, Patsy Way and the Candle Team 8. Shrinking the space between people: telephone and email support, Di Stubbs 9. Loss for children with learning disability, Linda McEnhill 10. Co-creating memory: supporting very young children, Patsy Way 11. The extended warranty, Frances Kraus 12. Loss and grief in schools: attending to people and place, Louise Rowling 13. Seasons for growth: a practical approach to emotional literacy, Kate MacLeod 14. Working with volunteers to provide bereavement support to children, Rosie Nicol-Harper 15. Brief interventions in critical care environments, Peter Speck 16. Working with traumatically bereaved children, William Yule and Dr Patrick Smith 17. Helping the family following suicide, Kari Dyregrov and Atle Dyregrov 18. Family liaison: when once has to be enough, Julie Ellison 19. Personal narratives, Julia Manning and Emma Lupton 20. Crossing the great barrier grief: a facilitated self-help group for parents and carers, Stewart Sinclair.