Brief interventions with bereaved children
By: edited by Barbara Monroe, Frances Kraus
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780199561643
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: Childhood bereavement : the context and need for services / Alison Penny; title: Theoretical perspectives : linking research and practice / Liz Rolls; title: Bereavement, young people and social context / Jane Ribbens McCarthy; title: Swampy ground : brief interventions with families before bereavement / Gillian Chowns; title: Family assessment / Julie Stokes; title: Therapeutic interventions / Patsy Way and Isobel Bremner; title: Groupwork / Patsy Way and Frances Kraus; title: Shrinking the space between people / Di Stubbs; title: Loss for children with learning disability / Linda McEnhill; title: Co-creating memory : supporting very young children / Patsy Way; title: The extended warranty / Frances Kraus; title: Schools and grief : attending to people and place / Louise Rowling; title: Seasons for Growth : a grief eduation programme helping children and young people deal with loss and change / Kate MacLeod; title: Working with volunteers to provide bereavement support to children / Rosie Nicol-Harper; title: Brief interventions in critical care environments / Peter Speck; title: Working with traumatically bereaved children / William Yule and Patrick Smith; title: Helping the family following suicide / Kari Dyregrov and Atle Dyregrov; title: Family liaison : when once has to be enough / Julie Ellison; title: Sibling carer story / Julia Manning; title: Mountains and medals : a young person's journey / Emma Lupton with Durone Stokes; title: Crossing the great barrier grief / Stewart Sinclair.