Talking With Children And Young People About Death And Dying

Designed for use by professionals and parents with children who are about to experience or who have just experienced a bereavement, this combination workbook and guide provides advice, relevant quotations, and plenty of opportunities for the young to express their feelings in writing and art. Practitioner Turner makes sure the language is accessible and that she covers all aspects of the experience of grieving, covering the concepts of death and dying, separation, questions and fears, dreams, remembering and moving on. In this edition she has added material for adults to help them understand recognize the signs of distress or trauma in a child, a list of references, and helpful contacts in the UK. The illustrations are especially appropriate to the sensibilities of the young, and the activities are positive ways to encounter the death of a loved one. This can be fully photocopied. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Mary Turner is a psychotherapist and counsellor with considerable experience working with grieving children and families in social service, university, hospital, hospice and bereavement service settings. She is author of Someone Very Important Has Just Died also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Mary lives in Worcestershire, UK. Bob Thomas was a painter and decorator by trade who, through his own experience of serious illness and bereavement, discovered his artistic talents.