Brief Interventions with Bereaved Children
Barbara Monroe and Frances Kraus
Abstract
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' s ... More
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 of the text within the growing field of childhood bereavement contains new chapters that discuss managing situations with learning disability, 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 group work, and also covers work with children and families before a death. The editors have more than twenty-five years experience as practitioners within the field, as service providers and educators. The book features chapters from contributors with backgrounds in healthcare, education, social work, and the police, alongside theoretical and practice-based chapters from workers in the field of bereavement care for children.
Keywords:
children,
bereavement,
brief work,
strengths,
resilience,
intervention
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199561643 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561643.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Barbara Monroe, editor
Chief Executive, St Christopher's Hospice, London; and Honorary Professor, International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK
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Frances Kraus, editor
Candle Project Leader, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
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