Brief Interventions with Bereaved Children »

Barbara Monroe is the Chair of the Childhood Bereavement Network (the National umbrella organisation).

The contact between a health care professional and a bereaved child can often be very brief, and yet the interaction can have a profound effect on the child, and on the professional themself. This book describes and illustrates the concept of brief therapeutic work with bereaved children and families. Recent years have seen increasing interest in the needs of children facing bereavement, and a corresponding increase in services to support them. Brief Interventions with Bereaved children 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 pathologising the grief process. The topic of this book is unique in the field, and will appeal to palliative care practitioners, educators and service providers managing scarce resources. The book feautures some distinguished contributors with backgrounds in health care, education, social work and the police, alongside theoretical and practice based chapters from workers in the field of bereavement care for children. There is also a chapter from the service user's perspective.

1 Childhood bereavement: the context and need for services Alison Penny Penny, Alison 1

2 Theoretical perspectives: linking research and practice Liz Rolls Rolls, Liz 15

3 Bereavement, young people and social context Jane Ribbens McCarthy McCarthy, Jane Ribbens 29

4 Swampy ground: brief interventions with families before bereavement Gillian Chowns Chowns, Gillian 37

5 Family assessment Julie Stokes Stokes, Julie 53

6 Therapeutic interventions Patsy Way Way, Patsy Isobel Bremner Bremner, Isobel 67

7 Groupwork Patsy Way Way, Patsy Frances Kraus Kraus, Frances The Candle Team 87

8 Shrinking the space between people Di Stubbs 107

9 Loss for children with learning disability Linda McEnhill McEnhill, Linda 121

10 Co-creating memory: supporting very young children Patsy Way Way, Patsy 129

11 The extended warranty Frances Kraus Kraus, Frances 135

12 Schools and grief: attending to people and place Louise Rawling Rawling, Louise 147

13 Seasons for Growth: a grief education programme helping children and young people deal with loss and change Kate MacLeod MacLeod, Kate 161

14 Working with volunteers to provide bereavement support to children Rosie Nicol-Harper Nicol-Harper, Rosie 171

15 Brief interventions in critical care environments Peter Speck Speck, Peter 183

16 Working with traumatically bereaved children William Yule Yule, William Patrick Smith Smith, Patrick 195

17 Helping the family following suicide Kari Dyregrov Dyregrov, Kari Atle Dyregrov Dyregrov, Atle 213

18 Family liaison: when once has to be enough Julie Ellison Ellison, Julie 229

19.1 Sibling carer story Julia Manning Manning, Julia 235

19.2 Mountains andmedals: a young person's journey Emma Lupton Lupton, Emma Durone Stokes Stokes, Durone 239

20 Crossing the great barrier grief Stewart Sinclair Sinclair, Stewart 243

Index 251