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Why Did You Die?: Activities to Help Children Cope with Grief and Loss Paperback – Illustrated, April 1, 2008

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Thousands of children each year experience the death of a loved one before they reach the age of 18, and some 10 to 15 percent of them experience mental health problems, such as depression, as a result. One study found that childhood grief is correlated with low grades, sleep problems, moodiness, behavior problems, and an inability to concentrate. When a loved one dies, children are faced with a kaleidoscope of feelings, thoughts, myths, and questions. This workbook offers tools that you can use to help a grieving child in your life deal with these feelings.

The first section of Why Did You Die? is for adults. It describes a child's grief process and what can be expected as it progresses. The latter section includes activities you can do with a grieving child. Using an art therapy approach, the activities guide the child through the issues he or she must eventually confront. Different activities help the child express difficult feelings, separate myths from facts, and understand the finality of death. This direct yet non-threatening, secular approach will help children learn, grow, and thrive.

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  1. Reading age
    6 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    136 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Kindergarten - 5
  5. Dimensions
    7.9 x 0.4 x 9.9 inches
  6. Publisher
    Instant Help
  7. Publication date
    April 1, 2008
  8. ISBN-10
    1572246049
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1572246041
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When a loved one dies, children are faced with a kaleidoscope of feelings, thoughts, and questions. Struggling with these issues can be overwhelming without guidance, support, and creative forms of expression. This bereavement book contains simple, effective activities to help children and parents communicate about death and the grieving process. Through these activities, children will learn how to grow and thrive after the loss of a loved one.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Instant Help; Illustrated edition (April 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1572246049
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1572246041
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 12 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 5
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.9 x 0.4 x 9.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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S. Forsythe
5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful!
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2009
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This book has been a blessing. It was shipped quickly and we were able to start working through the book right away. The lessons are very easy to upgrade or downgrade depending on your child's cognitive level, and the material has sparked some very insightful conversations from my child, which has allowed healing to start - after a year of grieving!
Great book, highly recommend it. We used it for the loss of a pet who was more like a family member! But I will be holding onto this - or possibly ordering another one to keep on hand for future loss!!
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KEISHA
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awesome! I work with troubled teens who face many ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2016
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This book is awesome! I work with troubled teens who face many challenges. I purchased this book to help one of my clients deal with grief. I feel so compelled to this book because it's that interesting and simple. It explains grief at different stages in life.. Simple, fun, activities! You won't be disappointed!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Grieving children need this
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2020
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Excellent, excellent. We are going through it with our children after losing our 3 yr old daughter. Very helpful.
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Maria E. Garcia
4.0 out of 5 stars I can easily choose appropriate activities
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2017
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I use this book for counseling. I can easily choose appropriate activities, it's easy To use and has easy activities that help to practice skills and express emotions.
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Kindle Customer Susan De Bell, LPC,RN,NCC, Published Author and Illustrator
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Excellent Counseling Tool
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2013
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Why Did You Die? is a very valuable counseling tool. Through simple, but fun exercises, children and parents can make the difficult journey of loss and grief together in a meaningful way that can bring them closer together and help them to discuss this important subject. As a counselor, I have recommend it to my clients, and they often find the workbook very helpful.
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Rn Mom Loved
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book, good information and easy to read
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2016
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I recommend this book for all therapist and anyone interested in learning more about children with PTSD and sever mood disorders. It is so difficult to find books about children with PTSD, but this book had helped me look at the children I work with in a different way and had opened my eyes to look more deeply into some of their behaviors.
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Victoria
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book To Help Children Through A Not Great Time
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014
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I got this book for a child after she lost her father. Although some children CAN talk about a loss very directly, it can be painful and dredging up memories and facing pain head on is certainly is not something that anyone looks forward to. The projects and activities in this book approach the child's feelings from a different angle.

One Example: "Put pictures of you as a baby here. Glue pictures of you at your current age over on that page." You work with the child through cutting and gluing and it explains to you what to say but the point is to notice how everything changes in life.

I highly recommend this book to any child who has lost someone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars pleased
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2018
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purchased for direct working with children. Very pleased with it
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Heisenberg71
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2015
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Very helpful resource for my job
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