- Article: "Dealing With Death"
This article addresses the key issues related to adolescents and the grieving process.
- IML Journal Page: "Dealing With Death"
These pages, designed for easy printing, encourage children to express themselves on the topic and can complement home or classroom discussion.
- Video Clip: "Dealing With Death"
Features pre-teens discussing their experiences with grief and bereavement.. These short videos are wonderful ice-breakers and catalysts for in-person dicussion. (Copies of this video can be purchased on DVD, VHS, or CD-ROM by calling CastleWorks, Inc. at 212-288-2150.)
Quick Discussion Guide:
Questions and suggestions for discussing this topic with your child.
Related Resources:
On The Web
The Dougy Center For Grieving Children and Teens
http://www.dougy.org
Offers resources and listings of support services for grieving children.
Beyond Indigo
http://www.death-dying.com
An extensive online grief support network, with articles, message boards, and resources.
Books
You Are Not Alone: Teens talk about Life after the Loss of a Parent
By Lynne B. Hughes
Kids aged 9 to 12 who attended Comfort Zone Camp, a special place for grieving children, contributed to this book. Through honest first-person stories, they share the most difficult parts of their losses and offer their own experiences of what helps, what doesn't, what "stinks," and ways to stay connected to their loved ones.
When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses
by John W. James, Russell Friedman
This book offers advice and techniques for parents with children dealing with loss. It allows children to see that grief is a part of life and that emotions can be expressed without judgment. Personal stories and illustrations help bring this handbook from The Grief Recovery Institute to life.
The Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide
by Helen Fitzgeralde
Offers age-appropriate ways of approaching the difficult topic of death with your child. In addition to providing frameworks for constructive dialogue about illness, death, and grief, the book provides tips for dealing with difficult tasks such as hospital visits, funerals, and memorials.
35 Ways To Help A Grieving Child
by The Dougy Center For Grieving Children
If you know a child or teen who has experienced a death, this guidebook presents you with simple and practical suggestions for how to support him or her. Learn what behaviors and reactions to expect from children at different ages, ways to create safe outlets for children to express their thoughts and feelings and how to be supportive during special events such as the memorial service, anniversaries, and holidays.
Please also see Books for Kids.
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