Handbook of Childhood Death and Bereavement [Paperback]

In this comprehensive handbook, a leading group of experts improve our understanding of the challenges faced by children when coping with death, dying, and bereavement. Organized into three parts, the volume addresses specific issues involved in confrontations with death; discusses the role of bereavement; and explains specific therapeutic interventions for caregivers.

The reader is introduced to four distinct periods within childhood--infancy, toddlerhood, early childhood, and middle childhood. Through case examples, the contributors illustrate a child's experience with death and bereavement in all four areas. The book's practical orientation and emphasis will appeal to a broad array of caregivers including counselors, therapists, nurses, and mental health practitioners concerned with child and adolescent death and bereavement.

Contributors
Preface
Part I: DeathChildren, Development, and Encounters with Death and Bereavement, Charles A. Corr
1. The Development of Children's Understanding of Death,Mark W. Speece and Sandor B. Brent
2. Children, HIV Infection, and AIDS,Barbara Oberhofer Dane
3. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior in Childhood,Lillian M. Range
4. The Cruel Paradox: Children Who Are Living with Life-Threatening Illnesses,Kenneth J. Doka

Part II: Bereavement

5. How Bereaved Children Cope with Loss: An Overview,John E. Baker and Mary Anne Sedney
6. Children and the Death of a Parent or Grandparent,Beverly S. Hatter
7. Children and the Death of a Sibilng,S.D. Stahlman
8. Children's Friendship and the Death of a Friend,Tamina Toray and Kevin Ann Oltjenbruns
9. Children and Pet Loss,Carolyn L. Butler and Laurel S. Lagoni
10. Children's Exposure to Traumatic Experiences,Kathleen Olympia Nader

Part III: Interventions

11. The Family as Healing Resource,Elliott J. Rosl³4