The Companioning the Grieving Child Curriculum Book: Activities to Help Children and Teens Heal

The Companioning the Grieving Child Curriculum Book: Activities to Help Children and Teens Heal

The Companioning the Grieving Child Curriculum Book: Activities to Help Children and Teens Heal

The Companioning the Grieving Child Curriculum Book: Activities to Help Children and Teens Heal

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Overview

Based on Alan Wolfelt’s six needs of mourning and written to pair with Companioning the Grieving Child, this thorough guide provides hundreds of hands-on activities tailored for grieving children in three age groups: preschool, elementary, and teens. Through the use of readings, games, discussion questions, and arts and crafts, caregivers can help grieving young people acknowledge the reality of the death, embrace the pain of the loss, remember the person who died, develop a new self-identity, search for meaning, and accept support. Sample activities include grief sock puppets, expression bead bracelets, the nurturing game, and writing an autobiographical poem. Activities are presented in an easy-to-follow format, and each has a goal, an objective, a sequential description of the activity, and a list of needed materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781617221859
Publisher: Companion Press
Publication date: 06/01/2013
Series: The Companioning Series
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Patricia Morrissey, MSEd, has been an elementary and middle school teacher, a curriculum leader, a university instructor, a grief support group facilitator, and currently cochairs the Southeast Wisconsin Grief Network. She lives in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, is a speaker, a grief counselor, and the director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition. He is the author of numerous books on grief, including Companioning the Bereaved, Companioning the Grieving Child, Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies, Healing the Bereaved Child, Healing Your Grieving Heart, and Understanding Your Grief. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Foreword Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

How to Use This Book xvii

Need 1 Acknowledge The Reality of the Death 1

Early Childhood 2

Elementary 8

Teens 12

Need 2 Embrace The Pain of the Loss 17

Early Childhood 18

Elementary 24

Teens 31

Need 3 Remember The Person Who died 39

Early Childhood 40

Elementary 44

Teens 49

Need 4 Develop A New Self-Identity 53

Early Childhood 54

Elementary 59

Teens 64

Need 5 Search For Purpose and Meaning 73

Early Childhood 74

Elementary 80

Teens 86

Need 6 Receive Continued Adult Support 93

Early Childhood 94

Elementary 99

Teens 104

Icebreakers 109

Books, Games, and Other Resources 117

About the Author 125

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