Children, Bereavement and Trauma: Nurturing Resilience

✍ Scribed by Paul W. Barnard, Ian Morland, Julie Nagy

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 113
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The recognition of children's natural resilience as fundamental to their ability to cope with trauma is central to this book. Deriving from the authors' experience of working with bereaved children after the Hillsborough disaster, the book advocates a model of practice which is based on their findings: the primacy of listening to children, and listening uncritically; the importance of peer-group and family support; and the value of paying attention to children's needs, not those of adults. It promotes the idea of healthy coping, and explores ways in which children and their families can be enabled to do this. Children explain "what helped me", and recommendations for practice guidelines are supplemented by extensive lists of resources and support networks. The model can be applied to children who have experienced varying degrees of trauma: bereavement, bullying or terminal illness for example. It also includes material which will be useful to those working with traumatised children with learning disabilities. Reflecting the views of children in conjunction with the professional expertise of the authors, this book will enable carers to reassess existing methods and forms a major contribution to the literature.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 7
1. Setting the Scene: A Brief History of the Liverpool Children's Project......Page 8
2. The Practice of Working with Bereaved Children......Page 14
3. When Children are Involved in Disasters......Page 22
4. Disaster: How can Schools Respond?......Page 32
5. Using an Educational Model to Foster Children’s Resilience in the Context of a Bereavement Service......Page 41
6. ‘Human Nature’, Social Theory and Methodology......Page 73
7. Planning Programmes of Work with Children......Page 77
8. The ‘What Helped Me’ Leaflet......Page 82
SUMMARY: GUIDELINES FOR GOOD PRACTIC......Page 85
APPENDIX 1 FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF......Page 87
APPENDIX 2 USEFUL ORGANIZATIONS......Page 89
APPENDIX 3 USEFUL INTERNET WEB SITES......Page 93
APPENDIX 4 READING LISTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS......Page 96
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 98
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 109
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 113