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Death and Dying, Life and Living Links and Biblio:

Children, Adolescents, and Grief

D&D Biblio Individual Sections Links |

See also Children and Dying; Grief; Rituals; Schools/Education; Sudden Death.

Websites:

The Center for Grieving Children and Teenagers http://www.childrensroom.org/

The Dougy Center: http://www.dougy.org/

Grief and Loss Resource Center http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/grief/griefA1.html

Grief Net: http://griefnet.org/

Griefs Heart http://www.griefsheart.com

KIDSAID : http://kidsaid.com/

Supporting Kidds: Supporting Grieving Children and Families: http://www.udel.edu/DSP/SGCF/links.html

Abela, J. R. Z. & Hankin, B. L. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of depression in children and adolescents. NY: Guilford Press. RJ506.D4 H362 2008

Adams, David W. and Eleanor J. Deveau. Beyond the Innocence of Childhood. 3 vols. Baywood, 1995. Vol. 1: Factors Influencing Children and Adolescents' Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Death. Vol. 2: Helping Children Cope with Life-Threatening Illness and Dying. Vol. 3: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Death and Bereavement.

Barber, Erica. Letters From a Friend: A Sibling's Guide for Coping and Grief. 2003. (workbook)

Barrett, Ronald K. . "Bereaved Black Children." Readings in Thanatology. ed. John D. Morgan, Baywood 1997. 403-420.

Blackburn, Lynn Bennett: I Know I Made it Happen: A Gentle Book About Feelings. 1991.

Bluebond-Langner, Myra. In the Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Child. Princeton UP, 1996 BF789 .D4 B635 1996

Braga, Anthony A., Brenda L. McLaughlin, Mark H. Moore, Carol V. Petrie. Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence. Washington, D.C.: The National Academy Press, 2003. LB 3013.32 D43 2003

Brown, Laurene Krasny and Marc Brown. Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families. 1986.

Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: a Story of Life for All Ages. 1982.

Cammarata, Doreen. Someone I Loved Died By Suicide; A story for child survivors and those who care for them. Florida: Grief Guidance, Inc., 2001.

Cassini, Kathleen Kidder and Jacqueline L. Rogers. Death and the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Assist Grieving Students. 1996. BF724.3 .G73 C37 1996.

Center for Grieving Children. Supporting Children and Teens Through Grief and Loss: A Guide for Schools. 1999.

Centering Corporation. No One Should See What I Have Seen: A book for those who have experienced terrifying and horrific tragedy. 2002

Christ, Grace Hyslop. Healing Children's Grief: Surviving a Parent's Death from Cancer. NY: Oxford UP, 2000. BF723 .G75 C58 2000

Clfton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Goodbye. 1983 (children's book)

Davies, Betty: Shadows in the Sun. The Experience of Sibling Bereavement in Childhood. 1999.

Davidson, Joyce and Ken Doka, eds. Living With Grief: At School, At Work, At Worship. 1999. BF575 .G7 L785 1999.

deVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. The Empty Room: Surviving the Loss of a Brother or a Sister at Any Age. 2004.

Doka, Kenneth, Sandra L. Bertman, and Carl Grollman, eds. Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents and Loss. 2000. BF723 .G75 L58 2000

Doka, K. J. & Tucci, A. S. (Eds.). (2008). Living with grief: Children and adolescents. Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America. ISBN: 978-1-893349-09-4.

Donnelly, Katherine Fair. Recovering from the Loss of A Sibling. When a Brother or a Sister Dies. 2000.

Dougy Center, The. 35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child. rev. 2004

Dougy Center, The. Helping Children Cope with Death. 1997.

Dougy Center, The. Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers: A Practical Guide for Dealing with Death in your Classroom. 1998. BF723 .D3 H48.

Dougy Center, The. Helping Teens Cope with Death. rev. 2004

Dudley, John. When Grief Visits School: Organizing a Successful Response. 1995. BF724.3.G73 D83 1995

Edelman, Hope. Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. 1994. BF575.D35 E34 1995

Fitzgerald, Helen. The Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide. Fireside, 1992.

Fitzgerald, Helen. The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and their Friends. Fireside, 2000. BF724.3 .G73 F58 2000

Flynn, Nanette and Mel Erickson. Teen Talk: A Grief Support Group for Teenagers. A Curriculum in Eight Sessions for Grief Counselors, School Counselors, and other Professionals working with Bereaved Teens. 2nd ed.. 2000.

Fogarty, James A. The Magical Thoughts of Grieving Children: Treeating Children with Complicated Mourning and Advice for Parents. Death, Value and Meaning Series. 2000,

Fox, Sandra. Good Grief: Helping Groups of Children Deal with Loss When a Friend Dies. 1988.

Gaines-Lane, Gretchen. My Memory Book: A Journal for Grieving Children. 1997 (children's workbook/journal)

Gardner, Richard A. Psychotherapy of Antisocial Behavior and Depression in Adolescense. 1999/ RJ506.C65 G373 1999.

Glick, Liz and Dan Zegart. Your Father's Voice: Letter for Emmy About Life with Jeremy -- and without him after 9/11. 2004.

Goldman, Linda. Bart Speaks Out: Breaking the Silence on Suicide. 1998 (children's book)

Goldman, Linda. Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief -- Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence, and Abuse. 2nd ed. 2001. BF723 .G75 G64 2001

Goldman, Linda. Helping the Grieving Child in the School. 2000

Goldman, Linda. Life and Loss: A Guide To Help Grieving Children. 2nd ed. 2000.

Goldman, Linda. Raising Our Children to Be Resilient: A Guide to Helping Children Cope with Trauma in Today's World. 2005.

Gootman, Marilyn. When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens about Grieving and Healing. Minneapolis: Free Spirit, 1994.

Gordon, Norma S., Norman L. Farberow, and Carl A. Maida. Children and Disasters: The Series in Trauma and Loss. 1999.

Grollman, Earl. Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals. 1995. BF723.D3 B465 1995.

Harper, Jeanne M. Hurting Yourself: For Young People Who Have Attempted Suicide or Intentionally Injured Themselves. A Centering Corporation Resource.

Haasl, Beth and Jean Manorcha. Bereavement Support Group for Children. 1999.

Harris, Maxine, Ph. D. The Loss That is Forever: The Lifelong Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or Father. Plume, 1996. BF723 .M35 H37 1996

Harper, Jeanne M. Hurting Yourself: For Young People Who Have Attempted Suicide or Intentionally Injured Themselves. A Centering Corporation Resource.

Harshman, Denise Rae. Remembering My Special Person: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids.

Heegard, Marge. When a Familiy is in Trouble: Children Can Cope with Grief from Drug and Alcohol Addiction. 1993. (children's workbook)

Heegard, Marge. When a Parent Marries Again: Children Can Learn to Cope with Family Change. 1993. (children's workbook)

Heegard, Marge. When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief and Change. 1991. (children's workbook)

Hipp, Earl. Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Loss. 1995. (Aimed to teens)

Holland, John. Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement. 2003. BF723.G75 H67 2001

Hospice of Lancaster County. A Teacher's Guide to the Grieving Student: Guidelines and Suggestions for School Personnel. Grades k-12. 1995.

Huntley, Teresa. Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies. 2002. BF723 .D3 H86 2002

James, John W. and Russell Friedman. When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving and Other Losses. 2002. BF723 .G75 J36 2002

Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. 2004. (novel about a Japanese American girl who loses a sister to lymphoma)

Kroen, William C. and Pamela Espeland, eds. Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups. Free Spirit, 1996.

LaGreca, Annette M., Wendy K. Silverman, Michael C. Roberts, Eric M. Vernberg , eds. Helping Children Cope with Disasters and Terrorism. Washington D. C.: American Psychological Association, 2002. RJ506.P66 H45 2002

Lehmann, Linda, Shane R. Jimerson and Ann Gaasch. Mourning Child Grief Support Group Curricululm: Early Childhood Edition. Grades K-2 Brunner-Routledge, 2001.

Lehmann, Linda, Shane R. Jimerson and Ann Gaasch. Mourning Child Grief Support Group Curricululm: Middle Childhood Edition. Grades 3-6 Brunner-Routledge, 2001.

Lehmann, Linda, Shane R. Jimerson and Ann Gaasch. Teens Together Grief Support Group Curricululm: Adolescence Edition. Grades 7-12. Brunner-Routledge, 2001.

Leonard, E., Dr. (2008). Adolescents with HIV : attachment, depression, and adherence. Amherst, N.Y. : Cambria Press. RJ387.A25 L46 2008

Liotta, Alfred J. When Students Grieve: A Guide to Bereavement in the Schools. 1996.

Markell, K. A. & Markell, M. A. (2008). The children who lived: Using Harry Potter and other fictional characters to help grieving children and adolescents. NY: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.

Martin, Carrie and Chia Martin. The Rainbow Feelings of Cancer: A Book for Children Who Have a Loved One with Cancer. 2001. (children's book)

Mellonie, Bryan and Robert Ingpen. Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children. 1983. (children's book)

Miller, Sally Downham. Mourning and Dancing for Schools: A Grief and Recovery Sourcebook for Students, Teachers, and Parents. Sally Downham Miller, 2000.

Miller, Sara Swan. An Empty Chair: Living in the Wake of a Sibling's Suicide. 2002.

Munoz-Kiehne, Marisol. Since My Brother Died. Desde Que Murio Mi Hermano. 2000 (children's book)

O'Connor, Joey. Children and Grief: Helping Your Child Understand Death. 2004.

Osofsky, Joy D. Children in a Violent Society. 1997. HQ784.V55 C448 1997

O'Toole, Donna. Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope. A Real Aloud Story for People of All Ages. 1988. (children's book)

O'Toole, Donna. Facing Change: Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years. A Book About Loss and Change for Teens. 1995. BF637.C4 O88 1995

Perschy, Mary Kelly. Helping Teens Work Through Grief. 2nd ed. 2004.

Rubel, Barbara. But I Didn't Say Goodbye: For Parents and Professionals Helping Child Suicide Survivors. 1999.

Salloum, Alison. Group Work with Adolescents After Violent Death: A Manual for Practitioners. 2004.

Samuel-Traisman, Enid. Fire In My Heart: Ice in My Veins. A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss. rev. 2003.

Servaty-Seib, H. L. & Taub, D. J., (Eds.). (2008, Spring). Assisting bereaved college students: New directions for student services. No. 121. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 978-04702-95397.

Shapiro, Ester R. Grief as a Family Process: A Development Approach to Clinical Practice. 1994. RC455.4.L67 S373 1994

Scrivani, Mark. I Heard Your Daddy Died. 1996. (children's book)

Scrivani, Mark. When Death Walks In: For Teenagers Facing Grief. A Centering Corporation Resource. 1991. (Brief pamphlet).

Shifren, K. (Ed.) (2009). How caregiving affects development : psychological implications for child, adolescent, and adult caregivers. Washington, DC: APA. BF713 .H69 2009

Silverman, Phyllis R. Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives. NY: Oxford UP, 2000. BF723 .D3 S58 2000

Smith, Susan C. Forgotten Mourners: Guidelines for Working with Bereaved Children, 2nd ed. 1999. BF723 .G75 P46 1999

Stevenson, Robert G., ed. What Will We Do? Preparing a School Community to Cope with Crises. 2nd ed. 2002.

Teens Who Know and Janet N. Tyson. Common Threads of Teenage Grief: A Handbook for Healing. 1998.

Traisman, Enid Samuel. I Remember, I Remember: A Keepsake Journal. 1992. (children's workbook/journal)

Van Dernoot, Peter. Helping Your Children Cope with Your Cancer: A Guide for Parents and Families. 2002.

Viorst, Judith. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. 1971 (children's book)

Webb, Nancy Boyd, ed. Helping Bereaved Children: A Handbook for Practitioners. 2nd ed. NY: Guilford Press, 2002. BF723 .G75 H34 2002

Webb, Nancy Boyd. Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: Individual Group and Family Treatment. 1999. RJ505.P6 P56 1999.

Webb, N. B. (Ed.). (2007). Play therapy with children in crisis: Individual, group, and family treatment. 3^rd ed. (pp. 368-388). NY: The Guilford Press.

Winkler, Kathleen. Teens, depression and the blues: a hot issue. 2000. RJ506.C65 G373 1999

Wolfelt, A. D. Healing the Bereaved Child: Grief Gardening, Growth through Grief and Other Touchstones for Caregivers. 1996. BF723 .G75 W63 1996

Wolfelt, A. D. Healing a Child's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers. 2001.

Worden, J. William. Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies. 1996. BF723.G75 W67 1996

Yeomans, Ellen. Lost and Found: Remembering a Sister. 2000. (children's book)

Zinner, Ellen S. and Mary Beth Williams, eds. When a Community Weeps: Case Studies in Group Survivorship. 1999.

Dougy Center for Grieving Children: http://www.grievingchild.org/

National Association of School Psychologists resources for "Coping with a National Tragedy" at http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html