Life & Loss

by Linda Goldman

This text presents a positive approach to helping children to face some of life's most difficult issues, inviting the reader to see these issues through the child's eyes. Through the use of photographs, children's work, anecdotes, simple techniques and other resources, the reader will be able to: recognize and understand different types of childhood loss; avoid the stifling cliches that block feeling; become aware of the myths that hinder the grief process; learn the four psychological tasks of grief; help a child to say goodbye to a dying loved one; use techniques of grief work to help the child; acquire useful tools, ideas and inventories for educators; and discover ways for children to commemorate loss.

150 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1993