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Someone I Love Died from a Drug Overdose
Accidental substance overdoses continue to rise across our country, leaving families at a loss as to how to tell and assist the children that are grieving. This story is an excellent tool for parents and caregivers. Includes a workbook, definitions, some facts and a note to the adult reading the story.
24 pages, Paperback
Published March 2, 2018
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February 5, 2019
My perspective on this book is that of a children's librarian AND as someone very familiar with substance abuse disorder. Many libraries shy away from self-published materials but I ordered this one from Amazon for my Junior Easy 155 section. This book has its readers but those readers probably will never ask a children's librarian for it out loud in front of the story time mommy crowd. This book has been incredibly needed and I am so glad that it not only exists but was also written by an extremely qualified mental health professional.
The book is told from the perspective of a child whose father is addicted to nondescript pills. The child is aware of this and notices when his father falls asleep on the couch because of the pills. One day, the child is told that his father has died in the hospital. Later on, the child asks how his father died. The mother tells him his father had a disease called addiction and he died from an accidental drug overdose. The child associates the pills his father took that made him fall asleep on the couch with the drug overdose. The child has already learned about drugs in school and then asks if his father is bad, since drug users are bad. Mom says no, he is not bad but he made a bad choice. There is an afterward section for kids to fill out, which I presume is the child social work in action. Overall, it is more geared towards a young child that survives their parent. Perhaps it would be relevant to a child who knows someone in any other way who had died of an overdose, at least to start the conversation? Either way, good to have around in an accessible setting (library, pediatrician's office, therapist's office, rehab facility - especially ones that take moms, police station, etc.).
The book is told from the perspective of a child whose father is addicted to nondescript pills. The child is aware of this and notices when his father falls asleep on the couch because of the pills. One day, the child is told that his father has died in the hospital. Later on, the child asks how his father died. The mother tells him his father had a disease called addiction and he died from an accidental drug overdose. The child associates the pills his father took that made him fall asleep on the couch with the drug overdose. The child has already learned about drugs in school and then asks if his father is bad, since drug users are bad. Mom says no, he is not bad but he made a bad choice. There is an afterward section for kids to fill out, which I presume is the child social work in action. Overall, it is more geared towards a young child that survives their parent. Perhaps it would be relevant to a child who knows someone in any other way who had died of an overdose, at least to start the conversation? Either way, good to have around in an accessible setting (library, pediatrician's office, therapist's office, rehab facility - especially ones that take moms, police station, etc.).
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