After a Suicide: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids

by The Dougy Center

In this hands-on, interactive workbook, children who have been exposed to a suicide can learn from other grieving kids. The workbook includes drawing activities, puzzles, stories, advice from other kids and helpful suggestions for how to navigate the grief process after a suicide death.

Genres: Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2001

Reviews

[Arin Brutlag · Rating 5 out of 5]

This workbook incorporates activities and stories from children whose loved ones have completed suicide. Each section has an introduction; these cover a range of topics like terminology, potential reactions from others, and symptoms of grief. Most of the activities involve writing or drawing based on a given prompt, but others are things like decoding sentences and unscrambling words. Of utmost importance is the inclusion of stories from a child’s perspective, in their own words; this is the most powerful feature of the book. 48 pages.

Resources: The book is organized as a workbook. There are no resources for adults.