From a friend: There's an excellent resource which is used by the Chaplains at the Childrens Hospital called "Helping Children Grieve". The author is Theresa M Huntley, The structure of the book is: Part One: Children and Death 1. How Children Understand Death 2. Teaching Children about Death Part Two: Grieving with Children 3. How Children Grieve 4. Understanding Grief and Its Tasks 5. Helping Children Grieve Part Three: Approaching the Death of a Child 6. When a Child is Dying 7. Concerns of Dying Children 8. Concerns of the Parents 9. Providing Care to Dying Children 10. Providing Care to Parents The book is under 140 pages, and easy to read.
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