Handbook of Childhood Death and Bereavement

by Charles Corr PhD, CT (Editor), Donna M. Corr RN, MSN (Editor)

Overview

In this comprehensive handbook, a leading group of experts improve our understanding of the challenges faced by children when coping with death, dying, and bereavement. Organized into three parts, the volume addresses specific issues involved in confrontations with death; discusses the role of bereavement; and explains specific therapeutic interventions for caregivers.

The reader is introduced to four distinct periods within childhood—infancy, toddlerhood, early childhood, and middle childhood. Through case examples, the contributors illustrate a child's experience with death and bereavement in all four areas. The book's practical orientation and emphasis will appeal to a broad array of caregivers including counselors, therapists, nurses, and mental health practitioners concerned with child and adolescent death and bereavement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826193216
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Charles A. Corr, PhD, CT, is Professor emeritus, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.

Donna M. Corr, RN, MSN, served until retirement as a nursing professor at St. Louis Community College in St. Louis, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface

Part I: Death


1. Children, Development, and Encounters with Death and Bereavement, Charles A. Corr


2. The Development of Children's Understanding of Death, Mark W. Speece and Sandor B. Brent


3. Children, HIV Infection, and AIDS, Barbara Oberhofer Dane


4. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior in Childhood, Lillian M. Range


5. The Cruel Paradox: Children Who Are Living with Life-Threatening Illnesses, Kenneth J. Doka


Part II: Bereavement


6. How Bereaved Children Cope with Loss: An Overview, John E. Baker and Mary Anne Sedney


7. Children and the Death of a Parent or Grandparent, Beverly S. Hatter


8. Children and the Death of a Sibilng, S.D. Stahlman


9. Children's Friendship and the Death of a Friend, Tamina Toray and Kevin Ann Oltjenbruns


10. Children and Pet Loss, Carolyn L. Butler and Laurel S. Lagoni


11. Children's Exposure to Traumatic Experiences, Kathleen Olympia Nader


Part III: Interventions


12. The Family as Healing Resource, Elliott J. Rosen


13. Building the Foundation: Preparation Before a Trauma, Margaret M. Metzgar and Barbara C. Zick


14. Postvention with Elementary School Children, Antoon A. Leenaars and Susanne Wenckstern


15. Support Groups for Bereaved Children, Joan B. Bacon


16. Individual Treatment of the Bereaved Child, Corinne Masur


References

Author Index

Subject Index