Description
Children who are facing a serious illness or have experienced a death in their family can be reassured by stories of other children who have had a similar experience. These stories help them understand better what has happened in their own family while at the same time offering the comforting knowledge that they are not alone in their feelings. In this session we will explore how books provide a way to begin these conversations, giving the child permission to talk about death and communicating that we are interested in her feelings and questions.
Document Type
PowerPoint Presentation
Start Date
17-5-2019 12:35 PM
End Date
17-5-2019 1:55 PM
Location
Settlemyer Hall, Bellingham Technical College
Genre/Form
lectures
Program
Palliative Care: Treating the Whole Person
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Children and death; Loss (Psychology in children); Bereavement in children
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Keywords
Books about death and loss, Books for children about death and loss
Included in
Not If But When: Books for Young People about Death and Loss
Settlemyer Hall, Bellingham Technical College
Children who are facing a serious illness or have experienced a death in their family can be reassured by stories of other children who have had a similar experience. These stories help them understand better what has happened in their own family while at the same time offering the comforting knowledge that they are not alone in their feelings. In this session we will explore how books provide a way to begin these conversations, giving the child permission to talk about death and communicating that we are interested in her feelings and questions.