Book Description
Parents, teachers, and other adults can learn through
this concise and caring guide to how children and
adolescents grieve after someone they love dies. Exploring
the six reconciliation needs of mourning, this helpful
resource recognizes that grieving children are especially
deserving of an emotional environment of love and
acceptance. Including a historical perspective on
children and death, this handbook helps adults recognize
the importance of empathy toward a grieving child,
and provides guidelines for involving children in
funeral services. These suggestions can help anyone
who wants to help young people better cope with grief
so that they can go on to become emotionally healthy
adults themselves.
About the Author
Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., is an internationally known
teacher, grief counselor, and author of Understanding
Grief, Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies, and
The Journey Through Grief. He is director of the Center
for Loss and Life Transition and faculty member at
the University of Colorado Medical School's department
of family medicine. He is the "Children and Grief"
columnist for Bereavement magazine and has appeared
on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, and NBC's
The Today Show. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
