Tuesday, September 30, 2008
New books from the Dyregrovs
Atle and Kari Dyregrov have completed many research studies in bereavement, mainly in Norway. These span a diverse age group and include research on bereavement in a variety of circumstances.
Dyregrov Atle
Grief in young children
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008
This is probably the first book on bereavement for pre school children.
Contents: 1. What Is grief? 2. What can be done to help children who have suffered a loss? 3. Children's participation in rituals. 4. How do children process what has happened over time? 5. Supporting children over time. 6. Advice to parents. 7. Specific advice. 8. Conclusion. Resources. Bibliography. Index
2008 has also seen a new edition of the book
Dyregrov, Atle
Grief in children. A handbook for adults. 2nd edition.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008
Contents: 1: Children’s reactions to grief and crisis. 2: Different types of death (sibling, parent, grandparent, friend, suicide.) 3: Death and crisis at different developmental levels. 4. What makes grief worse? 5. Sex differences in children’s grief. 6. Care for children in grief and crisis (including viewing dead bodies, funerals, cremation). 7. Guidelines for taking care of children’s needs.
8. Handling death in the playgroup and at school. 9. Crisis-or-grief-therapy for
children. 10. Bereavement groups for children. 11. Caring for oneself.
In addition they have recently written
Dyregrov Kari, Dyregrov Atle
Effective grief and bereavement support. The role of family friends, colleagues,
schools and support professionals.
Jessica Kingsley 2008
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. How does sudden death affect the close bereaved? 3. What types of support do the bereaved encounter and what do they want? 4. Children and young people - Their situation and help needs. 5. How does sudden death affect social networks? 6. Social network support - Challenges and solutions. 7. The main principles behind good network support. 8. What kinds of support can family and friends give? 9. What kind of support can the school and workplace provide? 10. When should professional help be brought In? 11. Support for the social network. Appendix. References. Subject Index. Author Index.
(All are available from the bookshop at St Christopher’s bookshop d.brady@stchristophers.org.uk)
Dyregrov Atle
Grief in young children
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008
This is probably the first book on bereavement for pre school children.
Contents: 1. What Is grief? 2. What can be done to help children who have suffered a loss? 3. Children's participation in rituals. 4. How do children process what has happened over time? 5. Supporting children over time. 6. Advice to parents. 7. Specific advice. 8. Conclusion. Resources. Bibliography. Index
2008 has also seen a new edition of the book
Dyregrov, Atle
Grief in children. A handbook for adults. 2nd edition.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008
Contents: 1: Children’s reactions to grief and crisis. 2: Different types of death (sibling, parent, grandparent, friend, suicide.) 3: Death and crisis at different developmental levels. 4. What makes grief worse? 5. Sex differences in children’s grief. 6. Care for children in grief and crisis (including viewing dead bodies, funerals, cremation). 7. Guidelines for taking care of children’s needs.
8. Handling death in the playgroup and at school. 9. Crisis-or-grief-therapy for
children. 10. Bereavement groups for children. 11. Caring for oneself.
In addition they have recently written
Dyregrov Kari, Dyregrov Atle
Effective grief and bereavement support. The role of family friends, colleagues,
schools and support professionals.
Jessica Kingsley 2008
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. How does sudden death affect the close bereaved? 3. What types of support do the bereaved encounter and what do they want? 4. Children and young people - Their situation and help needs. 5. How does sudden death affect social networks? 6. Social network support - Challenges and solutions. 7. The main principles behind good network support. 8. What kinds of support can family and friends give? 9. What kind of support can the school and workplace provide? 10. When should professional help be brought In? 11. Support for the social network. Appendix. References. Subject Index. Author Index.
(All are available from the bookshop at St Christopher’s bookshop d.brady@stchristophers.org.uk)
Monday, September 01, 2008
A book, a report, an organisation…
Hooyman Nancy R, Kramer Betty J.
Living through Loss. Interventions
across the lifespan.
Columbia University Press, 2006
This is an ambitious book written from the perspective of social work. General chapters focus on theories of grief, processes of grief, resilience, meaning making and self care.
The authors have divided the lifespan into five categories – childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and older adulthood. Two chapters are devoted to each age group – one identifies issues that particularly pertain to that age group and the other details appropriate interventions for them. There are various useful charts and tables scattered throughout the text eg a summary of recommendations for grief counsellors, given current empirical evidence. This is a book worth dipping into!
Department of Health (UK)
End of life strategy
Department of Health 2008
Throughout the report there is great emphasis on practical and emotional support of patients and their carers and on the provision of information at all stages of dying through to bereavement. In fact this is one of the ten key objectives in the report. There is almost no mention of counselling per se in any part of the document.
Various examples of good bereavement support are provided. They tend to focus on the immediate aftermath of a death. The needs of bereaved children are mentioned a number of times.
In the measurement framework, the importance of education and training for health and social care and widespread provision of appropriate information on bereavement is regarded as vital. The number of carers supported by care after death on the Liverpool Care Pathway will be regarded as a measure of progress and measures of outcome will be assessed by carers’ reports of their own experience of support and care after bereavement.
The kind of training needed to support bereaved people in the aftermath of either a sudden or unexpected death is not provided. However, research into models of bereavement care is suggested.
It is also suggested that occasions of remembrance should be organised to help and support bereaved people. At these events, information about bereavement support should be available and further opportunities provided for people to self refer to bereavement services. The full report can be accesed via:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086277
Bereavement Research Forum.
This UK based organisation provides a forum for interested professionals to discuss, promote and develop bereavement research. Its website provides information on its own conferences as well as on other key bereavement conferences in the UK, useful research sites and some recent publications.
http://www.brforum.org.uk/
Living through Loss. Interventions
across the lifespan.
Columbia University Press, 2006
This is an ambitious book written from the perspective of social work. General chapters focus on theories of grief, processes of grief, resilience, meaning making and self care.
The authors have divided the lifespan into five categories – childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and older adulthood. Two chapters are devoted to each age group – one identifies issues that particularly pertain to that age group and the other details appropriate interventions for them. There are various useful charts and tables scattered throughout the text eg a summary of recommendations for grief counsellors, given current empirical evidence. This is a book worth dipping into!
Department of Health (UK)
End of life strategy
Department of Health 2008
Throughout the report there is great emphasis on practical and emotional support of patients and their carers and on the provision of information at all stages of dying through to bereavement. In fact this is one of the ten key objectives in the report. There is almost no mention of counselling per se in any part of the document.
Various examples of good bereavement support are provided. They tend to focus on the immediate aftermath of a death. The needs of bereaved children are mentioned a number of times.
In the measurement framework, the importance of education and training for health and social care and widespread provision of appropriate information on bereavement is regarded as vital. The number of carers supported by care after death on the Liverpool Care Pathway will be regarded as a measure of progress and measures of outcome will be assessed by carers’ reports of their own experience of support and care after bereavement.
The kind of training needed to support bereaved people in the aftermath of either a sudden or unexpected death is not provided. However, research into models of bereavement care is suggested.
It is also suggested that occasions of remembrance should be organised to help and support bereaved people. At these events, information about bereavement support should be available and further opportunities provided for people to self refer to bereavement services. The full report can be accesed via:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086277
Bereavement Research Forum.
This UK based organisation provides a forum for interested professionals to discuss, promote and develop bereavement research. Its website provides information on its own conferences as well as on other key bereavement conferences in the UK, useful research sites and some recent publications.
http://www.brforum.org.uk/
