UBC Press Interventions With Bereaved Children book Paperback 300 pages

The scope of this book covers the many possible approaches to working with bereaved children. The contributors draw on their wide-ranging experience of working with bereaved children in a many different contexts to examine:methods, such as dramatherapy and play therapyvarious settings, such as working in schools, hospitals and residential environmentsgroup and individual workworking with adolescents.The breadth of the contributors' backgrounds- among them are psychologists, social workers, teachers, play therapists and an actress -brings to light the benefits of their differing approaches.

Since 1988, Susan C Smith and Sister Margaret Pennellshave developed a bereavement group programme and have run bereavement groups for children and adolescents.