Guidebook on helping persons with mental retardation mourn / Jeffrey Kauffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kauffman, Jeffrey.

Series:

Death, value, and meaning series.

Death, value, and meaning series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bereavement.

Death.

Grief.

People with mental disabilities--Counseling of.

People with mental disabilities.

People with mental disabilities--Mental health.

People with mental disabilities--Psychology.

Physical Description:

xi, 127 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., c2005.

Summary:

The book contributes to an awareness of the significance of loss in the life experience of persons with mental retardation. Experiencing loss may be a very powerful vulnerability in their mental or psychological life, and dealing with this loss is a basic element in psychological health. There has been an enormous hole in the death and dying literature and in the mental retardation literature on the mourning behavior and needs of persons with mental retardation. This book fills that hole, and lays a foundation for grief support services, establishes standards of practice and care, and is an educational primer about the loss and mourning needs of persons with mental retardation.

Contents:

ch. 1. Loss is at the heart of life : a general introduction to grief and the practice of helping persons who are mourning

ch. 2. Guidelines for supporting and facilitating the mourning process

ch. 3. The language of grief in persons with mental retardation

ch. 4. Psychological concerns and complications

ch. 5. Program development : the creation of a grief supportive community guidelines for agencies

ch. 6. Experience in a grief group.

Notes:

First published 2005 by Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-124) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-86549-8

0-89503-385-2

1-315-23158-1

0-89503-742-4

9781315231587

OCLC:

988385308