Helping those experiencing loss : a guide to grieving resources / Robert J. Grover and Susan G. Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grover, Robert, 1942-

Contributor:

Fowler, Susan G., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grief.

Grief--Information resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book provides a guide for grieving youth and adults as well as extensive descriptive lists of recommended professional literature resources"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK; CHAPTER OVERVIEW; NEED FOR THIS BOOK; PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE; SELECTION OF RESOURCES LISTED; HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE; BOOK ENTRY ELEMENTS; MULTIMEDIA ENTRIES; ANNOTATIONS; ARRANGEMENT OF ENTRIES; OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS; SOURCES CONSULTED; 2: A PORTRAIT OF GRIEF; CHAPTER OVERVIEW; DEFINING GRIEF AND MOURNING; EXPLORING GRIEF; CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; UNDERSTANDING THE GRIEVING PROCESS; GRIEF AND STRESS; STRESS; PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF STRESS; DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF; OTHER TYPES OF GRIEF; ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; SIBLING LOSS; ANIMAL LOSS

DEALING WITH GRIEFCLOSURE; RESILIENCE; SPIRITUALITY; THE GRIEVER'S STORY; TEARS; HELPING THE BEREAVED; SUMMARY; RECOMMENDED RESOURCES; SOURCES CONSULTED; 3: CHILDREN AND LOSS; CHAPTER OVERVIEW; THE GRIEVING PROCESS OF CHILDREN; EACH CHILD GRIEVES DIFFERENTLY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND GRIEVING; EARLY CHILDHOOD (0-4 YEARS); MIDDLE CHILDHOOD (AGES 5-8); LATE CHILDHOOD (AGES 9-12); DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF OF CHILDREN; TYPES OF LOSS EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN; SIBLING DEATH; DIVORCE; ADOPTION; FOSTER CHILDREN; PET DEATH; STRATEGIES FOR HELPING CHILDREN GRIEVE; GRIEF TASKS

PROFESSIONAL INTERVENTION FOR GRIEVING CHILDRENTALKING WITH GRIEVING CHILDREN; RITUALS; SUMMARY; ADULT RESOURCES; RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN; ADOPTION; DEATH (GENERAL); DEATH OF A FRIEND; DEATH OF A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT; DEATH OF A PET; DEATH OF A SIBLING; DIVORCE; FOSTER CHILDREN; SOURCES CONSULTED; 4: YOUNG ADULTS AND GRIEVING; CHAPTER OVERVIEW; MYTHS ABOUT GRIEVING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; GRIEVING AND DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES; FACTORS INFLUENCING YOUTHS' GRIEVING; DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF AND YOUTH; EMOTIONAL REACTION TO LOSS; LOSS THROUGH DEATH; INTERPERSONAL LOSSES; TRANSITIONAL LOSSES

TRAGIC LOSSESSTRATEGIES FOR HELPING GRIEVING YOUTH; GRIEF TASKS; STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING GRIEF TASKS; RITUALS; SUMMARY; ADULT RESOURCES; RESOURCES FOR YOUNG ADULTS; ADOPTION; DEATH OF A FRIEND; DEATH OF A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT; DEATH OF A SIBLING; DIVORCE; FOSTER CARE; GRIEVING (GENERAL); SUICIDE; SOURCES CONSULTED; 5: LOSS OF A CHILD; CHAPTER OVERVIEW; A PERSONAL ACCOUNT; WHY CHILDREN DIE; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON PARENTS; MAKING DECISIONS AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD; EFFECT ON SURVIVING CHILDREN; PRENATAL DEATHS; INFANT DEATHS; DEATH OF OLDER CHILDREN; RECOVERY

IMPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERSSUMMARY; RECOMMENDED RESOURCES; SOURCES CONSULTED; 6: DEATH OF A SPOUSE; CHAPTER OVERVIEW; LOSS OF A LIFE PARTNER; THE EMOTIONS OF GRIEVING; SHOCK; TEARS; REGRETS; LONELINESS; RELIEF; RECOVERY; ACCOMMODATING THE LOSS; RELIGION AND RITUALS; ADJUSTMENTS; ANNIVERSARIES AND HOLIDAYS; CLOTHING AND POSSESSIONS; GRIEVING AND HEALTH; REMARRIAGE; SUPPORT NETWORKS; ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF BEREAVED PERSONS; HELPING WIDOWS; HELPING WIDOWERS; ADVICE FOR PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH BEREAVED ADULTS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED RESOURCES; SOURCES CONSULTED; 7: GRIEVING AS WE AGE

CHAPTER OVERVIEW

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

979-84-00-66281-2

1-283-15053-0

9786613150530

1-59884-827-5

OCLC:

929146063