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Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement

ISBN-13: 9781843100164
Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
By John Holland
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Local release date: 14/10/2001
Format: Paperback 224 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Coping with death & bereavement [VFJX]

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Google Preview: John Holland is a chartered educational psychologist with a senior practitioner role in parenting with North Yorkshire County Council. John also has an independent private practice, including being a trainer and consultant in the area of children, bereavement and loss, this after previous roles in education as a special educational needs peripatetic teacher and as an infant teacher and special needs coordinator in schools.; Foreword. Guide to the book. Chapter 1: The Humberside studies and 'Iceberg'. Chapter 2: Change and losses in the cultural context. Chapter 3: The 'traditional' models of loss. Chapter 4: Schema theory and the importance of language. Chapter 5: Childhood bereavement and its effects. Chapter 6: How schools help. Chapter 7: Children's understanding and interest of death. Chapter 8: The background to 'Iceberg'. Chapter 9: Introduction to the results. Chapter 10: The first reactions to the death. Chapter 11: The chapel of rest and the funeral. Chapter 12: The return to school. Chapter 13: The isolation of the 'Iceberg' volunteers. Chapter 14: The 'Iceberg' volunteers' feelings over the two year period after the death of their parents. Chapter 15: The medium and long-term effects of the death of their parents on the 'Iceberg' volunteers. Chapter 16: The age at which volunteers gained an idea of death. Chapter 17: Different types of loss. Chapter 18: The experience of death by the 'Iceberg' volunteers. Chapter 19: The 'Iceberg' lessons that could help bereaved children. Appendix 1: The research questions. Appendix 2: Interview sheet: pupils. Appendix 3: Interview sheet: parents. References. Index.; For a bereaved child, school is a paradox. It can be both a haven from the emotional intensity of home and a source of additional demands. It can provide support and generate feelings of isolation and alienation. The challenge for teachers is to recognise how to develop school as a positive resource for bereaved children, which is the main focus of Holland's study.; Google Preview content

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