Preface. 1. Introduction to Spiritual Care. 2. Best Practice Principles for Spiritual Care. 3. Interpretive Spiritual Encounters. 4. Spiritual Care, Illness and Identity. 5. Creating Spaces for Spiritual Care. 6. Meaning Making with Children and Young People. 7. Spiritual Care with Families. 8. Spiritual Practices for Spiritual Care. 9. Tensions and Issues. 10. Facilitating Spiritual Literacy. Conclusion. Appendix 1. Spiritual Care Activity Recording Sheet. Appendix 2. Sample Activity Instructions. Appendix 3. Principles, Practice Examples and Activities Grid. Bibliography. Index of Activities.
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The premise of this much needed handbook is that spiritual care is ""easier to explore than to explain"". It does this powerfully by recounting more than 40 verbatim accounts of ""interpretive spiritual encounters"" that the chaplains at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) have had with Children and young people there... This is a useful, hopeful, and thought-provoking resource, which is well worth a complete read-through. It can also, however, be dipped into for clear, practical guidance by those who find themselves needing to lay solid foundations that will allow interpretative spiritual encounters to happen.