Grief Support Group Curriculum - Facilitator's Handbook (Paperback)

The Grief Support Group Curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing death of a close or special friend. The aim of this curriculum is to facilitate healthy variations of mourning and positive adaptations following the death of a friend or family member. The work illustrates mourning in four stages of development and is accordingly divided into four separate texts. The texts focus on preschool-aged children, children in kindergarten through grade two, children in grades three through six, and teenagers.
Each curriculum contains ten ninety-minute sessions that should be implemented over a period of ten weeks. By employing age-appropriate themes to engage the child and provide continuity throughout the sessions, the division of material within the curricula assures that the activities reflect the developmental level of the grieving child or adolescent. Each person grieves differently, and Grief Support Group Curriculum addresses the issues related to mourning while recognizing the importance of individually in grieving. This Facilitator's Handbook is designed to accompany the Mourning Child Grief Support Group Curricula for Pre-School, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence. This handbook provides a brief overview of the history, philosophy, and format of the grief support curriculum; a succinct discussion of developmental considerations of mourning children; a guide to coordinating a support group for mourning children; and a list of resources for mourning children and their families.

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