Teens who have experienced the death of parent grandparent friend or relativeoften find it difficult to grieve openly. When adults who teens trust are awareof t... » 

Teens who have experienced the death of parent grandparent friend or relativeoften find it difficult to grieve openly. When adults who teens trust are awareof the cycle of grief they can provide a safe atmosphere to allow teens toexperience the turmoil of the intense and conflicting emotions in order to movetowards healing.This book is a valuable guide helping adults connect with grieving teens. Thereader will find background information along with many specific activities tohelp teens reflect upon and talk about their particular concerns. Issues ofgrief are introduced through drawing molding clay painting movementwriting listening to music as well as talking in pairs and as a group. Inaddition new activities incorporate the various dimensions of the grievingprocess with audiovisual materials and the Internet.The second edition of Helping Teens Work Through Grief provides a morecomplete and updated manual for facilitators of teen grief groups. It includesadditional background information about developmental aspects of teens theprocess of grief aspects of trauma and its effects on teens the value of agroup determining the groupappropriateness of particular teens and parentalinvolvement. The many details involved with beginning a group publicityinterviews registration structure closure evaluation and followup arelisted.This resource provides teachers counselors psychologists social workershospice personnel and religious youth workers with the necessary information towork with teens in a group setting or support a grieving individual. In a lessformal setting Helping Teens Work Through Grief could also serve as aguidefor a concerned neighbor or family member who is in a position to help agrieving teen on the healing journey towards wholeness. «