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Grief and Mourning for the CDR
Professional and the Client
For those who have lost a loved one, death is not just another
psychological issue. Counseling, funeral attendance, grave visitation,
memory books, family gatherings, and rituals for anniversaries
must all be considered. Adults, children, infants, toddlers and
"uninvolved" siblings all have issues when a loved one dies. Denial
of grief and mourning can cause emotional damage. The best intervention
for some children and families may involve support and companionship
for rituals. Counseling or therapy may be necessary for complicated
grief.
As Child Protective Services is not involved with
every case of a child survivor, Child Death Review Teams are beginning
to realize that because of the CDR members' proximity to the death,
they are very likely the only ones who are responsible or in a
position to insure that the family of the deceased is properly
cared for.
The 2008 Conference entitled "Childhood Grief and
Traumatic Loss" will be held in Pasadena, CA, on March 11th and 12th.
For more information about this conference, click HERE.
The following information may be useful to you in
dealing with Grief and Mourning issues.
Click here
to order the Training Video or DVD "Working with Grieving
Children," a wonderful production for the professional dealing
with children who are suffering a loss.
Click
here to view the a portion of“the "Working with
Grieving Children" video.
ARTICLES:
Standards
for Grief and Mourning Professionals
Grief
and Mourning for the Family and Friends of a Child who has Died
Grief
And Mourning Article
Thoughts
on Grief and Mourning by Michael Durfee, M.D
Facing
the Issue
LINKS:
American Hospice
http://www.americanhospice.org
Rainbows
http://www.rainbows.org/
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