Part 1 Individual work: communicating with children through play, Peta Hemmings; direct work techniques with the siblings of children dying from cancer, Maureen Hitcham and Malcolm Sargent; chairing the child - a seat of bereavement, David Waskett; non-directive play therapy with bereaved children, Jo Carroll. Part 2 Family work: "It is impossible not to communicate" - helping the grieving family, Barbara Munroe; a cradling of a different sort, Ann Couldrick; grieving together - helping family members share their grief, Jess Gordon. Part 3 Groupwork: creative groupwork methods with bereaved children, Margaret Pennells and Susan C. Smith; sharing experiences - the value of groups for bereaved children, Jenny Baulkwill and Christine Wood; Camp Winston - a residential intervention for bereaved children, Julie Stokes and Diana Crossley; groupwork with bereaved children, Ann Harris and Malcolm Sargent; using drama in grief work, Penny Casadagli. Part 4 Specific client groups: helping families and professionals to work with children who have learning difficulties, Judy Sanderson; transcultural counselling - bereavement counselling with adolescents, Jan Wilby; managing a tragedy in a secondary school, John Shears; voices from the crowd - stories from the Hillsborough football stadium disaster, Paul Barnard and Maureen Cane; making memory stores with children and families affected by HIV, Ruth Neville. Part 5 USA: embracing fears and sharing tears - working with bereaved children, Jennifer Levine and Debra Noell; group interventions with bereaved children, 5-17 years - from a medical centre-based young person's grief support programme, Ben Wolfe; coaching children's grief through art, Clifford Davies.