Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence and Abuse

Author(s): Linda Goldman

Trauma | Children & Adolescents

This second edition of Breaking the Silence sheds new light onto complex areas of traumatic grief.


Designed for educators, mental health professionals, caregivers and parents, it presents techniques, words, activities and methods to initiate discussion of these sensitive issues. It also provides valuable tools to break down the process of grieving for children. Resources are offered for facilitating the grieving process at home, school or in treatment.


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'Linda Goldman is a well known international expert on educating children about life and death and treating children's grief. This book helps us to understand children's reactions to grief and their related therapy.' - Sam Ng, National Taiwan Normal University

Preface Introduction Acknowledgments Part I: Complicated Grief 1. What Is Children's Complicated Grief? Part II: Breaking the Silence 2. Breaking the Silence on Suicide 3. Breaking the Silence on AIDS 4. Breaking the Silence on Homicide and Other Violent Crime 5. Breaking the Silence on Abuse 6. Breaking the Silence on Bullying Part III: Techniques 7. Techniques for Complicated Grief 8. Saying Goodbye: Ways to Include Children in a Funeral or Memorial 9. Educators Can Help: Let's Get Involved 10. Communities Grieve: Involvement with Children and Trauma Part IV: Resources 11. National Resources Bridge the Gap 12. Materials to Explore and Annotated Bibliography: There Is Hope References About the Author Index

General Fields

  • : 9781583913123
  • : taylor
  • : taylor
  • : 01 February 2002
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Linda Goldman
  • : Paperback
  • : 2nd Revised edition
  • : 155.937083
  • : 304
  • : bibliography, references, index