This popular and comprehensive guide outlines the whys, whens and hows of telling the truth about an adopted child's origins. Based on the experience and knowledge of adoptive parents and people who have been adopted, this book explores: Why telling your child is so important; What to tell your child and when; The responsibilities you face if your child is of a different ethnicity or from a different country; How adopted children and their birth parents feel; and How to trace birth parents. With practical ideas suitable for children of all ages, this book will enable adoptive parents to help their adopted children understand about adoption.
Overcoming Loss is a photocopiable resource that addresses children's feeling of loss, which can arise from changing communities, schools, moving house, divorce or the death of a parent or grandparent. Children are limited to a vocabulary of broad emotions like 'happy', 'sad' and 'angry', and are often unable to articulate their grief in words. This can impair their long-term emotional development. The activities in Overcoming Loss use the power of play and creative arts to give the grieving child the language to identify subtle feelings, such as shame, despair and jealousy.... More info
Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects and stages of bereavement and offers useful insights into the concerns of children experiencing grief or facing an imminent bereavement. She addresses children's common fears and worries, dreams and nightmares, and acknowledges the effect of trauma on the grief process. This second edition includes a new section for adults on understanding the distress of a bereaved child and... More info
Doris Zagdanski is not afraid to say the four letter work D-E-A-D nor is she afraid to talk openly about loss and the effects of grief. In this book she has spoken with young people, aged between 12 and 21 years, about their grief. But more importantly she has listened to their pain and heard their messages. These are shared in the hope that teenagers will know they are not alone as they learn the meaning of living without. She has not forgotten those who are also affected... More info