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Tansley, Tangea. For Women Who Grieve: Twelve Steps to Life After the Death of Your Partner. Port Melboure, Vic.: Lothian, 1995.
Australian
A practical, honest and down-to-earth guide for women grieving the loss of their partners. Chapters include: Understanding Death; Letting Go; Being Gentle with Yourself; World of Words; Coping with Your Sexuality; And What About the Children?; Eradicating Loneliness; The Practical Side of Carrying On; Dreaming; Relating to Other People; Controlling Your Mind; Acknowledging the Godforce.
Wells, Rosemary. Helping Children Cope with Grief: Facing a Death in the Family. London: Sheldon Press, 1988.
Designed to help adults dealing with bereaved children. It includes an excellent chapter on School Attitudes, which details behaviours to watch for, death as a classroom topic, amongst other topics. The book also discusses Religious Attitudes. It is one of the very few texts which discusses When a Family Death Comes as a Relief, situations which are even more fraught with difficulties, and also the far-reaching How Bereavement is Childhood Affects Adult Life.
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Weseman, Phyllis Vos, Jude Dennis Fournier, Kenneth R. Weseman. Guiding Children Through Life's Losses: Prayers, Rituals and Activities. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1998.
This book is meant for classroom use in Christian schools, as well in retreats or family devotions, with 16 different services. Death of a Grandparent and Death of a Classmate are included. Each service includes explanations, readings, rituals, activities and prayers.
Wilkinson, Tessa, illustrated by Gavin Rowe. The Death of a Child: a Book for Families. London, U.K.: Julia MacRae Books, 1991.
Tessa Wilkinson is a bereavement counsellor for a children's hospice. This book is designed to help grieving families through the loss of a child. It offers practical advice and observations of typical behaviour. The second part of the book is a story for children, written from the perspective of a young boy during his brother's illness, death and the family's recovery. The final section offers Prayers, Poems and Readings that have been used by families through the hospice.
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Wolfelt, Alan D. Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal. Muncie, Ind.: Accelerated Development, 1992.A self-help guide designed to help a bereaved person determine how they feel. Sections in the book are: The Ability to Love Requires the Necessity to Mourn; Common Myths about Grief and Mourning; My Grief is Unique; What Might I Expect?; Am I Crazy?; Reconciliation as Healing; How Am I Doing?; Taking Care of Myself; Do I Need Additional Help?; Where Can I Get Help?; Healing Guidelines for Support Groups; Helping a Friend in Grief.
Worden, J. William. Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies. New York, N.Y.: The Guilford Press, 1996.
This book is designed for the professional working with grieving families. The majority of the book is based upon a two-year study of bereaved children, and has extensive references to other research and psychological literature. It offers discussions on children at risk, and how to assess and minimise the risks. The appendices offer references to the assessment instruments used in the study.
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Working with Children in Grief and Loss. Edited by Bruce Lindsay and John Elsegood. London, U.K.: Baillière Tindall, 1996.
This book is designed for childcare professionals who deal with many different experiences with loss. The more significant chapters are those entitled Breaking Bad News to Children and Expected and Unexpected Loss.
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