Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss - Revised Edition

by Claudia Jewett Jarratt and Claudia L. Jewett

Book Overview

A compassionate, step-by-step guide to help children cope with and recover from any kind of loss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558320512
• ISBN13: 9781558320512
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Harvard Common Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Truly excellent book I keep handy

I bought this book initially because I was adopting foster children and I wanted to help them with their loss issues. But then as I read it, I realized it applies to helping any child who has to face significant losses. I wish my brother had this book when he got divorced, maybe he could have understood and helped his children when their schoolwork plummetted and they became depressed. It helps you understand about childhood grief and how to aid the child in coping with it. I have referred to it many times and bought copies for my friends, too.

A Classic

This book is often recommended for people adopting older children. However, it is a beautifully written book, and easy to read. It has information on how to help children with all sorts of changes, permanent (like a death), and temporary, like a parent going overseas for the military. The book helps adults understand what is going on for the child, and how to help them better with their sadness, anager and aggression.