Walking In Their Shadow: Supporting children and young people through bereavement
How can you best support someone who is grieving?
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Title | Walking In Their Shadow: Supporting children and young people through bereavement |
Author | Lex Bradley |
Description | How can you best support someone who is grieving? This resource aims to equip children's and youth workers, church leaders and those working in a chaplaincy context to support bereaved children and young people. Written with first-hand knowledge of the needs of both a bereaved young person and a concerned youth worker, Walking in Their Shadow offers a unique combination of practical advice, biblical teaching and creative, therapeutic techniques to help the young person adjust to bereavement as a lifelong journey.
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How can you best support someone who is grieving?
This resource aims to equip children's and youth workers, church leaders and those working in a chaplaincy context to support bereaved children and young people. Written with first-hand knowledge of the needs of both a bereaved young person and a concerned youth worker, Walking in Their Shadow offers a unique combination of practical advice, biblical teaching and creative, therapeutic techniques to help the young person adjust to bereavement as a lifelong journey.
- Contains five session outlines themed around Holy Week.
- Each outline includes two age-differentiated stories, discussion starters, links to appropriate media clips, and creative, therapeutic activity ideas.
- Provides downloadable activity sheets and 'I need to tell you...' icebreaker cards.
From STAR News Diocese of Peterborough January 2016
How can we support a bereaved child or young person who is grieving? This sensitive resource book provides 5 sessions to use with an individual child or with siblings to help them as they grieve. The sessions are shaped to follow Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. There are separate stories for 5-11s and for those who are 12+ and these are followed by questions to help reflection. Film clips are also suggested and there are simple activity sheets to focus on memories and feelings.
I would use this resource probably after the funeral when some of the immediate activity has passed. Just at the point when the world may be ready to move on, then we can provide on-going support for a child who is nowhere near ready to do that.
Reviewed by Rona Orme