This practical guide covers the unique grief responses of teenagers and the specific challenges they face when grieving a death. You will learn how death impacts teenagers and ways that you can help them. The book also offers advice from parents and caregivers of bereaved teens on how to support adolescents and how to determine when professional help is needed.
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Since 1983, The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families has provided loving support in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can share their experiences as they move through their healing process. Based in Portland, Oregon, The Dougy Center works regionally, nationally and internationally to provide support and training to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
The Dougy Center is supported solely through private support from individuals, foundations and companies, and receives no state or federal funding. The Dougy Center does not charge a fee for its services.
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The Grieving Teen
Adolescence is a time of transition between childhood and adulthood. As young teens leave the "child" behind and allow the "teenager" to emerge, they experience anxiety, awkwardness and a sense of loss for the first time. With the teenage years come new responsibilities and roles at home and in school. Teens earn a driver’s license, take part-time jobs, spend more time with their peers, and prepare to leave the nest.
Not surprisingly, the grief journey for a teen is different from that of a child or an adult. The death of a significant person in a teen's life compounds and complicates the developmental process of adolescence. The teenager suddenly finds himself dealing with additional issues including:
. possible unresolved issues with the person who died
. the circumstances of the death
. dramatic changes in his or her life situation
. changes in relationships with others after the death
The teen's level of emotional and physical maturity, past experiences, and family dynamics all influence his grief response. Within the young griever is a complex mix of emotions, bodily reactions, thoughts, mental pictures, philosophical and religious ideas, and behaviors associated with the death.
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- Parenting Teens by Bruce Narramore on page 51
- Adolescence and Death by Charles A. Corr on page 52
- Seven Choices: Finding Daylight after Loss Shatters Your World by Elizabeth Harper Neeld on page 52
- New Life by Standard Publishing on page 52
- Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals by Earl A. Grollman on page 52
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- Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence and Abuse (Travel Guides) by Linda Goldman on page 18, and page 235
- Raising Our Children to Be Resilient: A Guide to Helping Children Cope with Trauma in Today's World by Linda Goldman on page 293
- When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing by Marilyn E. Gootman Ed.D. in Back Matter
- Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents, and Loss by Kenneth Doka in Back Matter
- A Whole New World by Jan Cartledge in Back Matter
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