This unique workbook is a comprehensive compilation of therapeutic activities developed to address the needs and issues of children and adolescents following the death of a brother or sister. The workbook is organized into distinct topic-specific sections relating to sibling hospitalization, illness, injury, and death. Games, creative writing, and drawing exercises offer opportunities to share feelings and relay experiences in a non-threatening format. Pages are designed for easy removal to allow personalization of the text for a survivor’s own experiences and interests. Letters from a Friend may be used by children or teens independently to create a personal journal of their bereavement and coping processes as well as a chronicle of their lives as surviving siblings.
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Surviving the death of a brother or sister is not a phase of life that eventually passes. Sibling survival is a life-long achievement. Letters from a Friend: A Sibling’s Guide for Coping and Grief recognizes this and celebrates not only the life of the brother or sister who has died but the lives and spirits of their sibling survivors.
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"Letters from a Friend is a comprehensive look at childhood grief. It is a very creative, interactive and compassionate exploration..." -- Linda Bensing, Certified Child Life Specialist
"Letters from a Friend is very powerful because it is so truthful and honest and the author is so..." -- Marilyn Lees Reinish, MSW, Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center
"Letters from a Friend provides a great deal for children in helping them cope with the loss of a sibling." -- Shari Lichtenstein, MSW, Department of Social Work, Loyola University Medical Center
"Letters from a Friend is very powerful because it is so truthful and honest and the author is so..." -- Marilyn Lees Reinish, MSW, Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center
"Letters from a Friend provides a great deal for children in helping them cope with the loss of a sibling." -- Shari Lichtenstein, MSW, Department of Social Work, Loyola University Medical Center
About the Author
Erika R. Barber received her bachelor’s degree from the Department of Human and Family Resources at Northern Illinois University. Ms. Barber worked as a child life specialist and coordinator at Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, where she developed and administered therapeutic programming for pediatric patients and families. In addition, she was an active member of support groups for bereaved siblings and for pediatric oncology patients.
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Shortly after her twentieth birthday, Andrea became unhealthy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dream saver, share your letter, teen author, death services, card designer, sibling died, grief emotions, grief feelings, blank calendar, pal program, sibling death, share your feelings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Shortly after her twentieth birthday, Andrea became unhealthy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dream saver, share your letter, teen author, death services, card designer, sibling died, grief emotions, grief feelings, blank calendar, pal program, sibling death, share your feelings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Erika Barber, Paper Dice, Skip Pieces, Feelings Card, Shapes of Survival New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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