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The author has shown many times over, through decades of work with the dying and their caregivers, that the Buddhist approach to death can be of great help and understanding to people of all backgrounds. Ever since she was inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work has provided a source of knowledge for people who are facing their own death, in charge with a dying person's care, or desiring to explore and study the power of the dying process and its transformative ability and nature. With her direction, we confirm that we can access and connect with the strength inside us, and that we can also help do the same with others who are suffering.

Pages:  204

Child Behavior has become classic reading for parents and professionals around the world since it was first published.  This authoritative guide offers the basics of child development, addressing exactly how children's bodies can affect their behavior.  The authors not only discuss what to do to treat specific behavior problems but actually advise parents on how, in many instances, they can prevent many common and more serious problems.

Pages:  360

Walter Wangerin speaks directly from the heart in this touching and instructional new DVD.  Based on his own experiences of living with life- threatening cancer for the last two plus years.  He speaks about how cancer has changed his life and how his faith has sustained and prepared him to meet death itself. In Confronting Death is not for the Christian idealist: it is for every Christian, as we learn how to be different from the world here and now.  This compelling teaching explains how Christ is victorious over death.  Excellent for Sunday school classes, study groups, equipping caregivers who do visitation ministry, hospice, and working with those who are grieving.

Runtime:  60 mins

We all experience grief as a normal reaction to loss of any kind, and it is a complex emotion that needs to be understood.  It allows us to acknowledge and mourn our losses so we can reconcile our feelings and move forward in life.  This video will help you learn how to deal with your grief and become a better person for having gone through it.

Runtime:  20 mins

This thoughtful, compassionate guide contains a highly regarded program for grieving children. It offers guidance during difficult times to help children grieve the death of a parent or sibling, and removes the helpless feelings and uncertainty we often feel when we attempt to assist children who are mourning. With this guide, the authors help readers to understand a number of topics including: the different ways children grieve, the changes in family dynamics after death and the effective ways to ease the transition, the ways to talk with children about death and grief, coping with extreme sorrow during holidays, identifying the signs that grief has turned to depression and where to find help, getting more information and advice that can help a child heal. You can give your child the help and support needed to cope with grief and loss with this book.

Pages:  304

When a child has just lost a parent, a sibling, or other loved one, what can we say?  How can we do the right things without adding to the child's sadness, confusion and grief, especially when we are grieving, too?   In clear, concise language, Dr. William Kroen offers comfort, compassion, and sound advice to any adult who is helping a child cope with death.  Combining his experiences and information from the well respected Good Grief Program at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, Massachusetts, he explains how children from infancy through age 18 perceive and react to death.  He offers suggestions on how we can respond to children at different ages and stages, and describes specific strategies to use in order to guide and support them through the grieving process, from the first devastating days through commemorating the loved one and eventually moving on with life.  This book also includes a list of recommended organizations and additional readings.

Pages:  118

Very few events in a child's life can affect them as greatly as the death of a loved one.  This new, thoughtful video resource offers insightful information to adults (parents, caregivers, professionals) on how to help children of all ages grieve with hope and heart.  In this DVD, You'll meet two experts: Khris Ford and Paula D'Arcy, whose personal experiences with death give them intimate knowledge and compassion.

Runtime:  55 mins

It's upsetting to even think about it, but cancer affects many of us, and people we know. It's even more scary for your children to know you have cancer. Many questions arise, such as: How are you going to tell them? How do you deal with the distress and the pain? How can you deal with both the emotional and psychological disruptions a family will go through when a parent has cancer? The author has assembled the actual life stories and experiences of more than twenty parents who have been diagnosed with cancer. In these stories, they share with you their deepest fears, along with their greatest hopes and desires, as they provide the reader with invaluable knowledge, guidance and inspiration. Now, this invaluable book includes new stories from parents with cancer and advice from professional counselors, making it a very special contribution from families affected by cancer to other families affected by cancer.

Pages:  176

The author has shown many times over, through decades of work with the dying and their caregivers, that the Buddhist approach to death can be of great help and understanding to people of all backgrounds. Ever since she was inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work has provided a source of knowledge for people who are facing their own death, in charge with a dying person?s care, or desiring to explore and study the power of the dying process and its transformative ability and nature. With her direction, we confirm that we can access and connect with the strength inside us, and that we can also help do the same with others who are suffering.

Pages:  204

In this book, Diane Stein, as a healer and writer, brings the wisdom and knowledge of many sources together, including the ancient traditions of Buddhism, Greek mythology, the contemporary Goddess movement, and powerful psychic techniques. She gives us a resource that includes a healing point of view, and contains important insights into the essential issues of death and loss and leads the reader on an extraordinary journey toward acceptance, affirmation, love and hope.

Pages:  116

In this book, the author gives an understanding and inspiring education on the real meaning of grief. He shows how it brings us closer to our greatest sense of self by breaking and re-creating us. By using his broad pastoral background with helping congregants deal with grief, Rabbi Gewirtz shows us the different ways we block our experience of loss and sorrow, and directs us to meet these feelings fully, with compassion and lucidity and integrate the lessons we learn into a more fulfilling life. He teaches a valuable approach to grieving as a method for positive change and renewal, and provides us with non-denominational advice from a spiritual leader, instead of a psychologist.

Pages:  160

After the author lost her husband, it became very clear that each of her three children would grieve the loss in a completely different ways.  One became angry, another was experiencing denial, and the third was consumed with fear.  She immediately determined that each child would need a particular response, not only from her, but the other adults in their lives.  Even though there were a variety of emotions and reactions, she came up with four basics that each child would need, which included routine, love, honesty, and security.  Using these four concepts are absolutely necessary for parents who want to successfully guide their children through the loss of a loved one. What Children Need When They Grieve explores the scope of a child's reactions to death, including grief and fear, advice on how to talk with your child, how to recognize their need for privacy, and what other adults can do to help.

Pages:  208

Trevor Romain talks directly to kids about what death means and how to cope.  His new book is for any child who has lost a loved one or other special person, and is simple, insightful, and straight from the heart.   In straightforward terms, he asks the kinds of questions kids have about deathWhy? How? What next?  Is it my fault? Whats a funeral?   He describes and talks about the overwhelming emotions involved in grieving and offers useful strategies for dealing with them.  He also suggests meaningful ways to remember and honor the person who has died.   This book is full of solid advice and expressive illustrations, and offers the comfort and reassurance that children need during these difficult times.  Written to and for kids, its also recommended for parents and other relatives, educators, counselors, and youth workers.

Pages:  72

This DVD is an ideal resource to help a teen dealing with grief.  It features interviews with grieving teens, because teens are most receptive to their peers.  They speak from the heart, sharing candidly about their pain and healing.  The video covers topics such as surviving the days, weeks, and months after the death, grieving the relationship lost, facing the future, and rebuilding your life.  When a Loved One Dies gives insight to teenagers, parents, teachers, and counselors who want to know how to help bereaved youth.  The accompanying resource guide contains information about the grief process, activities that can help with grief, and grief support organizations.  Alicia Sims Franklin, LCSW, is a grief management specialist and a bereaved sibling.  Emerging as an internationally recognized authority on children and grief, Ms. Franklin has created an award-winning, self-help model for children's grief support programs.

Runtime:  30 mins

Watching a child grieve, and not know what to do is a profoundly difficult experience for parents, teachers, and caregivers.  Yet, there are guidelines for helping children develop a lifelong, healthy response to loss.  In When Children Grieve the authors offer a cutting-edge volume to free children from the false idea of "not feeling bad" and to empower them with positive, effective methods of dealing with loss.  Many of life's experiences can produce feelings of grief in a child, from the death of a relative or a divorce in the family to more everyday experiences such as moving to a new neighborhood or losing a prized possession.  What ever the reason or degree of severity, if a child you love is grieving, the guidelines examined in this thoughtful book can make a difference.

Pages:  256