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Seasons for Growth parent program companion manual : supporting your child following the death of someone they love
Good Grief Ltd.
2017
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Abstract
When major change or loss occurs in families, parents’ concerns are often framed around important questions such as:
• How do I talk with my child about what’s happened?
• What kind of reaction might I expect from my child?
• What can I do to support my child?
• Does it matter if my child sees me upset?
• How will I know what my child wants or needs?
The ‘Seasons for Growth Parent Program: Supporting your Child Following the Death of Someone they Love’ was developed to help answer some of these questions. The program draws on evidence about what children experience and need to help them transition well through family change.
Facilitated by a trained Seasons for Growth Companion, the distinctive child-centred approach provides emotional space and a non-judgemental environment for parents to share, discuss and learn ideas and strategies to support their children.
Parents have the opportunity to learn about:
• Children’s reactions – ages, stages and other important considerations regarding ways your children may react and cope.
• The Seasons for Growth approach to understanding and managing change, loss and grief.
• How you can help your child – identifying what you can do or change and acknowledging what you can’t.
• Communicating with your child – building a warm relationship, talking, listening and finding out from your child what s/he needs.
• Caring for yourself – what you might need in order to provide positive parenting during these difficult times.
The Companion manual is available to those who complete the facilitator training. It contains background information, underlying research and all of the session plans to run the program. The Seasons for Growth Parent Program also has a component for parents of children experiencing parental separation or divorce. The Parent Program is part of the wider Seasons for Growth suite of programs offered by MacKillop Family Services / the MacKillop Institute. Find out more here: https://www.mackillop.org.au/institute/good-grief.
Anne Graham is the founding author of the Seasons for Growth suite of programs. Supporting children and young people to adapt to change, loss and grief is a key research focus of Southern Cross University's Centre for Children and Young People. For more on this area of work see: https://www.scu.edu.au/centre-for-children-and-young-people/our-research/seasons-for-growth/.
Details
- Title
- Seasons for Growth parent program companion manual : supporting your child following the death of someone they love
- Creators
- Anne Graham (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Good Grief Ltd.; North Sydney, NSW
- Identifiers
- 1239; 991012820308302368
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Children and Young People
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book