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This acclaimed work presents a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers through adolescents cope with different forms of bereavement, including death in the family, school, or community. Grounded in the latest research on child therapy, bereavement, trauma, and child development, the volume clearly explains the principles that guide interventions. Featuring a wealth of new content, the third edition retains the case-based format and rich descriptions of the helping process that have made the book so popular as a practitioner guide and text.

New to This Edition
*Significantly revised and updated to reflect new information and approaches; 9 new topics covered.
*Covers additional types of loss: war-related death in the family, deaths connected to natural disasters, and the loss of a pet.
*Additional therapy modalities: cognitive-behavioral therapy and play therapy; conjoint caregiver–child treatment; and bereavement groups and camps.
*Addresses how to help parents and teachers meet bereaved children"s needs.

KEY POINTS
> A steady seller from a renowned author, thoroughly revised and featuring nine new chapter topics.
> Stellar reviews: readers, especially students, praise this book highly.
> In-depth cases in every chapter show professionals how to help kids in need.
> Covers many different situations, including losses in the family, school, or community; violent, traumatic deaths; and others.

AUDIENCE
Practitioners and students in social work, child and adolescent clinical psychology and psychiatry, school psychology, and counseling.