Children, Adolescents, and Death: Questions and Answers

Section 1: Knowledge of Death. 

1. Children and Death: What Do They Know and When Do They Learn It? Robert G. Stevenson 

2. Death vs. 2014: How Children and Adolescents are Learning and Grieving in Cyberspace Illene Noppe Cupit and Olyvia Kuchta 

3. The Disenfranchised Grief of Children and Adolescents Kenneth J. Doka 

4 Trauma and Grief in Early Life: A Model for Supporting Children, Adolescents, and Their Families Dianne McKissock 

5. Family Therapy and Traumatic Losses Stephanie Rabenstein and Darcy Harris 

Section 2: Coping with Death at Home and at School 

6. Children and Death: Coping through Humor, Art, and Music Gerry Cox 

7.\"Oh, Those Poor Children!\": Borrowing Historical and Biographical Loss Narratives of Grieving Children Harold Ivan Smith 

8. Child Development: An Existential Journey Neil Thompson 

9. Children, Adolescents, and Catastrophic Loss: The Role of Spiritual Care Peter Ford 

10. Helping Bereaved Children in the Schools Linda Goldman 

11. A School Counselor’s Role in Bereavement Counseling Arthur McCann Section 3: Death and the Family 

12. Seasons of Love: Measuring a Child’s Life After Suicide Janet S. McCord and Rebecca S. Morse 

13. Dealing with Loss and Grief of Minority Children in an Urban Setting Fernando Cabrera and Robert Stevenson 

14. When a Grandparent Dies Richard Gilbert 

15. Difficult Conversations: Children, Adolescents, and Death Carolyn Cullen 

16. The Presence of Absence: The Struggle for Meaning in the Death of a Child Robert A. Neimeyer and Wendy G. Lichtenthal 

Appendix: Questions and Answers