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Communicating With Children When a Parent Is at the End of Life

Rachel Fearnley

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Description for Communicating With Children When a Parent Is at the End of Life Paperback. An accessible guide to communicating with children when a parent is at the end of life. Covering types of communication, language, sharing appropriate information, barriers to effective communication and developing communication skills, it will help professionals to support children through the challenges of coping with parental terminal illness. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JMC; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.

When a parent is nearing the end of life, children can feel like their world has been turned upside down, and they are often scared and confused about what is happening. Sensitive and clear communication with children is vital to help them understand and cope with their parent's illness.

This accessible book demonstrates how to support children through effective and sensitive communication, covering types of communication, language, information sharing, and overcoming common barriers. Developing confidence and skills such as talking, listening, giving children a voice and breaking bad news is also covered. The author outlines the concept of a ... Read more

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Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Number of pages

192

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2012

Condition

New

Number of Pages

192

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781849052344

SKU

V9781849052344

Shipping Time

Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days

Ref

99-10

About Rachel Fearnley

Rachel Fearnley is an independent researcher and consultant, and a teaching fellow within the Department of Social and Policy Sciences (Centre for Death and Society) at the University of Bath, UK. She is a qualified social worker and has over thirty years' experience working with children and families. Her doctoral research focused on the experiences of children whose parent is ... Read more

Reviews for Communicating With Children When a Parent Is at the End of Life

The book is concise and clearly written. It is an essential resource for all professionals working in the palliative care field; in addition many of the principles could be applied to working with a child living with a parent with any form of illness or disability, or a child who is suddenly bereaved.
Bereavement Care, Dr Ann Rowland, Director ... Read moreof Bereavement Services, Child Bereavement Charity Two particularly helpful chapters describe children's developmental stages and ability to process information at different ages, and a 'how to' guide to communicating with children exploring the use of timelines, body maps, story-telling and drawing. They make this book an excellent tool with which professionals working in healthcare, social care and education will be well equipped to help children and families through difficult times.
European Journal of Palliative Care This is a practical book containing very accessible guidance on how to support children who face the death of a parent.
Play for Life Rachel Fearnley states that this book is written for "professionals working in health, social care and education who are likely to come into contact with children whose parents are terminally ill", and wholeheartedly recommend it to them... (...) it wonderfully establishes the framework upon which the structure of counselling is built, by emphasising the main finding of her research and then offering information and guidance on it... I will find it an invaluable addition to my hospice library.
BACP Children & Young People Rachel Fernley has put together a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on working with children who are facing or dealing with the death of a parent... The text is supported by well thought out exercises and vignettes. Concise summaries of the main points are also included, which are helpful and relevant. There are insightful links to the stages of child development in relation to understanding and coping with loss and grief.
Nursing Standard Rachel Fearnley's book offers practical and helpful advice in supporting children when a parent is nearing the end of life. The book emphasises the fundamental importance of communication, in its broadest sense, and the notion of a communication continuum is insightful. Rachel describes how children can be helped to gain both a voice and insight into the new and confusing 'alien world' that they have entered, and how professionals can play a key role in their support.
John Holland, educational psychologist, trainer and consultant, and co-author of Lost for Words: Loss and Bereavement Awareness Training This book is full of practical advice and guidance to help anyone working with children support a child whose parent is nearing the end of their life. Some of the barriers that children face are explored e.g. parents who don't want their child to 'know everything' and what the information they know means to them. The author's expertise in this area shines through each page and her gentle, clearly written approach to imparting her knowledge makes compelling reading.
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