Bridging the Bereavement Gap

Compassion Books

Death and the Classroom is a teacher's textbook for situations in which a teacher and faculty comes face-to-face with death in the school setting and must face his/her pupils' questions and fears. From information on the many normal ways that childen express grief and deal with terminal illness and sudden death, to suggestions for memorial services in school settings this book makes a down-to-earth presentation of the "how to's" with step by step directives for the first forty-eight hours and additional powerful suggestions for the remainder of the year.

Death and the Classroom

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cassini, Kathleen K.

Rogers, Jacqueline L.

Psychology & Counseling

Bridging the Bereavement Gap: A Comprehensive Manual for the Preparation and Programming of Hospice Bereavement Services

O'Toole, Donna R.

Children can feel left out when a parent dies. Children need to participate in the grieving process.

Forever in My Heart

Levine, Jennifer

This best selling booklet is widely used by people grieving losses of all kinds. It helps us understand grief as a natural healing process and how to find help and support. Its large print and colorful, concise format welcome the reader in. An excellent resource for support groups and as a handout for hospice and counseling purposes.

Healing and Growing Through Grief

Donna O'Toole

Parenting & Relationships

This informative book helps teens understand their losses and discover creative coping strategies to deal with them. Facing Change is unique in that all kinds of losses experienced by teenagers are listed and validated. Includes: Recognizing and understanding loss, Common ways loss is experienced, Creative coping choices, Charting, finding, and using a support system, Things you can do to help yourself through grief, Finding and Using help from others, Bouncing Back - The art of growing through grief, Resiliency - The art of grieving and growing, Coping strategies that work, 75 ways to help yourself, How to know you're making progress.

Facing Change: Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years

Donna B. O'Toole

Reference

Here is our best selling booklet about children and grief. With colorful illustrations and large print throughout Helping Children Grieve and Grow is easy to understand and immensely useful. The information provided is broad in scope, yet it is so concisely presented that complex issues can be grasped and understood with ease. Topics include: How to Understand The Impact of Loss and Grief on Children, How Children &amp; Adults Grieve Differently, Things Adults Can Say and Do That Help, How To Talk With Children About Death, Special Concerns and Vulnerabilities of Grieving Children and What Can Be Done, What Helps Children Bounce Back, and How To Know When Help Is Needed-Where and How To Find Help. Beautifully written by Donna O'Toole and designed to invite validation and understanding, and to bring out the potential in all of us. Generous discounts available on quantity orders. Paperback, 24 pages.

Helping Children Grieve & Grow

O'Toole

Our classic Read-Aloud Story for people of all ages about loving &amp; losing, friendship &amp; hope. Aarvy has lost his family and is filled with despair and hopelessness until a true friend helps him learn about the strengths within himself. Beautiful line drawings by Kore Loy McWhirter can be colored in. Aarvy helps us learn that: Grief is a natural healing process; Grief is emotional physical, spiritual; Grief is highly personal; Grief can connect rather than separate when experienced fully; It is OK to remember; Rituals and imagination assist healing; Friends can hold hope, witness sorrow, and assist healing.

Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope: A Read Aloud Story for People of All Ages About Loving and Losing, Friendship and Hope

Children's Books

Donna R. O'Toole

Animals

A new and different alphabet book! "A" stands for apple pie. All the animals want some. Frog fiddles for it, jaguar jumps over it, lion laughs at it. But who eats it in the end? The animal characters get up to some crazy antics in this playful little book and children will enjoy guessing who is who.

Teaching Guide to Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope

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