Mourning Child Grief Support Group Curriculum Middle Childhood Edition: Grades 3-6

The Grief Support Group Curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing the death of a close or special friend. The aim of this curriculum is to facilitate healthy variations of mourning and positive adaptations following the death of a friend or family member. The work illustrates mourning in four stages of development and is accordingly divided into four separate texts. The texts focus on preschool-aged children, children in kindergarten through grade two, children in grades three through six, and teenagers.

Contains lesson plans for 10 sessions that include age-appropriate activities. These fun and engaging activities enable young children to approach highly sensitive and painful topics.

Grief is a Family Process. A Note to Group Facilitators. Sample Telephone Interview. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 1. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 2. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 3. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 4. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 5. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 6. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 7. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 8. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 9. Mourning Child Middle Childhood Curriculum: Week 10. Appendix 1: A Description of Materials. Appendix 2: Samples of Materials to be Used. Appendix 3: Sample Notes to be Sent Home to Caregivers. Appendix 4: Special Activities for Special Days and Sample.

Linda Lehmann, Shane R. Jimerson, Ann Gaasch