LRA Using Books to help bereaved children

I. Title: Using Books to Help Bereaved Children
II. Author: Carol F. Berns

III. Author's Purpose for Writing
TO examine how to help children grieve using books.

IV. What are the points made in the review of the literature? Do they support the need for the study?
Although children go through the same stages of grief, children experience grief in different ways than adult.
Bibliotherapy can be helpful throughout the grief process.
Children need to be given a safe method to deal with their new, potentially scary feelings.
It is very helpful to facilitate discussion after reading a book dealing with their issues.
Allow the children some time to question and fully participate in the discussion.
A group discussion allows the child to realize that they are not alone in their grief or stress.

V. Author's Inquiry Question/s- This is not an inquiry piece, but a discussion of best ways to help children through stress and/or grief.


VI. Author's Methodology
A. Who is being studied? NA
B. Over what length of time? NA
C. What data is being collected na
D. How is it being analyzed na
E. Any other interesting or pertinent data

VII. How the author collected information na

VIII. What the Author Discovered or Conclusions/Implications

It is important to allow children the freedom to feel and acknowledge the emotions that they are feeling in a safe place. It is important to match a book for bibliotherapy that parallels what the child is facing.