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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826284103321

Autore

Jackson Maggie

Titolo

A teacher's handbook of death / / Maggie Jackson and Jim Colwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2002

ISBN

1-84642-295-7

1-4175-0193-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ColwellJim

Disciplina

306.9024372

Soggetti

Children and death

Thanatology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- A Teacher's Handbook of Death -- Contents -- General guidance on suitability of material by age -- Preface -- 1 Talking to children about death -- 2 How we die -- 3 Dying -- 4 After death -- 5 Accidental death, suicide and other non-natural deaths -- 6 Social aspects of death -- 7 Funerals and disposal rituals -- 8 Cross-cultural issues -- 9 The process of grieving in children explained -- 10 Death across the curriculum -- References -- Further Reading -- Books for children -- Resources -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Teachers are increasingly called upon to discuss and explain death and dying to children in the classroom. This book provides them with methods to facilitate open discussions of death and to find suitable ways of talking with children about what happens when someone they know dies.