The Children Who Lived: Using Harry Potter

Harry Potter'¬"s encounters with grief, as well as the grief experiences of other fictional characters, can be used by educators, counselors, and parents to help children and adolescents deal with their own loss issues. The Children Who Lived is a unique approach toward grief and loss in children. Focusing on fictional child and adolescent characters experiencing grief, this book uses classic tales and the Harry Potter books to help grieving children and adolescents. Included in the text and the companion CD are a number of activities, discussion questions, and games that could be used with grieving children and adolescents, based on the fictional characters in these books.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: The Children Who Lived	p. xiii
The Authors' Story	p. xvi
How to Use This Book	p. xx
The Mirror of Erised (Including Guidelines for Using All the Themes)	p. xxii
Guide to Using the Themes	p. xxvi
Using the Harry Potter Books By J.K. Rowling to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents
Hogwarts Houses and Other Ways to Identify With Characters	p. 5
Harry's Scar	p. 6
The Sorting Hat and Hogwarts Houses	p. 10
Favorite Character	p. 14
Quidditch Team Positions	p. 16
Finding a Wand	p. 17
Neville's Wand: Grief for Non-Death Losses	p. 22
Luna Lovegood and Her Mom	p. 25
Names and Their Meanings	p. 27
Favorite Teachers	p. 29
Thestrals and Ghosts: Death in the Harry Potter Books	p. 33
Talking About Death	p. 34
Seeing the World Differently	p. 35
After Death Beliefs	p. 37
Death Rituals and Mourning	p. 40
Grieving the Loss of a Difficult Person	p. 43
Wishing I Knew You Better	p. 44
When Adults Can't Help	p. 46
The Deathday Party	p. 48
Loss of a Pet	p. 49
"I'd be furious if it was me!"	p. 51
Inheritance	p. 53
Fear of Dying	p. 55
War: "I see them d-d-dead all the time!"	p. 57
The Readers Who Lived	p. 59
Riddikulus: Dealing With Anxieties and Fears	p. 63
Boggarts, Dementors and Patronuses	p. 64
Felix Felicis Potion	p. 68
Occlumency and Legilimency	p. 70
Promises: The Unbreakable Vow	p. 72
All Was Well	p. 73
Using Magical Objects to Cope With Grief	p. 75
Remembralls	p. 76
The Two-Way Mirror	p. 77
The Pensieve	p. 79
The Portkey	p. 81
Room of Requirement	p. 82
Broomsticks	p. 83
The Hogwarts Express Train	p. 84
Four Other Novels to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents
Charlotte's Web	p. 89
Emotions	p. 90
Feeling Upset	p. 91
Friends	p. 93
Fun Activities	p. 96
Sadness	p. 97
Traits of the Person Who Died	p. 99
Funeral or Memorial Service	p. 101
The Secret Garden	p. 103
The Key to the Garden	p. 104
Loneliness	p. 105
Difficult Children	p. 107
Sympathy for Others	p. 108
How Could You Die!	p. 109
The Power of Positive Thinking	p. 110
Where the Red Fern Grows	p. 113
True Names for Pets	p. 114
Accidental Death	p. 115
Religion and Death	p. 116
Ordinary People	p. 119
Grief Takes Energy and Time	p. 120
People Don't Know What to Say	p. 122
If Grief Was a Color	p. 123
Who Am I Now?	p. 125
Games
Wizard Challenge Game Rules and Guidelines	p. 129
Levitate and Prophesize	p. 129
Challenge and Prophesize	p. 130
Card Game	p. 130
Word Games	p. 147
Sentence Completion	p. 147
Missing Word Stories	p. 148
Solace the Story Dragon Activity	p. 151
Basic Story	p. 151
More Craft Ideas
No-Sew Themed Scarves or Blankets	p. 159
Other No-Sew Fabric Projects	p. 163
Making Memory Boxes	p. 165
Decorating Picture Frames	p. 169
Decorating Porcelain Objects	p. 171
Harry Potter Glossary	p. 173
References	p. 177
Index	p. 179
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The Children Who Lived: Using Harry Potter and Other Fictional Characters to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents

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