Sarah's Journey One Child's Experience with the Death of Her Father

Based on the belief that children mourn in their own unique ways and need love and support of the adults who care for them, this book describes the grief experience of Sarah, an eight year old whose father was killed in a car accident, and offers compassionate, practical counselling for adults who want to help grieving children. Covered are common concerns such as normal behaviours in grieving children, helping children with funerals, grieving children at school, 'misbehaviour' in the grieving child, and helping children heal. Within each chapter, Sarah's story is followed by a counsellor's perspective that offers practical do's and don'ts.

Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, is an internationally noted author, educator, and grief counselor. He serves as director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition and is on the faculty at the University of Colorado Medical School's Department of Family Medicine. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.