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International

Death, Grief and Bereavement Conference
~Children and Death~

June 3-5, 2013 (Pre-conference Workshop: June 2, 2013)
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

2013 Presentation Links:

Kids and Death - What do they know and how do they learn it?
Robert Stevenson, Ph.D., Mercy College, NY

Kids and Grief: What do they know? How and when do they learn it? (6 page PDF)

Traumatic Loss and the Reconstruction of Meaning
Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis, TN

Mourning and Meaning: The Narrative Arc of Tragic Loss (15 page PDF)

Children and Catastrophic Loss
Peter Ford, Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA

Children and Catastophic Loss (9 page PDF)

From Bad Kid to Grieving Child: A Redeeming Transformation
Andrea Heeres, Advances In Bereavement, Twin Lake, MI

From Bad Kid to Grieving Child (3 page PDF)

WHEN A GRANDPARENT DIES: Three layers of loss
Dick Gilbert

When a grandparent dies: Three layers of loss (10 page PDF)
Worksheet (1 page PDF)
Bibliography - Family Structure: Stressors & Changes (2 page PDF)

I Want to Be Normal: The Lived Experience of Sibling-Bereaved Adolescents in the High School Context
Lesley A. Shroeder-McLean, M. Phil. Social Science Methods, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

I WANT TO BE “NORMAL” (3 page PDF)

In my heart he's still there: Helping children cope with the death of a grandparent
Irene Renzenbrink, B.A., Dip. Soc. Studs, M. Soc. Admin., DVATI, CAGS

“In my heart he’s still there”: Children’s Responses to the Death of a Grandparent (5 page PDF)