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BKN03012C1
AFTER THE FUNERAL
Winsch, Jane Loretta
This book offers some very real help to parents, teachers, and
other caring adults dealing with the complex reactions that
children have to a loss. Its simple format encourages honest
dialogue and compassionately helps children to recognize some of
the raw feelings of grief--and then confront them honestly.
VTN03003C1
CLERGY TO CLERGY-HELPING YOU MINISTER TO THOSE CONFRONTING
...DEATH...
Doka, Kenneth J.
This set of six cassettes, with a guide, was produced to help
clergy members deal with the circumstances of illness, loss and
grief in their communities. Tape 6 is designed to be shared with
bereaved families.
BKN03007C1
DEATH: CONFRONTING THE REALITY
Phipps, William E.
Deals with cultural and human issues surrounding death. A
comprehensive resource covering definitions of life and death,
life expectancy, and quality of life, terminal illness, suicide,
grief, funeral practices, etc.
BKN03017C1
DISCOVERING GRACE IN GRIEF
Mayfield, James L.
Written for those who are grieving-especially from the loss of a
loved one. Mayfield takes readers through the stages of grief:
shock and/or relief, loneliness, fears and doubts, anger,
temptations to deny grief, and a new way of living. For each
phase he offers insights from the Christian faith that will
comfort and sustain those who grieve.
BKN03003C1
DUSTY WAS MY FRIEND
Clardy, Andrea Fleck
This book presents a child's experience of bereavement in simple
yet affective, straight, forward terms. It is the story of the
death of a child as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old
peer.
BKN03016C1
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN A PARENT DIES
Bratman, Fred
Death of a parent is a very painful and difficult loss. This
timely and sensitive book is a guide written especially for
young people are who facing the many feelings and disruptions
following the death of a parent. There is also a chapter on how
youth can help their friends who are experiencing the death or
life threatening illness of a parent.
VTN03002C1
FROM COMPETENCE TO COMA
Campolo, Tony
This 40-minute video gives helpful, practical knowledge about
advance directives and provokes fresh thought on the subject. An
authoritative way to teach about advance directives. Can be used
for educational classes for patients, families, and others in
the community.
BKN03014C1
HELPING CHILDREN GRIEVE & GROW
O'Toole, Donna; Cory, Jerre
The information provided in this book is broad in scope but so
concise that complex issues can be grasped and understood with
ease. Topics include: "The Impact of Loss and Grief on
Children, Things Adults Can Say and Do That Help, How To Talk
With Children About Death."
BKN03005C1
IF NATHAN WERE HERE
Bahr, Mary
The author explores the grief of a young boy whose best friend
has died. With the help of an understanding teacher, a kind
neighbor, and an emphatic parent, the boy finds ways to give
expression to his questions and sorrow and to reach out to
someone else who needs him.
BKN03004C1
LAMENT FOR A SON
Wolterstorff, Nicholas
Lament for a Son is a simple, honest, and poignant expression of
one man's grief, but it is more. By sharing the depths of his
grief, not in trite phrases but honestly, Nicholas Wolterstorff
helps open the flood gates for those who cannot articulate their
pain...."
BKN03002C1
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
Heckman, Shirley J.
The sessions outlined in this unit deal with questions such as:
"Why Do People Have To Die? Is the Taking of Human Life
Ever Justified? How Can I Live When I Know I'm Dying? How Can I
Deal With Grief?" etc.
BKN03015C1
MEMORIAL RITUALS BOOK FOR HEALING AND HOPE
Putter, Ann Marie
The author gives a bounty of creative ideas from her many years
of experience in using ceremony and ritual as a vital part of
grief group experiences. "There are few opportunities in
today's 'hurry up and get it over' world that afford the
bereaved a safe place to talk about and mention a loved
one."
VTN03007C1
MOYERS ON DYING-A DEATH OF ONE'S OWN
Moyers, Bill
More and more Americans are looking for opportunities to exert
some measure of control over where and how they die. In this
program, Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the
many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate
over physician-assisted suicide. Three patients, their families,
and their doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions,
including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane
treatment, and how to balance dying and dignity. In the end, do
these patients die the way they wanted? Yes...and no.
VTN03006C1
MOYERS ON DYING-A DIFFERENT KIND OF CARE
Moyers, Bill
At the end of life, what many Americans want is physical and
spiritual comfort in a home setting. In this program, Bill
Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of
palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's
Mt. Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center.
These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they
will be a burden to loved ones, with suffer needlessly, or will
be abandoned in their hour of greatest need.
VTN03008C1
MOYERS ON DYING-A TIME TO CHANGE
Moyers, Bill
Whether they want to or not, four out of five Americans will
likely die in hospitals or nursing homes, and the care they get
will depend on both who is providing it and who is footing the
bill. In this program, Bill Moyers introduces crusading medical
professionals--including staff members of the Balm of Gilead
Project in Birmingham, Alabama-who have dedicated themselves to
improving end-of-life care by changing America's overburdened
health system.
VTN03005C1
MOYERS ON DYING-LIVING WITH DYING
Moyers, Bill
Death, which sooner or later comes to all, is treated as a
strangely taboo subject in America. In this program, Bill Moyers
describes the search for new ways of thinking-and talking-about
dying. Forgoing the usual reluctance that most Americans show
toward speaking about death, patients and medical professional
alike come forward to examine the end of life with honesty,
courage, and even humor, demonstrating that dying can be an
incredibly rich experience for both the terminally ill and their
loved ones.
BK N03 022C1
PAPA'S GIFT-AN INSPIRATION STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS
"Papa's Gift" is the poignant story of a little
girl's love for her grandfather and the long process of finding
hope and healing after he dies. This charming story helps
children ages 4-8 begin to understand the meaning of loss and of
love that never ends.
VTN03001C1
PREPARING AN ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE-STEWARDSHIP OF LIFE
Campolo, Tony
18-minute video helps you understand the purposes of advance
directives: health care power of attorney (identifying a person
to make medical decisions, when and if you are unable to make
them yourself); and living will (providing specific guidance
about medical decisions to be made). Leads viewers through steps
in preparing an advance directive.
BKN03001C1
PROMISE OF THE RAINBOW...AFTER A CHILD DIES
Fochi, Patti
This book offers poignant insight into the wide range and depth
of emotions experienced by those who suffer the loss of a child.
BKN03013C1
TALKING ABOUT DEATH
Grollman, Earl
This book helps adults explain death to young children. Readers
will find illustrated stories and sensitive advice to comfort
and educate children. Some of the questions dealt with are:
"Why do people die? How do you explain the loss of a loved
one to a child?"
VTN03004C1
TO TOUCH A GRIEVING HEART
Braza, Kathleen
Answers questions that grieving people most want to know:
"How long should people grieve? "Should I try to
forget or try to remember? What does one say or do when the
death was caused by violent means?" For training purposes
as well as for individual viewing.
BKN03011C1
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN GRANDMA DIED
Barker, Peggy
The death of a loved one is hard enough for an adult to
understand and accept. Even more profound is a child's sense of
confusion and loss upon the death of someone near and dear. The
author represents life and death in terms a child can understand
easily.
BKN03018C1
WHAT'S HEAVEN?
Shriver, Maria
The idea for this book came out of a discussion I had with our
oldest daughter, Katherine, when her great grandmother Rose
died. She was six years old at the time. Most of the questions
and answers are from her and from our daughter Christina, who
was only five."
BKN03009C1
WHEN GRIEF BREAKS YOUR HEART
Moore, James W.
This book explores how our faith can help us through these
difficult times. Stories from lives of everyday people
illustrate how we can find the comfort and healing that come
only from God. Moore shows that it is God's loving grace that
holds us up and sustains us. With God, we can find peace and
strength in our time of grief and begin to heal.
BKN03008C1
WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE DIES
Dodd, Robert V.
This book was written to help children know what happens and
what to do when someone they know dies. It is designed to be
read by the child, or with an older person, and then talked
about.
BK N03 020C1
WHEN YOUR CHILD DIES
The death of a child is the worst loss parents can
experience. The author offers grieving parents honest, practical
guidance in working through the grief process.
BK N03 019C1
WHEN YOUR CHILD LOSES A LOVED ONE
Talking with a grieving child can leave parents at a loss
for words. The author provides helpful information to parents
and caregivers about children and grief.
BKN03010C1
WHEN YOUR FRIEND IS GRIEVING
D'Arcy, Paula
The author knows what it feels like to grieve. During the first
months following the death of her husband and child, she locked
herself inside her apartment and wouldn't answer phone calls of
friends. In this book she discusses talking and listening, how
to handle emotions and questions, and every specific helps for
lonely, holiday times.
BK N03 021C1
WHEN YOUR PARENTS DIES
Anticipated or sudden, the death of a parent is a
life-changing loss for surviving children and family members.
This little book guides adults through the first days and weeks
of bereavement.
KTN03001C1
WINDOWS: HEALING AND HELPING THROUGH LOSS
Hannaford, Mary Joe
Working through loss can be a slow and painful process,
especially without help. But, with understanding and awareness,
it can be a positive and life-enriching experience. Video,
leader's guide, Windows book, booklets, brochures are included
in this kit.
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