Grief & Loss

Information
Your grief: You're not going crazy
Download from MADD.org
Helping children to cope with death
Download from MADD.org
Grief and bereavement information sheet
Download from cci.health.wa.gov
Measures
The Perinatal Grief Scale
Download PDF
Interventions
Ole and Trufa - a story about two leaves which may be useful in a discussion of grief (Download PDF 0.1 MB)
Some principles of grief work by Dr Blatner
Download PDF (0.1 MB) link to article at Blatner.com
Bereavement self-help booklet from Glasgow STEPS including information about bereavement and self-help interventions
Download from GlasgowSTEPS.com (3.8MB)
Common reactions to grief and loss handout
Download from UNSW
Reading
An analysis of the concept of 'chronic sorrow'. Olshanksy coined the term in the 1960's to describe what he saw as the sense of loss some parents of disabled children have. The term has been expanded to encompass the loss that some people experience when faced with life-limited or option-limiting conditions
Download from rivier.edu
