title: Bereavement support groups for school-age children: theory, intervention, and case example.
abstract: Children's bereavement support groups can provide useful surrogate support for families when a parent dies, and may contribute new social meaning for this traumatic event. Theories and techniques for intervention in such groups are presented and their application illustrated via a clinical case history. Results indicate that categorization of children's bereavement should be abandoned in favor of conceptualization in terms of prior adaptation processes.
authors.affiliation: Hospices, Inc., Montclair, N.J.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Zambelli
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: DeRosa
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D010553:Personality Development; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support