Family changes often present difficult challenges for children. Separation, divorce, incarceration, death, re-marriage, and relocation through moving or military deployment are a few of the life events that change famiies and often create puzzling feelings for the children involved.

Getting Yourself Together When Your Family Comes Apart focuses on the five familiar stages of grief often experienced by children when their family structure changes. This resource offers a student survey, read-aloud story, and 21 reproducible activities designed to help children move through the grief process and adjust to their new circumstances. Helpful parent articles and reference material complete this "must have" book for all helpers of children.

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TOPICS: Divorce, death, family changes

INCLUDES: Story, reproducible activities, parent articles, student survey

GRADE LEVELS: 2-5/AGES: 7-10

FOR USE WITH: Individuals, small groups

AUTHOR: Janet Bender

RECOMMENDED FOR: Elementary counselors, psychologists, social workers, grief counselors, parents

50 pages, paperback, black & white illustrations, 2004