Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with End-of-Life Issues

Subjects:

• Literature » Children's & Young Adult Literature
• Psychology » Adolescent Psychology
• Family Resources » Teen/Adolescent Issues

Reviews:

• The book provides a wealth of information for educators hoping to provide guidance to troubled teens....Large public libraries with extensive parent or teacher collections and school librarians would benefit from the purchase of this book.
  —VOYA August 2002
• Losing a loved one is a scary and confusing event for teenagers, but one that can be made easier through the use of literature and informed mentoring from a caring adult. This teacher friendly reference resource and bibliography provides tools for those who work with young adults to help them come to terms with the grieving process. Aware of the many ways in which adolescents can suffer loss. Allen has chosen a different theme for each chapter. These themes vary from coping with the death of a parent, to coping with violent deaths, to coping with an AIDS-related death. Annotated bibliographies in each chapter provide a wealth of information for those seeking the materials they need to address these issues, and original pieces written by young adult authors provide a rich context from which to work.
  —Adolescence/Family Therapy Spring 2002

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Helping Teens Cope through Sharing Their Stories about Death
• Discovering Life in Death: Confronting AIDS-related End-of-Life
• Giving Words to the Grief: Using Two Moons in August, Saying It Out Loud, and Tiger Eyes to Explore the Death of a Parent
• Making Sense of Sibling Loss: Using A Summer to Die as a Guide through the Grief Journey
• Legacies of Our Lives: Exploring the Loss of a Grandparent with A Ring of Endless Light
• Pencils, Books and Guns: Violence Goes to School
• The Year Without Michael: Unresolved End-of-Life Issues
• Remembering the Good Times: Making a Life Memorable After Suicide
• Index