Death was something new to me. I had never had to deal with someone close to me passing. I had experienced my friends losing a grandparent or a distant relative, but it had not affected me terribly much. I always considered myself to be lucky I had not suffered through the pain of losing someone brought. When this finally occurred, the first challenge was presented to me: accepting the fact I didn’t have a father anymore.…
In the article “West of The Most Western Point”, Dr Manfred Wolf relates the accidental drowning of a friend when we was 12 year old. He explains how much this experience affected him and how he felt during this bereavement time. Speaking to a counselor to express his feelings about this traumatic experience didn’t feel the right approach to deal with his grief because “some things are too deep for speech and too irrevocable for mediation”. Adults might naturally look to speak to their children to reassure them and embrace their suffering in order to help them coping with their emotions. But because sorrow is a normal behavior for a children when grieving, adults should leave the time to children to deal with their emotions instead of trying…
In An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow by Richard Steele, Steele discloses how his early losses made him more tender hearted and aware of death and sorrow. In the beginning, Steele starts by reminiscing the day his father died. Steele as a child, did not understand exactly what was happening but that he should be feeling a sense of sorrow. It was only when his mother sat “weeping alone”, that he knew something was wrong. Steele continues on claiming that as you get older you gain a better understanding of the situation than you did when you were a child.…
The stages of grief are common for all human beings. Once experiencing a tragic loss, or trauma, many of us go through steps that help us except what has happened and to move on. Some of these stages last longer than others, depending on how the person follows each stage. In this paper, we will cover the different stages of grief and how author Nicholas Wolterstorff reflections in the book of Lament For a Son impacted his life.…
What is meant by disenfranchised grief? Give three examples of death that might result in disenfranchised grief.…
The learning is a insatiable curiosity that drives a individual to absorb everything he or she reads, hear or sees. Learning is process by which information is acquired, retained and reproduced when necessary. Learning involves understanding the world by reinterpreting knowledge. There are various ways of learning that are used by the individuals to acquire knowledge. Neil Fleming developed and perfected the art of visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic (VARK) learning. This method makes user understand their learning style. Neil Fleming developed a questionnaire that contains sixteen questions, which when answered, according to the perception of the individual, produces answers about the individuals learning style. By identifying the best preferred way of learning, it can help individual to acquire knowledge faster and also help retain acquired knowledge, thus resulting in better academic performance.…
James, J.W., Friedman, R. & Matthews, L.L. (2001). When children grieve: for adults to help…
Bereavement and loss: - Bereavement and loss can affect a child/young person physically and emotionally; whether they might have lost a parent/s, a close family member or a close friend. This doesn’t only affect the child or young person; it can affect their parent/carers as they may not be able to cope with the loss and the remaining child/children may be taken into care until the parent feels they can cope again.…
Almost everyone has experienced bereavement of some form. Usually, this occurs after a person reaches adulthood and has emotionally matured and developed, but sometimes it unfortunately occurs to minors --those under 18 years of age. When this terrible event happens to minors, they often are grief stricken from the loss and do not have access to therapy or support sessions to help them through this difficult part of life. The traumatic experience of bereavement causes anger and sadness, which creates a situation in which there is an urgent need for support for families. Models must be created and refined to assist in dealing with childhood traumatic grief (Cohen, Goodman, Brown, & Mannarino, 2004). These minors also do not know where to start searching for the emotional support that they need so they are left to deal with the emotional burden on their own. “Children’s experience with the death of a loved one—whether a relative, friend, or a family pet—is a significant, often painful experience that requires adult support to care and guide a child’s coping and make sense of the event” (Farber & Sabatino, 2007). The long term effect of this loss on minors is very…
Cox, S. (2004). Pediatric bereavement: Supporting the family and each other. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 11(3), 1-6. Retrieved from http://moxy.eclibrary.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/194497588?accountid=12792.…
“Death is more universal than life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives,” quoted by Alan Sachs. Death is a part of everyone and touches everyone’s lives a little differently. It is a topic is that is usually followed by forms of sadness from the people associated with the person who passes away. What death is considered would be the end of someone’s life; they stop breathing and their body stops working. Death can come unexpectedly, it can be anticipated, but it is never easy. Due to many adults having a difficult time accepting death, they feel that the topic of death is too hard for children to understand; they believe the children should be kept uninformed. In Literature for Children A Short Introduction, Author David Russell explains…
Bereavement-the death of a close friend or relative may be very traumatic for a child, when it comes to times of change and transitions you should give children every opportunity to talk about what is going to…
Nobody wants to die, but death is an inevitable and complex phenomena. To say goodbye to loved one is always difficult. In some cases, it is harder when death comes sooner than later by some serious diagnosis. I think the most important point that a health-care professional needs to consider on the subject of death, dying or grieving is to respect the wishes of patients and families. Health-care professionals should provide training and education about death, dying, and bereavement to the families. Also, healthcare providers should be familiar with the ethics and cultures of the patients and families which they belong to. Death, dying or grieving processes can be culturally or traditionally different among patients. “Some physicians can keep…
Normally, children are not understanding the concept of death especially in very young children. Bereavement will be the tragic of their lives and affect their thinking and their behavior in different ways. Young children do not know how to express their feelings when someone dies. Some children may show that they are not affected by bereavement, some may express their feelings by crying at night alone or some kids may look for somebody to talk with them. However, grief have an affect on childhood emotional development, but most of adults do not notice that. Most bereaved children are abandoned their feelings when they feel sad, anger, guilt and fear by adults and let them past through these event alone.…
While some transitions can be expected and planned for, such as changing schools, others are unexpected and unplanned such as a bereavement. In order to support a young person through such a major emotional transition, it is important to allow them to express their feelings and emotions and helped to give words to the emotions they are experiencing. It is equally important that the child is listened to and respected, recognising the uniqueness of their own experience.…
