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This comprehensive resource provides developmentally appropriate interventions for counseling children and adolescents who have experienced a wide range of grief and loss, including secondary and intangible losses such as moving or divorce. The book synthesizes current research and best-practice approaches for counseling youth. It provides a method for assessing individual needs and offers guidelines for selecting appropriate counseling strategies. Through numerous case examples, the authors describe youths' cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to loss. They address important issues, such as myths about grief and loss in youth; cultural, religious, and family considerations; trust and safety concerns; tragic and stigmatizing losses; and the life-long impact of losses experienced in childhood and adolescence. An essential resource for counselors, social workers, and psychologists in schools and other settings. Also highly recommended as a supplementary college text.

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Dr Jody J. Fiorini, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at The State University of New York College at Oswego, USA School of Education, Counseling and Psychological Services Department. Dr. Fiorini is credentialed as an Approved Clinical Supervisor and a Nationally Certified Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors. She specializes in working with individuals with disabilities and their families and working with adolescents and adults who have experienced loss. Dr Jodi Ann Mullen, Ph.D., N.C.C., R.P.T., is an assistant professor at The State University of New York at Oswego, USA Counseling and Psychological Services Department. She is the program coordinator of the Graduate Certificate Program in Play Therapy. Her professional background includes counselor education and preparation, supervising counselors and play therapists, and clinical practice. She is a National Certified Counselor and Registered Play Therapist.

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