Mum and Dad Are Separating

Comprehensive and practical resource to help both children and adults deal with the difficulty of family separation. It is an invaluable program that provides a wealth of information about grief and the changes that many families encounter during family separation, both externally, such as moving house and the practicalities of access visits, and internally, including the 'grief cycle'. It is designed for family separation and offers strategies for supporting a grieving child through family breakdown, explaining separation to children and building resilience and healthy family relationships post-separation.

Key Features

• 80-page Guidebook for Adults: Addresses grief in adults and children at different developmental ages.
• 24-page Storybook for Children: Helps younger children understand separation, grief, and changes during family breakdown.
• CD-Rom Workbook for Children: Printable, practical exercises to help children process their thoughts and feelings about separation.
• Target Age Groups: Part 1 is aimed at children aged 5-8, and Part 2 at children aged 9-12; teenagers may also find the exercises helpful.
• Accessible and Easy-to-Read: Specifically designed for family separation based on issues and questions presented during post-separation counselling.

Additional Information

Mum and Dad are Separating provides the tools and strategies needed to help both children and adults to 'work through' separation. The contents include:

• Chapter 1: Grief - What does grief look like?, The grief cycle, The 10 stages of grief, Grief and other aspects of daily life, Layers of grief, Goodbye ceremonies.
• Chapter 2: Family adjustments - Eleven common parenting perils, Common reactions of children to separation, Possible signs of difficulty adjusting, Explaining separation to children, The potential long-term effects of separation on both adults and children, Parental guilt.
• Chapter 3: Re-framing Family - Tips for making access changeover times easier, Visits with your child: a summary of points to consider, Ways in which parents can care for themselves through changeover, Role models, Becoming an 'I' again: re-establishing your independence, The benefits of post-separation services for a changing family, Interpreting responses: what we learn from children's diagrams, Parenting together after separation: creating dynamics for a new family, Resilience and building a stronger family.

Specifications

80pp, A4 paperback guidebook with a 24pp storybook and a CD Rom workbook.

Ages: 5-12 and teenagers.