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Author Grey, Robin, 1962-

Title Bereavement, Loss and Learning Disabilities : A Guide for Professionals and Carers / Robin Grey.

Publication Info. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction and overview -- How bereavement and loss can be different in learning disabilities -- Stages of loss -- Assessment -- Developing understanding around bereavement and loss -- Therapeutic tasks -- Working with families -- The carer's role in bereavement -- Working with clients who have additional communication needs -- Role of supervision -- Working with terminal illnesses -- Remembering and anniversaries.
Summary Losing a loved one and coping with the subsequent adjustments that follow are a difficult fact of life, but people with learning disabilities face specific difficulties in processing and managing these changes. Adopting an integrative approach, this book acknowledges the importance of helping relationships in supporting this vulnerable group through periods of loss and bereavement. The author explains how to engage the person with a learning disability in talking therapy by creating an open dialogue. Common signs of stress, factors to consider in assessing risk and advice on how best to approa.
Note Print version record.
Subject Bereavement.
People with mental disabilities -- Psychology.
People with mental disabilities -- Means of communication.
Psychology.
SELF-HELP -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Bereavement. (OCoLC)fst00830665
People with mental disabilities -- Means of communication. (OCoLC)fst01057408
People with mental disabilities -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01057414
Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447
Other Form: Print version: Grey, Robin, 1962- Bereavement, loss and learning disabilities. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010 9781849050203 (DLC) 2009032406 (OCoLC)429750199
Standard No. 9786612767296
ISBN 9780857003638 (electronic bk.)
0857003631 (electronic bk.)
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