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Beyond Fairytale Endings: Using Story Books and Other Therapeutic Tools to Explain Death and Dying to Children

Palliative providers often face the daunting task of finding suitable words to explain a life-threatening illness or death to a loved child or grandchild. Children's storybooks have the potential to facilitate communication for children living with a serious illness and for children coping with the impending or recent death of a loved one. This session will provide examples of how books can be used to help children to address physical changes; communicate their fears, worries, hopes; and safe ways to say good-bye (legacy work) while reassuring they will be remembered.how best to address it.  

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Family Night in a Box: Expressive Activities adapted for Bereaved Families during COVID-19

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Through the Eyes of the Grieving Child