Am I qualified to work with grieving children? -- Overview -- Self-awareness -- Reflection activity -- Case study: how do i tell the children? part i -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- What are the different types of losses and grief reactions? -- Overview -- Dimensions of loss -- Anticipatory grief vs. unanticipated grief -- Precedent?: a conceptual framework for understanding grief responses -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- What do i need to know about children?s grief -- Overview -- Developmental processes -- What and how children grieve -- Case study: how do i tell the children? part ii -- Gender differences -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- What do i need to know about adolescents? grief? -- Overview -- Developmental processes -- Cognitive factors -- Socio-emotional factors -- Family and peers -- School, media, and technology -- How teens grieve -- Risk-taking behaviors and suicide -- Suicide prevention -- Case study: reactions to a classmate?s suicide -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- What can i do to help grieving students? -- Overview -- ?but i?m not a grief counselor?? -- The four w?s -- Things you need to know first -- Things you can do -- Rituals and activities -- Cultural considerations -- Humor -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- What are the elements of school-based crisis response? -- Overview -- School-based crisis response -- Crisis response team -- Skills and training -- Types of crises -- School crisis response plan -- Crisis postvention -- Thought provokers and issues to consider -- Chapter reflection -- What grief and loss resources should our schools have available?.