Bereavement, Loss and Learning Disabilities

A Guide for Professionals and Carers

Robin Grey

Paperback: £18.99 / $29.95

2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-020-3, BIC 2: JKSN2 JKSN MMJT JFFG

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1. Introduction and overview. 2. How bereavement and loss can be different in learning disabilities. 3. Stages of loss. 4. Assessment. 5. Developing understanding around bereavement and loss. 6. Therapeutic tasks. 7. Working with families. 8. The carer's role in bereavement. 9. Working with clients who have additional communication needs. 10. Role of supervision. 11. Working with terminal illness. 12. Remembering and anniversaries. Useful organisations and resources. Further reading. Index.

Author information

• Robin Grey

Subject areas

• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• adults,
• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• bereavement,
• carers,
• counselling,
• death,
• disability,
• families,
• grief,
• health care,
• high functioning autism,
• intellectual disabilities,
• nonverbal learning disabilities,
• palliative care,
• social care,
• social work

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