Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope: How to Guide Children and Teens Through Times of Divorce, Death, and Crisiswith the Rainbows Approach - Hardcover

Marta, Suzy Yehl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579545912 ISBN 13: 9781579545918

Publisher: Rodale Pr, 2003

Synopsis

A how-to guide to surviving divorce, death, or other crises helps children overcome the trauma through age-appropriate activities, games, and rituals. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author

Suzy Yehl Marta is president and founder of Rainbows Inc., the world's largest organization dedicated to helping youth cope with loss.
Suzy formed Rainbows in 1983, so other families wouldn't suffer as hers did in the wake of her divorce. Since then, Suzy has directed the organization in serving more than 1,000,000 youth throughout the United States, Canada, and 15 other countries.
Her heart-centered approach to helping youth heal from loss has been honored by dozens of awards, the subject of academic study, and the model for programs to reach preschoolers, elementary school students, adolescents, single and stepparents, and young adults.
Today, remarried, Suzy is the mother and stepmother of six adult children. She lives with her husband in the Chicago area.

From the Back Cover

"Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope is a must read for anyone involved with grieving children and adolescents. Suzy Yehl Marta goes far beyond simply providing information, to give adults invaluable and practical tools to help children who are both the most vulnerable and too often the least understood. The drive, compassion, organizational skills, and creativity that Marta demonstrated in building Rainbows into an international godsend for children has been poured into this book, resulting in a resource that is at once instructive and engrossing."--David Royko, Psy.D., divorce mediator, director of the Circuit Court of Cook County's Marriage and Family Counseling Service in Chicago, and author of Voices of Children of Divorce

"This is an unequaled tool for everyone in contact with children. Suzy Yehl Marta's tremendous respect for and knowledge of children's developmental stages as well as their healthy and unhealthy reactions to loss help her create the 'instruction manual' every parent wishes they had!"--Laurell Allen Reussow, grief specialist and national board member of SPAN USA, Inc.

"Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope is a treasure of sensitivity and creativity that offers us meaningful and practical methods to help our children. A wonderful resource for parents and professionals. We can all learn from the hands-on experience that Suzy Yehl Marta shares with us."--Vicki Lansky, author of Divorce Book for Parents and It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear and other books for parents

"Sharing her compassion, optimism, and wisdom, Suzy Yehl Marta gives us proven tips, age-appropriate activities, and rituals to help children heal from and get through some of life's most daunting situations. Sensitive, thoughtful, and practical, Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope is an important book for parents, grandparents, educators, and any adult who works with children who have experienced a major loss."--Barbara Coloroso, educator and author of Kids Are Worth It! and Parenting through Crisis

"Suzy Yehl Marta is a compassionate and knowing observer of children's grief. Her understanding of their reactions to loss and her creative strategies for guiding them through the mourning process make this book an invaluable resource in our challenging times."--Melinda Blau, author of Families Apart: Ten Keys to Successful Coparenting and Loving and Listening: a Parent's Book of Daily Inspirations for Rebuilding the Family After Divorce

"Whether you are a parent, grandparent, sibling, teacher, or therapist, the experiences, activities, and wisdom in this book will be your most valued resource in effectively guiding and supporting any child through loss and grieving. It's required reading for all of us."--Dr. Ronald R. Bearwald, school superintendent, Prospect Heights, Illinois

"Realistic and insightful. A must read for parents and individuals involved in the lives of children."--Judge Sanford Jones, Fulton County Juvenile Court, Atlanta

From the Inside Flap

Rainbows offers our children healing and hope.

Even if children or teenagers you love appear to be doing "just fine" after a loss, the truth is, they may be suffering in silence. They may not even know they need your help.

Now with the trusted guidance of founder and president Suzy Yehl Marta, you will discover the most effective advice, stories, and techniques from Rainbows' worldwide grief programs.

Suzy's simple, straightforward, refreshing style makes helping a child both easy and effective. Her approach works to keep misperceptions, isolation, and sadness from permanently affecting the important children in your life.

Suzy Yehl Marta is president and founder of Rainbows Inc., the world's largest organization dedicated to helping youth cope with loss.

Suzy formed Rainbows in 1983, so other families wouldn't suffer as hers did in the wake of her divorce. Since then, Suzy has directed the organization in serving more than 1,000,000 youth throughout the United States, Canada, and 15 other countries.

Her heart-centered approach to helping youth heal from loss has been honored by dozens of awards, the subject of academic study, and the model for programs to reach preschoolers, elementary school students, adolescents, single and stepparents, and young adults.

Today, remarried, Suzy is the mother and stepmother of six adult children. She lives with her husband in the Chicago area.

Divorce.
Death.
National Tragedy.
Community Crisis.

The Rainbows Approach can help.

This intimate and powerful book offers groundbreaking techniques and concrete strategies to help children of any age, such as:

Games, activities, and play-based exercises that help children and teens process their emotions when they don't have the words to describe what they are feeling

li0Inspiring stories from two decades of Rainbows groups will comfort and encourage adults trying to cope and guide children and teens during difficult times

The four fundamental stepping stones to help children heal

Rituals that allow youth to commemorate their loss and reconcile their grief

Conversations--what to say, and what not to say--including age-appropriate advice for when you're looking for the right words to explain and provide comfort

How to recognize the 10 stages of children's grief--and the specific activities you can use with children during each stage of the grieving process

Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope offers techniques to help children and teens resolve their grief and once again live a life filled with joy and hope.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rodale Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579545912
• ISBN 13: 9781579545918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320