Healing Children’s Grief

This latest article, “Current Approaches to Helping Children Cope with a Parent’s Terminal Illness” was co-written by Professor Grace Christ and Adolph E. Christ. Published in the July/August issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (read the full text here), it was picked up by several other outlets, including:

CNN, Yahoo News, and Reuters Health

Openness Helps Child When a Parent is Dying
The process is never easy, but access, honesty are key, experts say

Please read the full article at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_36633.html

Professor Christ was invited to give the annual Grace Brody Lecture on Parent-Child Relations at Case Western Reserve University today. Grace spoke about the “Developmental Patterns of Children’s Responses to Parental Illness and Loss” at an event which took place at the Mandel School of Applied Sciences at CWRU in Cleveland, Ohio.

Professor Christ co-authored an article published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), entitled “Sudden Traumatic Death in Children.” Abstract can be found online at: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/295/22/2646

Dianne Kane of the FDNY-CSU co-presented today with Professor Christ at the Columbia University School of Social Work’s Wednesday Series presentation. Entitled “Post 9/11 Intervention with Firefighters and their Families: Lessons Learned Through University and Public Agency Collaboration,” Grace and Dianne provided an overview of the family program and answered questions from interested social workers.

Professor Christ joined co-authors Dianne Kane, Malachy Corrigan, Paul Green, and Sallie Lynch at the book launch party held today at the Fire Department Museum of New York. The book is entitled “FDNY Crisis Counseling: Innovative Responses to 9/11 Firefighters, Families, and Communities” and published this month by Wiley.

More information at: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471714259.html

Or find it on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471714259/002-8288132-4637629

Professor Christ participated in a panel discussion today in Washington, D.C. at the national office of NASW. The discussion was entitled “Disasters & Disparities as it Relates to Social Work and NASW” and was held to discuss disaster preparedness, assistance, recovery, as well as community disparities after a disaster.

More information on NASW’s response to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma can be found at: http://www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/events/katrina05/