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Cameron’s Arc: Creating a Full Life

The following are clips from a video produced by the Lord Family in collaboration with their child’s medical team and the American Academy of Pediatrics. In these clips they discuss their experiences as a family, and their child’s physicians share their own personal perspectives as well.

• Introduction
• Foreword
• Noticing Something Was Wrong
  
• Getting the Diagnosis
• A Full Life
• Goals After The Diagnosis
• Questions
• Having a Care Plan
• Major Care Issues
• The Natural Course of Life
• The New Normal
• I Wasn't Afraid of What Was Coming
• Siblings Saying Goodbye
• Teamwork

To purchase a copy of 'Cameron's Arc: Creating a Full Life', please visit the American Academy of Pediatrics Bookstore online at: http://www.aap.org/bst/showdetl.cfm?&DID=15&Product_ID=4340

A Family Interview

The following video clips are from an interview with a mother in which she discusses the death of her child and the process of bereavement. 

• Just Go And Cry it Out
  
• You Have to Feel What You Feel
  
• Holding it Together
  
• People's Reactions
  
• He Never Got to Pet a Puppy
  
• Riding the Waves
  
• Noticing Something Was Wrong
  
• Support Groups
  
• The Holidays
• Time Goes On
  
• Timelines
  
• Tough Questions
  
• Go With What You Feel

In the following clips, three siblings meet with the Hospital's Child Life Specialists to draw, listen to stories, as well as to discuss the passing of their brother:

• Introduction
• The Hospital’s Child Life Specialists
• Memories of The Hospital
• Finding Out About Darius’ passing
• Listening to The Giving Tree
• Ava Draws a Picture of Darius
• Maya Draws a Balloon for Darius
• Journaling; a Tool For Sharing
• Visiting Darius

A Sibling Interview

The following video clips are from an interview with a sibling in which she discusses the death of her younger sister and how she copes with grief and the bereavement process.

• Introduction
• A Really Special Kid
• Relationship With Dahlia
• Handling Grief
• Little Legacy
• Grief is Like a Big Pool
• Still Too Hard
• A Mother’s Way of Coping
• Family Changes
• Deepening of a Relationship
• Expectations And Changes
• Relationship With Her Sister Before
• Relationship With Her Sister After
• Talking With Your Family
• Feeling Like She Was Forgotten
• What Parents Should Remember

A Joint Mother and Father Interview
The following video clips are from a joint interview with a mother and father in which they discuss the passing of their son and their views on the bereavement process.

• Introduction
• A Heart Condition: Rollercoaster Ride
• A Crash Landing
• Happy Memories
• “Doing Well—Whatever That Means”
• Taking Care of a Two-Year Old Sibling
• Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT)—Helpful
• Connecting to Others
• Putting Things in Perspective
• Differences Between Men And Women
• Grief is a Linear Process—You Walk The Line Alone
• Appreciate What You Have
• Grief is a Long Process
• A New Pregnancy
• Stress Management
• Mike’s View of The New Pregnancy
• Thinking About Our Son
• Explaining the Death of a Child to a Sibling
• A Sibling’s Reaction
• What Would Have Helped
• Not Prepared For a Mechanical World
• Being Around Other Children
• Commemorating Your Child
• Words of Wisdom

Elaine Meyer, RN, PhD

The following are clips from the interview with Dr. Elaine Meyer, a clinical psychologist and registered nurse, as she discusses important issues in bereavement.

• Introduction
• Caring for Siblings
  
• Common Questions
  
• Explaining Death to Children
  
• Faith
  
• Helpful Things For Parents
  
• Holding It Together
  
• Honoring the Parent-Child Relationship
  
• Including Brothers and Sisters
  
• Bereavement as a Natural Process
  
• Handling Routines

What Do I Tell My Children?

This video, which has won over 10 awards, is a psychoeducational intervention designed to help parents respond to questions about death from their loved ones. In these clips, children and parents share their stories and feelings about the loss of a loved one, while leading professionals in the field offer advice about coping and grief.

• Introduction
• Children's Thoughts on Death
  
• Role in Planning the Commemoration
  
• Finding Creative Ways to Cope
  
• Dealing With Grief
  
• Children Dose Themselves
  
• Effects on a Child's Behavior
  
• Explaining Death to Young Children
  
• Magical Thinking
  
• Tough Questions
  

To purchase a copy of “What Do I Tell My Children?” for home use ($29.95), please call
1-888-440-2963.

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