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Innovations in End-of-Life Care
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FAMILY BEREAVEMENT PROGRAM

Mediators Targeted in Child/Adolescent and Caregiver Programs

©2001 Prevention Research Center, Arizona State University.
Published here with permission

Children's Program

Program Components

Mediators of Mental Health
  • Family Time
  • Giving Positives
  • Communications Skills (I Messages)

Positive Caregiver-Child Relationship and

Stable Positive Routines
  • Positive Reframing
  • Problem Solving
  • Personal Goals
  • Efficacy Reinforcement

Active Coping

Efficacy of Coping
  • Teach to Differentiate Controllable from Uncontrollable Events
  • Knowledge of Grief Process

Control Beliefs
  • Reframe "Doom and Gloom" Thoughts

Self-Esteem
  • Grief Discussions
  • Share Memento Exercise
  • "I Message for Sharing"

Capacity to Name and Express Feelings

Feeling Understood

Caregivers' Program

Program Components

Mediators of Mental Health
  • Listening Skills
  • Guided Problem Solving
  • Family Time
  • One-on-One Time
  • Attention to Appropriate Behaviors

Positive Caregiver-Child Relationship

and

Stable Positive Routines
  • Clear Expectations and Rules
  • Use of Effective and Appropriate Consequences
  • Consistency

Effective Discipline
  • Positive Reframing
  • Encourage Support Seeking
  • Support for Achieving Bereavement Related Personal Goals

Parent Demoralization
  • Reduce Occurrence of Negative Events
  • "Shield" Children from Extreme Negative Affect
  • Model Positive Coping with Emotions

Life Event Stressors

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