Mapping evaluation of UK childhood bereavement services

Dip, Liz Rolls PhD Ma Rgn Rhv Chnt; Penny, Alison

doi:10.1080/02682621.2011.555236

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“…Children indicated that opportunities to talk to their existing peer group about their bereavement, or how they felt, were limited and they were likely to avoid social interactions with friends. This peer‐group support, currently not the most frequently offered type of bereavement service for children (Rolls, 2007), provided them with the opportunity to express some of their anxieties and stresses and to talk freely with other youngsters. However, over the long‐term it is likely that they will benefit from strategies to help them re‐engage effectively with other peer groups at school or in their neighbourhoods.…”

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“…Experts have debated whether counselling for bereaved children should routinely be offered, which children need support, and the most effective forms of service (Black, 1996; Harrington, 1996; Wilkinson, 2001). Child bereavement services available in the UK are predominantly family work (86%) or individual child support (62%); they are less likely to be family groups (53%) or child groups (45%; Rolls, 2007). Decisions about the nature and extent of support to offer may be based on what is available locally, with many services provided by the third sector (Rolls & Payne, 2003).…”

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Peer-group support for bereaved children: a qualitative interview study

Metel¹,

Barnes²

2011

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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Background: While it has been shown that bereaved children can experience emotional or behavioural problems, the evidence is inconclusive regarding which children would benefit from support and the kind of support to offer. This study aimed to obtain children’s and parents’ views on their experiences following bereavement and the usefulness of a peer‐group support programme. Method: Thirty‐nine families who had attended a community‐based peer‐group bereavement support programme within the previous 4 years were approached. Of the 23 with confirmed contact details, 17 agreed to participate. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 23 children (range 8 to 17 years) and 17 parents. Results: Children were concerned about isolation from peers and emphasized the value of meeting other children with experiences of bereavement in the group. Parents were concerned about lack of communication within the home about the bereavement, which continued after the group. Most children and parents would have liked more support, either more groups or an ongoing link. Conclusions: Referral to peer‐group support may have the potential to improve bereaved children experiencing feelings of social isolation and help them develop coping strategies. Other family‐focused support may also be needed for some children.

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Peer-group support for bereaved children: a qualitative interview study

Metel¹,

Barnes²

2011

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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“…As the Mapping Evaluations project showed, services extensively and regularly evaluate what they do (Rolls, 2007;Rolls & Penny, this issue). Nevertheless, service providers have concerns about unforeseen consequences for bereaved children from the use of evaluation data.…”

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“…This paper explores this three-dimensional complexity before briefly outlining the solutions identified through the Mapping Evaluations of UK Childhood Bereavement Services project (Rolls, 2007;Rolls & Penny, this issue). Although this paper draws on US research literature, it is solely concerned with UK service provision.…”

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Challenges in evaluating childhood bereavement services

Dip

2011

Bereavement Care

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This paper discusses the evaluation of childhood bereavement services in the UK policy context and some of the challenges this presents. Two key difficulties are discussed: the lack of any clear, agreed outcomes from bereavement interventions with children, and the challenge of evaluating the complex social processes that bereavement interventions involve. Two recommendations are made to address these in the short term and to generate data for wider research.These are: to strengthen services' existing evaluation strategies, and to develop a routine evaluation package that can be used by all services. This would comprise a basic data set, a user satisfaction questionnaire, and a childhood bereavementfocused clinical outcome routine evaluation measure. In the longer term, further research is recommended, including UK-based longitudinal studies.

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“…Like youth offending, childhood bereavement services in the United Kingdom have expanded in recent years (Rolls, 2009) although, again like youth offending, there continues to be debate in the field of Thanatology about what intervention (if any) represents 'best practice' (Arnason, 2009;Harrington & Harrison, 1999). Significantly, here, as in youth offending, the last decade has been a period of rapid change in both theory and practice, during which many bedrock assumptions have been subject to close scrutiny:…”

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Responding to bereavement, grief and loss: Charting the troubled relationship between research and practice in youth offending services

Hester

Taylor

2011

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This paper is concerned with the professional response to bereavement, grief, and loss experienced by children and young people subject to criminal justice interventions. It looks at the most common responses within the youth offending service and secure estate to this 'need' and asks what this says about the nexus between theory, research, and practice. Here the authors draw on both criminological research and the literature around death and dying to discuss what is appropriate, what is ethical, and 'what works' (if anything) in such interventions. They argue that interpretations of the Risk Factor Prevention Paradigm (RFPP), the currently dominant 'mode of understanding' in youth justice, and risk management can result in the relative neglect of bereavement and loss as 'welfare issues' beyond the remit of those engaged in offender rehabilitation. The paradigm's focus on individual pathology also tends to militate against youth practitioner involvement in more social and communityorientated responses to bereavement and loss, despite growing evidence from around the world of the efficacy of such restorative approaches. The authors conclude by reflecting on the call to 'bridge the gap' (Bridging Work Group, 2005) between research and practice in bereavement, asking how a similar process might be facilitated within youth justice.

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Mapping evaluation of UK childhood bereavement services

Cited by 14 publications

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Peer-group support for bereaved children: a qualitative interview study

Peer-group support for bereaved children: a qualitative interview study

Challenges in evaluating childhood bereavement services

Responding to bereavement, grief and loss: Charting the troubled relationship between research and practice in youth offending services

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