A Therapeutic Summer Weekend Camp for Grieving Children: Supporting Clinical Practice Through Empirical Evaluation.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Farber, Michaela; Sabatino, Christine
- Source
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal. Aug2007, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p385-402. 18p. 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *BEREAVEMENT in children
*GRIEF in adolescence
*LOSS (Psychology)
*GRIEF therapy
*GRIEF in children
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
*GRIEF
*PSYCHOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0738-0151
Through collaborative action-oriented community research, agency-based clinicians, and university-based researchers engaged in a two-year theory-driven evaluation of a therapeutic summer camp for grieving children. The evaluation examined the camp practice model and children’s engagement in therapeutic camp activities and psychosocial functioning based on the camp staff and parental caregivers’ assessments. The first year findings led to a synergistic decision-making process that strengthened one of camp therapeutic activities. The overall results reveal a high consistency among staff on assessments of engagement and psychosocial functioning, and parental caregivers’ satisfaction with the camp. Limitations of research evaluation and implications for practice are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]