Bear Essentials helping children cope with parental cancer Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri, 63131
Resources: Facilitator Books
Suggested reading for facilitators

Books
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Articles
"Helping the Children of Fatally Ill Parents"
Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Adams-Greenly, et al, 53:219-229, 1983.

"For Kids Only: Development of a Program for Children from Families with a Cancer Patient,"
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, Bedway, A. and Smith, L.H., 1996, 14 (4), 19-28.

"School-Based Groups: A Valuable Support for Children of Cancer Patients," Journal of Psychosocial Onc ology, Call, Debbie, 1990, 8 (1), 97-118.

"A Program of Intervention for Children with Seriously Ill Parents,"
Proceedings of the Psycho-Oncology Update, Christ, G., et al, New York, 1984.

"The 'Bear Essentials' Program: Helping Young Children and Their Families Cope when a Parent Has Cancer,"
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, Greening, K., 1992, 10 (1), 47-61.

"Children Who Have a Parent with Cancer: A Pilot Study,"
Journal of Cancer Education, Nelson, Elizabeth, et al, 1994, 9 (1), 30-35.

"Kids Can Cope: A Group Intervention for Children Whose Parents Have Cancer,"
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, Taylor-Brown, Acheson and Farber, 1993, 11 (1), 41-53.

"Adjustment of Children and Adolescents to Parental Cancer,"
Cancer, Welch, Amy, et al, April 1996, 77 (7), 1409-1417.

Video
A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Cope,
Hermann, Joan F., LSW, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111.