Cocoa's Collar

There is a wealth of information written for children regarding death but very little information for a large number of children who have special needs. Even very young children experience grief. Understanding death at any age is difficult. Explaining death to a child with very little functional language is even more of a challenge. This book is designed to help parents and early childhood specialists give a child with limited language skills the information and support to deal with the death of a loved one. The goal of the book is to combine simple speech strategies with grief coping methods to assist a child who is functioning at or below the developmental age of three years. Using this information parents can create a social story regarding the circumstances facing their child.