Child Life Exam Child Life Grief and Bereavement 2

Question 1

A 4-year-old who has been told about a grandparent's death keeps asking 'When is grandma coming back?' This response MOST likely reflects:

Accepted Answer

The developmental inability to understand the permanence of death

Answer

Preschool-age children typically cannot grasp the concept of irreversibility—one of the key death concepts that develops with age and cognitive maturity.

Question 2

Which approach is MOST appropriate when creating a memory-making activity for a family whose infant is dying?

Accepted Answer

Offer gentle guidance while following the family's pace and cultural preferences for remembrance

Answer

Memory-making should be guided by the family's pace, cultural values, and preferences, with the specialist offering options and support without imposing specific activities.

Question 3

When supporting a bereaved school-age child, it is MOST important to:

Accepted Answer

Provide honest, age-appropriate information and permission to express a full range of emotions

Answer

School-age children benefit from honest information that matches their cognitive ability to understand death and need permission to express the full range of grief emotions.

Question 4

The concept of 'magical thinking' is particularly relevant to bereavement support because young children may:

Accepted Answer

Believe their thoughts or actions caused the death

Answer

Magical thinking in preoperational children can lead them to believe they caused the death through their thoughts, wishes, or behaviors, resulting in intense guilt.

Question 5

A child life specialist facilitating a bereavement support group for children notices that one child draws violent images during every session. The MOST appropriate response is to:

Accepted Answer

Recognize the artwork as a potential expression of grief-related anger and gently explore its meaning with the child

Answer

Violent imagery in a bereaved child's art may represent grief-related anger, attempts to process traumatic aspects of the death, or other important emotions that deserve exploration rather than suppression.

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Child Life Exam Child Life Grief and Bereavement 2