Play, stop and eject: creating film strip stories with bereaved young people.

When a child experiences bereavement it is important that they are able to tell a coherent story of what happened so that they can begin to integrate the experience. Very often simply sitting and talking about a death can feel uncomfortable and many children may not have the words to express what they really mean. Drawing, which forms part of children's everyday play from an early stage, enables a child to express an experience. Particularly after a traumatic bereavement, using a film script technique can help children put their story within a narrative structure so that they can begin to understand the events surrounding a death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]