SIDS and Infant Death Survival Guide : Information and Comfort for Grieving Family and Friends and Professionals Who Seek to Help Them

Joani Nelson Horchler; Robin Rice

ISBN 10: 0964121808 / ISBN 13: 9780964121805

Published by SIDS Educational Services, Inc., 2011

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Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SIDS and Infant Death Survival Guide : Information and Comfort for Grieving Family and Friends and Professionals Who Seek to Help Them
• Publisher: SIDS Educational Services, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0964121808
• ISBN 13: 9780964121805
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: fourth.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.047 pounds

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Synopsis

Tremendously powerful and moving, this book has already sold more than 37,000 copies in English and Spanish in its former editions. This new 2011 fourth editon is revised and updated and has a new introduction by Dr. Henry Krous. It provides authoritative new medical research information on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and infant death, and articles and poems by parents and family members who have lost babies to SIDS and other deaths such as suffocation. The most comprehensive book ever written on SIDS, its 19 chapers cover everything from the particular grief of mothers, fathers, siblings, grandparents, friends, and child-care providers to guilt, anger, dreams, premonitions, peer and professional support, emergency response, planning funerals, enduring anniversaries, having subsequent children, and reducing the risk of SIDS and infant death. The crucial issue of how child-care facilities can reduce their risk of being held liable for babies who die in their care is also covered.

About the Author

Joani Nelson Horchler is the mother of Christian Gabriel Horchler, who died of SIDS in 1991 at two months of age. In Christian's memory, Joani co-founded (in 1994) and serves as executive director of SIDS Educational Services (SIDS-ES), a small nonprofit publisher that provides empathetic support to bereaved families, educates the public about SIDS and infant death and risk reduction, provides free cribs to low-income families, and helps raise funds for research. SIDS-ES also publishes Dancing on the Moon, a picturebook to help children through grief. Joani was an editor for Industry Week Magazine for 12 years, focusing on public policy and management issues. She has had many articles reprinted in major newspapers, such as The Washington Post and has traveled internationally with the National Press Club. She served as a U.S. Congressional aide. She co-founded as serves as president of the Cheverly Young Actors' Guild; volunteers for Pets on Wheels, visiting disabled children with her dogs; and serves as outreach coordinator for Friends of Lower Beaverdam Creek. Joani has been married to Gabriel Horchler, a Library of Congress employee, for more than 30 years, and--along with their son Christian who died of SIDS--they have five daughters, Ilona, Gabrielle, Julianna, Genevieve and Stephanie. Their grandson, Christian, is named in memory of their son.