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Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged

4 to 11 to Feel Supported and Understood
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Children experiencing bereavement are often confused,unprepared, and in need of help and support from those around them. It is important that school teachers and staff know how to respond to bereavement and how they can best help the child.This short, easy to read book offers simple but important advice and guidance for school teachers and staff on what to do when a child is grieving. It includes advice on explaining death to children, insights into how children may be feeling and how they may react, and ways in which they can be supported. The book also covers how bereavement can affect a child and how it can affect the whole school in the case of a death of a pupil or staff member. It also stresses the importance of teaching the facts of death to children and includes ideas on how to incorporate this into lessons.This book is ideal for all staff in a school setting who are inneed of easily digestible and practical guidance on how tosupport children after bereavement.
Acknowledgements. 1. Society's Attitude to Death. 2. Teaching Opportunities. 3. Heaven orÂ…? Belief Systems. 4. Concepts of Death. 5. Effects on the School. 6. Death of a Staff Member. 7. Death of a Pupil. 8. Multiple Losses in the School. 9. How the School Responds. 10. Case Study. 11. Explaining the Reality. 12. The Effects of Bereavement on Learning. 13. Social Effects. 14. Spiritual and Cultural Issues. 15. Summary. Useful Resources
Chadwick addresses the challenges of talking about death and bereavement with children, offering clear, practical suggestions and encouraging school staff to have the courage to be 'brave' and to 'break new ground' in tackling this topic and so prepare their children for the reality of life and death from an early age. In so doing, she notes that it is often important at the outset to correct children's existing misconceptions of death which can often lead to fears and anxieties. The book includes useful sections on the death of a staff member or pupil as well as multiple losses, and considers the emotional, educational and behavioural impact of bereavement using a case study of a young boy whose mother has died... The book provides welcome encouragement for school staff to provide clear, age-appropriate explanations to children and to allow open and honest discussion on this important topic.
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