Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4-11 to Feel Supported and Understood

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 in need of easily digestible and practical guidance on how to support children after bereavement.

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Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4-11 to Feel Supported and Understood

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 in need of easily digestible and practical guidance on how to support children after bereavement.

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Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4-11 to Feel Supported and Understood

Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4-11 to Feel Supported and Understood

by Ann Chadwick
Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4-11 to Feel Supported and Understood

Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4-11 to Feel Supported and Understood

by Ann Chadwick

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Overview

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 in need of easily digestible and practical guidance on how to support children after bereavement.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849052467
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Limited
Publication date: 11/15/2011
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 80
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Ann Chadwick is a retired qualified social worker and senior lecturer in social work. She has written bereavement materials and led workshops throughout the UK for bereavement counselling agencies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Preface 9

Society's attitude to death 11

Teaching opportunities 11

Children aged 4 to 7 12

Children aged 7 to 11 14

Heaven or...? 17

Concepts of death 21

Effects on the school 24

Death of a staff member 29

Reaction of adults 29

Reaction of pupils 32

Death of a pupil 33

Multiple losses in the school 35

How the school responds 36

Collectively 36

Helping individuals 39

Case study: Responding to the death of a child's mother 40

Effects on adults 42

Effects on the child 43

Emotional 43

Educational 43

Behavioural 45

Older children 46

Explaining the reality 48

The effects of bereavement on learning 52

Social effects 53

Spiritual and cultural issues 63

Spiritual and cultural issues need explaining 64

Summary 66

Recommended reading and resources 69

Recommended reading 69

For children aged 7 to 11 years 69

For professionals and parents 70

Useful organizations and websites 71

CD/audio tape 74

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