Sarah Helton

A Special Kind of Grief (eBook, ePUB)

The Complete Guide for Supporting Bereavement and Loss in Special Schools (and Other SEND Settings)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities), especially those in special schools, often experience grief at a much younger age than others, as some of their peers are more likely to have life-limiting medical conditions. Yet many adults do not know the best way to support a grieving child with SEND. This book provides all the resources that educational professionals need to ensure their community is fully prepared to acknowledge and support pupil bereavement and loss.

Issues covered include bereavement and loss policies and procedures, an appropriate curriculum (including the issues of life, death and loss), how to inform the school community of the death, how to support pupils and staff with the loss, common signs of grieving and how grief affects children at different ages and developmental stages, plus activities and resources to support pupils with their grief. There is also an extensive appendix with template documents for schools to use such as draft letters, policies, procedures, curriculum and lesson ideas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784505660
• Artikelnr.: 48567453

Autorenporträt

Sarah Helton is a SEND trainer and consultant with 20+ years of SEND experience in the UK and US.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Notes
PART ONE Introduction
1. Who is this book for?
2. Why is there a need for this book?
3. The importance of acknowledging grief
4. The school
5. An overview of school policies and procedures
PART TWO A death occurs
6. How to inform staff
7. How to tell pupils
8. How to let parents, families and the wider community know
PART THREE Pupils
9. How grief affects children at different ages and developmental stages
10. Common signs of grieving in children
11. Common behaviours of grieving children
12. Ways to support grieving children
13. Advice for supporting children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
14. Talking about funerals, cremations and burials
15. All forms of grief and loss
16. Traumatic losses
17. When to refer children to other professionals
PART FOUR Staff
18. How to support staff
19. Staff emotions and the school day
20. Staff dos and don'ts
PART FIVE Mind, Body & Spirit
21. How emotions affect the body and the breath
22. Holistic support
23. Special assemblies and memorials
24. Remembering
PART FIVE The environment
25. How to manage the school environment following a death of a member of the school community
26. How to manage the classroom environment following the death of a pupil
PART SIX Families
27. How to support families
PART SEVEN Special days
28. Anniversaries
29. Holding an annual event - Friendship Day
PART EIGHT School management
30. School bereavement and loss policy
31. School bereavement and loss procedures
32. The curriculum
33. Staff training
Appendices
Statistics
References
Index