The Grieving Student: A Guide for Schools
Starts February 24, 2025
By Alden Mills
9780062876157
Author David Schonfeld—a renowned expert on childhood bereavement and school crisis—partners with family therapist Marcia Quackenbush to guide school teams through a child’s experience of grief and illuminate the most powerful ways to make a positive difference. Drawing on both empirical research and extensive professional experience, the authors have enhanced this edition with up-to-date information on grief in the context of school crisis and trauma, suicide loss, social media, and other timely topics. School staff will get real-world tips, strategies, vignettes, and activities to help them skillfully support students as they cope with grief and work their way back to full participation in academic and social life.
DISCOVER HOW TO:
respond constructively to children’s common feelings and behaviors after a death
address the classroom issues that grief may cause
learn what to say and what not to say when a child is grieving
offer effective guidance to families who are coping with grief
provide support to the student body after a death that affects the whole school community
address children’s responses to different causes of death, including suicide, illness, and violence
use simple commemorative activities at school to help students cope with their feelings
manage personal feelings that may arise as you work with grieving students
Starts February 24, 2025
By Alden Mills
9780062876157
Author David Schonfeld—a renowned expert on childhood bereavement and school crisis—partners with family therapist Marcia Quackenbush to guide school teams through a child’s experience of grief and illuminate the most powerful ways to make a positive difference. Drawing on both empirical research and extensive professional experience, the authors have enhanced this edition with up-to-date information on grief in the context of school crisis and trauma, suicide loss, social media, and other timely topics. School staff will get real-world tips, strategies, vignettes, and activities to help them skillfully support students as they cope with grief and work their way back to full participation in academic and social life.
DISCOVER HOW TO:
respond constructively to children’s common feelings and behaviors after a death
address the classroom issues that grief may cause
learn what to say and what not to say when a child is grieving
offer effective guidance to families who are coping with grief
provide support to the student body after a death that affects the whole school community
address children’s responses to different causes of death, including suicide, illness, and violence
use simple commemorative activities at school to help students cope with their feelings
manage personal feelings that may arise as you work with grieving students
Starts February 24, 2025
By Alden Mills
9780062876157
Author David Schonfeld—a renowned expert on childhood bereavement and school crisis—partners with family therapist Marcia Quackenbush to guide school teams through a child’s experience of grief and illuminate the most powerful ways to make a positive difference. Drawing on both empirical research and extensive professional experience, the authors have enhanced this edition with up-to-date information on grief in the context of school crisis and trauma, suicide loss, social media, and other timely topics. School staff will get real-world tips, strategies, vignettes, and activities to help them skillfully support students as they cope with grief and work their way back to full participation in academic and social life.
DISCOVER HOW TO:
respond constructively to children’s common feelings and behaviors after a death
address the classroom issues that grief may cause
learn what to say and what not to say when a child is grieving
offer effective guidance to families who are coping with grief
provide support to the student body after a death that affects the whole school community
address children’s responses to different causes of death, including suicide, illness, and violence
use simple commemorative activities at school to help students cope with their feelings
manage personal feelings that may arise as you work with grieving students
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