Lost for Words
eBook - PDF

Lost for Words

Loss and Bereavement Awareness Training

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Lost for Words

Loss and Bereavement Awareness Training

About this book

Lost for Words is an innovative "loss awareness" training package designed for teachers and carers supporting children who are experiencing bereavement, be it through death or any other kind of loss.

Developed from collaborative multi-agency and multi-professional work with psychologists, educationalists, social workers and nurses, this package is designed for use by trainers over the course of a day, or over several days. It offers trainers and course delegates crucial guidance, soundly underpinned by research carried out with bereaved children and their parents, in schools, and by the "Iceberg" project at the University of York. Divided into fundamental "stand-alone" topics, from children's understanding of death and death as taboo to changes in learning and behaviour, these topic areas can be taught separately or together as required. The training is intended to be interactive and includes many group activities.

All the required resources are included with the pack, including templates for OHP transparencies, handouts for trainees and a bibliography for further reading. This much-needed training package is an essential resource for teachers, social workers, psychologists and all those caring for and working with children.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Lost for Words: Loss and Bereavement Awareness Training
  3. Contents
  4. 1. Introduction
  5. 2 . Introducing trainees to the package
  6. 3. Ice-breakers
  7. 4. Ground rules
  8. 5. Research
  9. 6. Loss experience
  10. 7. Changes
  11. 8. Case study
  12. 9. Models of loss
  13. 10. Children’s understanding of death
  14. 11. Euphemisms
  15. 12. Death as taboo
  16. 13. Changes in learning and behaviour
  17. 14. Helping children
  18. 15. Loss in the curriculum
  19. 16. Anticipated and sudden death
  20. 17. Cultural aspects
  21. 18. Death of a pupil or staff member
  22. 19. Loss response policies
  23. 20. Helping agencies
  24. 21. Resources