Several schools I work with have asked that I produce tutorial resources to bring school-wide recognition to the issue of childhood bereavement.
Up to 70 per cent of schools will have a bereaved student on their role at any one time and 92 per cent of students experience a “significant” bereavement before they are 16.
I took on the challenge because of my own experiences. The day my son started school was the same day my mother died. It meant him facing two huge challenges in the same day, aged 5. Looking back I don’t think we coped well, it was a new experience to us all. Where’s the Bereavement Manual to tell you what to say or do?
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