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GRIEF AND LOSS
Emotional loss is not a subject most teachers consider when they go into teaching: It seems better suited to counsellors
and parents. The fact is that children bring their lives with them into the classroom.
As parents
and teachers we communicate in subtle ways that a child’s loss is not worthy of a grief response
Some losses young people may encounter
- death of a beloved pet
- loss of friendship
- parental separation
- moving house
- changing school
- transition between classes
- birth of a sibling
- loss of possessions
- broken toys
- parental imprisonment
- refugee status
- illness
- disability
- loss of hopes, dreams, innocence, security, selfworth
- hospitalisation
- emigration
- relationship loss
- being 'looked after'
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