Certificate in Supporting Bereaved Children & Young People

Course Title: Certificate in Supporting Bereaved Children & Young People

Course Length: 4 Days.

Level Equivalence: Level 3.

Learning Points:

  • 21st Century Societal Attitudes to Death, Dying and Grief
  • The Elements of Effective Caring Listening Skills
  • The Symptomatology of Grief
  • The Importance of Compassion & Patience
  • Developmental Factors in Children’s Grief
  • How Children Express Their Grief
  • Appropriate Communication with Bereaved Children
  • Helping Bereaved Children find their Metaphor for Grief
  • Using Non-Directive Play Mediums
  • Grief Support Groups for Bereaved Children & Young People

Assessment Criteria:

  • Course Engagement
  • Large Group Engagement
  • Small Group Engagement
  • Completed Learning Exercise Sheets
  • Course Evaluation Questionnaire

Other Notes:

Bereaved children and young people DO grieve; and they do so with as much intensity and distress as adults. However, they do so in different ways from adults. They may struggle to talk about their grief and their feelings, due to their emotional immaturity.

So, when supporting bereaved children, the aim is to help them find their ‘metaphor’ for grief. In other words, we need to help them find the most appropriate, age-related medium through which they can understand their grief and start to talk about feelings and emotions.

Such mediums could include memory jars, memory boxes, sand trays, drawing & sketching, storyboards, journals, and a host of other craft-oriented outlets.

This course is ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, school chaplains, support workers, parents, and anyone who faces the challenge of supporting a bereaved and distressed child or young person. It will show how to use the mediums in an effective and caring approach to children’s grief; how to develop trust in these situations; and how to communicate with bereaved children and young people through age-related and appropriate language.

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