Supporting Young Children Experiencing Loss and Grief
provides early years practitioners and Key Stage 1 teachers with practical advice to support children experiencing feelings related to change and loss.
Using key case studies and interviews with children and adults, this important text uncovers best-practice techniques to help children talk about their feelings. Covering more than bereavement, it considers the loss children feel when they move home, undergo a change in routine, experience their parents' or carers'separation, move settings or lose contact with a close friend, nursery practitioner or teacher.
Providing answers to the key question of how to support children who have feelings of loss and grief,
is a must-read text for all those working with young children in caring environments who are looking to provide children with the tools they need to talk about their emotions.