Learning From Loss

Grief and grieving apply to anyone experiencing loss, even if that loss is not tied to a death. Though it may feel difficult to address the topics of grief and loss, as we return to school after an unprecedented year, it's no longer a question of "if" or "should" but "when" and "how."
Learning from Loss is your guide to getting started with grief work, providing a path that can help you determine the best course of action in the wake of a loss that impacts a student or school community. You will find research, stories, strategies, activities, and reflection questions that offer a map with which to navigate grief-responsive classroom practices. Brittany includes suggestions for collaborating with a school counselor or other trained intervention professional should you have access to one, as well as alternatives if you do not.
You can create a trauma-informed, grief-responsive classroom. Read Learning for Loss and discover tools that will help you make a difference in the lives of your students while protecting your own needs as well. Introduction
Chapter 1: When a Student is Grieving, What's Going On?-A Look Inside the Bereaved Brain
Chapter 2: What Can I Do? How Can I Help?-A Protocol for Action
Chapter 3: Where Should I Start?-Creating Safety in the Classroom
Chapter 4: What Should I Say?-The Courage to Connect and Communicate with Grieving Students
Chapter 5-Part I: How can I Teach and Talk about Loss in Class?-Navigating Grief and Mortality in Curricula
Chapter 5-Part II: How can I Teach and Talk about Loss in Class?-Navigating Grief and Mortality in Curricula
Chapter 6: What if I Mess Up?-Repair in Caring Relationships
Chapter 7-Part I: Is it Possible to Teach Resilience?-Toward Hope-A Look at Grief and Growth
Chapter 7-Part II: Is it Possible to Teach Resilience?-Toward Hope-A Look at Grief and Growth
Chapter 8: What if I Can't do This?-Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma-Protecting the Teacher's Heart
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