A Comparative Study of the Child Bereavement and Loss Responses and Needs of Schools in Hull, Yorkshire and Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Autor/inn/en	Tracey, Anne; Holland, John
Titel	A Comparative Study of the Child Bereavement and Loss Responses and Needs of Schools in Hull, Yorkshire and Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Quelle	In: Pastoral Care in Education, 26 (2008) 4, S.253-266 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-3944
DOI	10.1080/02643940802472197
Schlagwörter	Grief; Educational Psychology; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Student Attitudes; School Surveys; Questionnaires; School Counseling; Staff Development; Coping; Teacher Response; Experience; Children; Adolescents; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Bewältigung; Lehrerkommentar; Erfahrung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	This paper reports the findings from a study of schools' responses to child bereavement in Hull, Yorkshire and Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In order to gain an insight and compare how schools in both geographical areas respond to and manage bereavement, the questionnaire "Loss in schools" was selected as an appropriate tool. It has been utilised on previous occasions in Hull and shown to be an effective method of highlighting the issues, needs and concerns of schools. Some significant and important issues emerge in the results of the present survey. While schools rate child bereavement and parental separation highly in terms of their priorities, there is a shortfall in the number of schools in both study sites that have a formal procedure or policy in place around the management and response to death and loss. Although there is evidence that a number of staff have attended training in loss and bereavement, schools in Derry/Londonderry and Hull report that they have sought help from other agencies in times of need. For example, the Western Education and Library Board Bereavement Team and Cruse Bereavement Care (Derry/Londonderry) and the Educational Psychology Service (Hull) are identified. Schools are asking for help and support to develop policies and to gain the knowledge and skills they require to respond with confidence to a child who experiences a loss. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10