A SERIES OF RECORDED, PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS ON DEALING WITH LOSS, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
These training video Productions are aimed at educators, management and support staff
Dear client
Thousands of COVID-19 related Deaths having been reported since the beginning of the year in SA. These are no longer numbers or statistics reported in the media, these are family members, friends, colleagues, teachers, principals, parents and learners.
The hundreds of school-based staff, teachers, learners and parents that have passed away as a result of COVID-19, the resurgence in infections and a new variant, will have a devastating effect on colleagues, learners and the school based community as a whole.
The joint vision of every member of staff after participating in this training should be:
To establish a “Whole School” readiness program to deal with the current COVID situation as well as to plan for any future incidents that they may have to deal with. Every member of your school community should be Prepared, Supportive and Informed.
The aim of these workshops is to ensure that staff feel more confident and are equipped to help a child who is going through bereavement.
”Ordinarily, children do not have the means to assimilate death into their present experience, and grieving adults around them are dealing with their own sense of loss. In these situations, children’s emotional needs may not be given due consideration because adults are too busy or lack the skills to listen or explain the situation appropriately. Those involved with children, such as extended family, educational institutions or faith-based organisations, then need to take responsibility for educating learners about death, rather than assuming that someone else will.” (Kubler-Ross & Kessler 2005).
Following the fantastic response from schools after having purchased both our training series on Child Protection and Emotional First Aid for Educators, it is with pleasure that we release our new training package – “Dealing with the Death of a Member of the School Community”. For only R1,995-00 your school will receive:
- Five X 30 Minute Training Videos with Workbooks
- Memorandum: The Guide to Dealing with Grief, Bereavement and Trauma as a result of a death in the school environment.
- Policy Document Template in Word Format
- SACE accredited certificate (CPTD allocation/Type 3/5 Points/ Leadership and Management.) per workshop completed
Use these products to train at staff meetings, staff development days or let each member of staff work through them at their own leisure. There is no expiry date, you own the rights to these products.
WORKSHOP 1 – AN INTRODUCTION TO BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. DURATION: 30 Mins
- Understanding the childhood trauma associated with the death of a loved one
- Bereavement – assisting a child with unresolved grief. The symptoms and assisting in the classroom
- Understanding the concept of grief amongst adults and children
- The seven stages of grief and the vital role that a teacher can play in helping a child to find the way forward
WORKSHOP 2 – DEALING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS IN THE CLASSROOM. DURATION: 30 Mins
- The importance of providing a sense of normality
- Providing a relief and an outlet for grief
- Providing a listening ear
- The opportunity to be a child or a teen
- General support
- Resources
- Taking care of yourself
WORKSHOP 3 – THE ROLE OF SMT’S, SBST’S AND EDUCATORS WHEN RESPONDING TO A DEATH WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. DURATION 30 Mins
- Establishing a crisis counselling protocol
- Emergency management plan
- Crisis and grief counselling services
- Pastoral care team
- Death notification protocols and procedures
- Verification of information
- Notification of a death – Staff
- Learner notification plan
- Setting out a statement for parents
- Media – legislative authority for releasing information
WORKSHOP 4 – FUNERALS, MEMORIAL SERVICES AND CONTROLLING SPONTANEOUS OUTBREAKS OF GRIEF. DURATION:30 Mins
- COVID – 19 Special regulations
- Participation of learners
- Dealing with spontaneous memorials
- Timing of memorial activities
- Equitable policies
- Constructive expression of grief
- Handling of traumatic reminders for learners and staff
- Personal effects of the deceased
- Impact on learning
- Dealing with special circumstances(Suicide of a learner or staff member
WORKSHOP 5 – DEVELOPING FUTURE PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES. DURATION 30 Mins
- Developing a bereavement protocol
- Designated areas for special support
- Monitoring and referring
- Persons needing special support
- Ongoing support
- Special consideration for sensitive deaths – Suicide
- Appropriate statements and potentially unhelpful approaches
