May 23, 2020
Templates for some of the following activities can be downloaded from “Lesson Materials” at the top of this page. Thoughts Up Front Provide some activities parents can do with their children. You can start the activity together in the virtual Safe...
May 23, 2020
General Discussion on Safe Rooms Before looking at providing virtual Safe Rooms, let’s look at the goals of Safe Rooms in general. Safe Rooms provide a place for those students whose grief interrupts their capacity to learn. There are four basic reasons to...
May 23, 2020
Consider that much of what has been noted for student deaths will also hold true for a staff death. A major difference is that the impact for all school staff will be much greater than with a student death because it is likely that all or nearly all staff know...
May 23, 2020
When we first began dealing with the pandemic, it appeared that children seemed largely unaffected by Covid-19. There was a collective enormous sigh of relief. Our initial expectations were that we would have individual students who would lose family members. But...
May 23, 2020
Some schools already know of students who have lost both parents and students who are home alone with one sick parent. Family situations can change quickly, so it is important to know as much as possible about the student’s current situation. Consider...
