How to Encourage Other Students to Help a Grieving Friend
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How to Encourage Other Students to Help a Grieving Friend
- Make sure to clarify their understanding of the event in the life of their friend.
- Reassure them that their own families are safe.
- Be aware that children that have experienced loss may be triggered by their friend’s loss; they may need support in coping with painful memories.
- Talk to students about how to give condolences to their friend. Tell them what to say and what not to say. Help them make cards or write letters.
- Prepare children that their friend may act differently for a while.
- Encourage them to play with their grieving friend, and that doing fun things after school may be a welcome distraction.
- Dealing with death is a difficult, but inevitable part of being a teacher. You are in a position to be of immense help to your class and teaching them healthy coping skills.