Supporting Children s Experiences of Loss and Separation

Quality And Practice Manager Mary Barna

ISBN 10: 1907478132 / ISBN 13: 9781907478130

Edité par Pre-school Learning Alliance

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• Titre: Supporting Children s Experiences of Loss and Separation
• Éditeur: Pre-school Learning Alliance
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1907478132
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781907478130
• Reliure: perfect
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Early years practitioners draw upon a wealth of skills and knowledge in their day-to-day work with young children and families. Some situations are however less easy to respond to, none more so than supporting children who have suffered a loss or bereavement and may be grieving. Practitioners need to gain an insight into how young children feel and react to the range of loss that they may experience and, in order to be able to give appropriate support, should seek to understand what is meant by loss, and also how children grieve. Supporting Children´s Experiences of Loss and Separation, will provide a perspective on different types of loss that children experience, with discussions and suggestions that will support early years practitioners in dealing with children and families sensitively and safely. The use of thought-provoking case studies gives us an insight into what the child might be thinking and feeling, and what support they need from the adult carer. Mary Barna, Quality and Practice Manager for the Alliance and author of the publication, explains, "It is inevitable that we all experience loss throughout life - from simple, seemingly minor losses, such as losing a pen or a purse, to more serious and life-changing personal losses. None of us go through life escaping the bewildering feelings that loss brings about. Practitioners should never forget that for a child, the loss of a teddy can be similar to that of losing a relative." Cath Hunter, a therapeutic consultation, play therapist, trainer and author, with 30 years of experience working with children and families provides the Foreword to the publication, and has also written a chapter on helping children to manage their feelings and behaviour. Helen Mackinnon, Services Development Leader for the child bereavement charity Winston's Wish, uses her extensive expertise to provide a chapter which focuses on bereavement theories, to understand how children grieve in order to better support them.