2019-2020 A Resource Guide to Grief Counseling

2019 - 202 0 A RESOURCE GUIDE TO GRIEF COUNSELING Uncommon schools have a moral as well as a legal duty to safeguard the welfare ...

TABLE OF CONTENT __ Section 1: Crisis, Traumatic Event, Death, Grief and Bereavement Section 2: Bereavement Counseling – A Frame ...

SECTION 1: CRISIS, TRAUMATIC EVENT, DEATH, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT _____ Crisis The death of a school community member can be a cr ...

post-traumatic stress if a catastrophe has occurred at school (i.e., shooting of teacher or students, natural disaster, etc.) Sy ...

SECTION 2 : BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING – A FRAMEWORK _____ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross has taught us that we must see the griever as an ex ...

➢ It helps individuals to understand and recognize the full range of reactions to trauma, such as numbness, frustration, confusi ...

SECTION 3 : HELPING SKILLS FOR THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR _____ These skills are ways to show people that you are paying close attenti ...

Verbal Skills/Interventions: Open Questions: ➢ It is useful to aid the individual in exploring his/her feelings and thoughts. ➢ ...

Additional helpful comments/phrasing: ➢ (^) Tell me about... ➢ (^) What works for you... ➢ (^) How do you react when...? ➢ (^) I ...

SECTION 4 : PERSONAL IMPACT OF GRIEF _____ The grief experience impacts all aspects of the being of the individual. The manifest ...

➢ Self-doubt increases; needs much reassurance; decisions are difficult, indifference/apathy may follow; meaninglessness; not wa ...

The experience of grief and the mourning process involves many changes in the life of the individual. It is a period of ADAPTATI ...

Developmental Stages of Understanding Death & Grieving Infancy: When a member of the family dies, an infant may receive less ...

Adults can do the following to help a pre-school child cope with death: ➢ Tell them what to expect regarding the funeral, parent ...

➢ poor grades ➢ lack of attention and concentration ➢ loss of manual skills ➢ fear of continuing friendship bonds: might lose an ...

SECTION 5 : SUDDEN DEATH LOSS ISSUES _____ As described in Section 3, some of the possible reactions involved in the “normal” pr ...

SECTION 6 : RITUALS ___ Rituals provide us with acts to engage in for the purpose of meaning-making (Neimeyer). Ritual provides ...

Rituals to Commemorate Rituals are effective and meaningful when they have significance to the deceased and to the survivor. The ...

SECTION 7 : CARE FOR THE GRIEF COUNSELOR ____ Burnout occurs in any helping situation when there is too much work and too little ...

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