As a carer it is likely you will be caring for a child or young person who has experienced grief and loss. The purpose of this course is to develop your existing skills and add a few more tools to your toolbox.
This course covers the fundamental aspects of caring for a grieving child or young person including:
- Defining grief and loss.
- The different types of loss and grief children and young people in care experience.
- What behaviors might be an expression of grief.
- The process of grief.
- How to support a grieving child or young person.
- Case studies to put it all together.
Loss and grief are a natural and normal part of being human and something we will all experience.