Social-Emotional Learning: How to Help Students Manage Grief and Loss

The Blog at Planbook, provides an overview of how to recognize, understand, process, and work through aspects of grief a student might face.  A quick overview-

Sign of Grief

• A complex emotion similar to sadness at times but can take many forms
• Faculty should note signs of grief and respond accordingly

Helping Students Grieve

• Take a small, step by step approach
• Do not add stress to the situation
• Address concern in a safe manner and do not let is be ignored

What Not to Do

• Do not speak in euphemisms
• Be honest with words such as death, dying, dead but in sensitive manner
• Do not use cliches such as everything will be okay
• Listen more than share

Reference

Planbook. (2018, February 6). Social Emotional Learning: How to Help Students Manage Grief and Loss. Planbook Blog. https://blog.planbook.com/help-students-manage-grief/