Education

Coping with Bereavement

TALK TWO

John Holland

The aim of this book is to help teachers and other staff in schools to gain a greater insight into the difficult and often taboo subjects of death and bereavement. Through this greater insight, it is hoped that staff will be better prepared to support bereaved children and also to help prepare all children for the bereavements which they will encounter at some point in their lives.

Coping with Bereavement is divided into three parts. In Part One, death and bereavement are considered in the context of losses generally and of attachment bonds in particular.

Part Two of the book discusses a pro-active approach to help to develop strategies to deal with and address the issue of death, loss and bereavement in the school curriculum.

Part Three of the book considers a re-active approach to help deal with problems arising after a child has been bereaved. It includes ideas as to how immediate help can be offered to the child and also offers information on where to find advice and speedy secondary help.

Finally, the book addresses the need to develop whole school policies and contingency plans which should ideally be in place to deal with a sudden and unexpected bereavement.

"This is an essential resource for any school considering how it responds to bereavement." "...highly recommended as a practical, sensitive and authoritative guide to bereavement." John Logan, Director, BFSS National RE Centre, Brunel University.

ISBN 1 899025 057 £11.95

Dr. Tough argues convincingly the case for establishing conditions in schools that promote bilingualism and presents the principles of second language learning in early childhood in a clear step by step approach to provide practical help for those who work with young children in school. Talk Two is equally useful for the individual practitioner and for groups meeting to discuss this aspect of curriculum development. By following the suggested activities the skills needed for helping children become competent in the use of English are developed. Enabling young children to realise their potential for acquiring English as a second language in their early years in school must be recognised as a priority if their level of attainment in later tears is fully to reflect their ability.

Joan Tough was a primary school teacher and headteacher, then a lecturer in a College of Education, before becoming Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Leeds, where she undertook research into language development and directed courses of study for teachers. She was also Director of the Schools Council Communication Skills Project and was awarded a CBE for her services to education.

ISBN 0-86174-066-1 £12.50