The Essential Role of School Bereavement Programs
This chapter examines the importance of the school bereavement programs in relation to hospice care. It highlights the growing needs for school communities to establish bereavement support programs for providing appropriate services to grieving students following the loss of a peer. The chapter suggests that a school community's response to such crises has the potential to positively impact the stepping stones of children's social and emotional growth as they grieve and begin to heal from their loss.
Keywords: bereavement, hospice care, children, grieving students, school community, social growth, emotional growth
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