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Bereavement, Loss and Grief

If we seek a brave new world for these brave new children we also need to provide help and support for the trials and tribulations of their lives. One notable experience that has the potential to have long-lasting educational, psychological, and health effects is that of bereavement. .
             Bereavement, whilst preordained and universal, can have a combination of positive and negative consequences for young people. Grief generally follows bereavement; grief being a normal, healthy, and appropriate response to loss. Many people associate grief with a loss through death, but grief can be experienced after any personally significant loss, such as: separation; divorce; geographical relocation; the loss of a friendship through bullying; the loss of a job; or the failure to achieve a goal. Students are not immune to loss, or indeed the grief that follows it. The effect that death or a painful loss can have on a student can be as varied as the many forms of loss that can occur. Grief management and support, if it is to be effective, cannot be separated from the academic components of the curriculum, nor can it be dissociated from the school community at large. What students need most at such times is to be in a supportive, caring, and helpful environment. The role and influence of the Guidance Counsellor at these times cannot be underestimated.
             This chapter is aimed at providing Guidance Counsellors and educators with the requisite background knowledge of the area and a review of resources useful to support students who have experienced bereavement (or may be about to experience a bereavement). The understanding of bereavement in the chapter will be in its broadest terms, encompassing the various forms of aforementioned loss. While the chapter is aimed primarily at Guidance Counsellors, the information and recommended resources will be of use to anyone who has a responsibility (or interest) in supporting students in their care.


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1. Bereavement, Grief and Mourning

Bereavement can be defined, "as the objective situation of having lost someone significant, (e.g., being deprived) and the overall adaptation to loss," (Stroebe, et al., 2001; Stroebe, Hansson, Schut, & Stroebe, 2008). ... "The grief process is the complex emotional response to bereavement and, similar to the dying process, can encompass shock and disbelief, guilt, psychological numbness, depression, loneliness, fatigue, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, and anxiety about one's ability to carry on with life. ... Grief theories are the academic way to answer those questions. ... R...

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2. Personality and Bereavement

While it may be difficult, bereavement is an event that all people experience at some point in their lives. ... Grief is the act following the loss of a loved one. While grief and bereavement are normal occurrences, the grief process is a social construct of how someone should behave. ... This type of grief effect 10 to 20% of bereaved individuals and is difficult to treat due to underutilization of care services by the bereaved (Tomarken, et al., 2012) However, both regular bereavement and prolonged bereavement of any severity is linked to higher mortality rates and increased depression. ....

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3. Grief, Loss and Purpose

The bereavement process of a parent that losses a child is hard to categorize because there are many factors that contribute to the grieving process. ... During the family's time of grief, cooking inside the house is not allowed. ... Grief and loss are inevitable, and incontrollable. ... Hindu Rituals for Death and Grief. ... Parental bereavement: The crisis of meaning. ...

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4. How people cope with Grief and Loss

Bereavement involves a process of meaning reconstruction in the face of challenges to life constructs. ... Of particular relevance is a broader definition of loss than the tradition one of bereavement alone. ... Disenfranchised grief is grief that is not legitimised by others and consequently precludes social support. As a result emotional reactions may be intensified and exacerbate problems of bereavement as discussed by Doka (1989) Cumulative grief refers to the effect and significance of multiple and subsequent losses in a persons life and an acknowledgement that the impact of loss...

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5. How to Respond to Grieving Families

Understanding Grief In a conference session entitled "Understanding Grieving Families," bereavement professional Paul V. ... In reality, however, each family member's grief is unique. ... Understanding family grief, therefore, is a task with multiple layers and interplays. ... Kassner, PhD, Colorado Hospice Organization, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Julie Thomas, MA, LPC, HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, Colorado, in their presentation titled, "The Colorado Hospice Bereavement Project and Software," an assessment provides "the groundwork for bereavement care services an...

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6. How to Respond to Grieving Families

Understanding Grief In a conference session entitled "Understanding Grieving Families," bereavement professional Paul V. ... In reality, however, each family member's grief is unique. ... Understanding family grief, therefore, is a task with multiple layers and interplays. ... Kassner, PhD, Colorado Hospice Organization, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Julie Thomas, MA, LPC, HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, Colorado, in their presentation titled, "The Colorado Hospice Bereavement Project and Software," an assessment provides "the groundwork for bereavement care services an...

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7. Children and the Loss of a Parent

In most cases, the loss of a parent due to an unexplainable accident is fatal since the child will have poor growth and development. ... The effects of parent bereavement have affected diverse domains of competence, adjustment to bereavement and other indicators of psycho-phathography. ... Winifred after the loss of her father lost interest in all aspects of life. the change in her mother's behavior had adversely affected her. ... In her subsequent experiences, Winfred understood that her mother was merely reacting to grief through reduction in parental capacity. ... Poor social skills ma...

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8. Love and Grief

Only in grief can Doty return to this neighborhood and relive his and Wally's passion. ... The situation is the same when you are grieving for the loss of someone close to you. ... Since the two are so similar, the emotions of bereavement probably rekindled the emotions of love. ... His grief is the only thing that can help him accurately recall his love. ... Grief and love give Doty a reason to write Heaven's Coast. ...

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9. Grief

Grief is the reaction to the loss of a person or thing to which we have become attached. ... Grief is the reaction to all kinds Grief 2of losses, not just death. ... Three of the most commonly used terms--bereavement, grief, andmourning--are often used interchangeably. ... "Bereavement is the state of having suffered a loss. ... For some theshock of a sudden unexpected bereavement may trigger severe and destructive grief, for others, thetimely and peaceful death of an aged parent may give little cause for grief. ...

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