Planning and Managing Death Issues in the Schools

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Planning and Managing Death Issues in the Schools A Handbook

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By Robert L. Deaton and William A. Berkan

ISBN: 0-313-29525-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29525-6

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208 pages, figures

Greenwood Press

Publication: 2/28/1995

List Price: $72.95 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: The Greenwood Educators' Reference Collection

Description: By managing death issues in a planned purposeful manner, schools can reduce suicide and other harmful behavioral reactions substantially. Helping students to understand death and loss is part of assisting them to become resilient, proactive individuals. Age-appropriate curriculum materials are provided for educating children and teenagers on issues of health, emotional depression, grief, and death. Ways of counseling in schools following the death of a student, teacher, or staff member are explored in detail. Signs of depression and at-risk behavior among teenagers are described as part of a comprehensive approach to prevention, intervention, and postvention concerning death, violence, and self-destructive behavior. The authors share strategies that have proved effective in helping students to focus away from self-destructive, violent single-path solutions to developing positive social skills and alternative plans. Developing a comprehensive school plan in anticipation of a death occurrence and training staff in its implementation greatly reduces emotional stress.

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Youth at Risk
Developing a School Plan
Prevention
Intervention
Postvention
Teaching and Assisting with Grief and Loss
Summary and Future Implications
Appendix A: Sources
Appendix B: Examples of a School Plan
Appendix C: Examples of Prevention Curriculum
Appendix D: Postvention Guides
Reference List

LC Card Number: 94-21693

LCC Class: BF723

Dewey Class: 362.2


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