Loss, Change and Grief An Educational Perspective

First Published in 1999. Helping children come to terms with and be aware of loss, change and grief is an undeveloped area within education although they are universal features of human experience. Here the author fosters a positive attitude to teaching and learning about such issues. She explores many experiences of loss and grief and different beliefs and practices are discussed so that the reader can gain a better understanding of how children grieve. She also provides suggestions for ways in which this topic can be taught within the school curriculum and offers practical suggestions for effective, professional collaboration.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Loss, Change and Grief in Children's Lives; Chapter 2 Family Bereavement; Chapter 3 Life-limited and Life-threatened Children; Chapter 4 Grief and Disability; Chapter 5 Children in Distress; Chapter 6 The Caring Role of the School; Chapter 7 Exploring Loss, Change and Death in the School Curriculum; Chapter 8 Managing a Critical Incident in School; Chapter 9 Ceremonies, Rites and Rituals of Death and Mourning;

Professional Practice & Development

Erica Brown

In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems in ecology and biological systems, chemical reaction-diffusion problems, geophysics, economics, electrical and mechanical oscillations in engineering systems, lasers and nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics and turbulence, and condensed matter physics, among others.