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This document provides customizable email templates for parents, staff, and students to communicate about a death or suicide within a school community, emphasizing accurate…
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Grief education should be tailored to students’ developmental level and life experiences.
Here’s what that looks like across grade bands.
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This document provides customizable email templates for parents, staff, and students to communicate about a death or suicide within a school community, emphasizing accurate…
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Guidance on responding to student grief and loss through effective communication, crisis support, and creating compassionate, supportive school environments.
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A leadership guide for administrators on building school-wide capacity to respond to mental health crises and loss.
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Ready-to-adapt letter and communication templates for notifying families and students after a death or crisis.
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Guidance on how to communicate with the broader school community — students, families, and staff — after a student death.
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What administrators need to know about supporting the whole school community through a death — including policies, communication, and culture.
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Outlines how schools can create individualized bereavement support plans to help grieving students transition back to school through personalized emotional, social, and academic support.
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Webinars and training materials focused on childhood trauma and grief for clinicians, educators, and school mental health staff. Particularly useful for trauma-informed counseling approaches.
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Planning and preparing your school community for the emotional weight of the holiday season when students are grieving.