Schools fall short when it comes to helping students in grief – here's how they can improve
- Written by David Schonfeld, Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, University of Southern California
Many children experience the death of a loved one. How teachers respond matters.Blacqbook/www.shutterstock.com
An adolescent experiences the death of his mother after a lengthy illness.
When I ask what services he would like to receive from the school, he initially says he didn’t expect special treatment, would be embarrassed by counseling...