A student dies, a school mourns : dealing with death and loss in the school community
Normal Grief -- Physical Responses -- Mental and Feeling Responses -- Spiritual Responses -- Anticipatory Grief -- Grief in Schools -- Factors Affecting Grief -- The Grieving Person -- Normal Coping Behavior -- Number of Previous Losses and Deaths -- Concurrent Stressors -- Expectations of Local, Cultural, and Religious Groups -- Available Support Network -- Gender Conditioning -- Physical and Mental Health -- Pre-Death Adjustment Time -- Unfinished Business with the Deceased -- Secondary Losses -- The Deceased -- Importance of the Relationship -- Personal Qualities -- Age of Deceased -- Fulfillment of Dreams -- The Death -- Accident -- Homicide -- Suicide -- Prolonged Illness -- Acceptability of the Death -- Children's Reaction to Death -- Birth to Two Years -- Two to Five Years -- Six to Nine Years -- Nine to Twelve Years (Pre-Adolescence) -- Thirteen to Eighteen Years (Adolescence) -- Additional Reactions -- Response Planning Procedures -- The Crisis Response Team -- Creating a Crisis Response Plan -- Recruiting an Outside Consultant -- Designating a Media Liaison -- Developing a Media Policy -- Designating a Family Liaison -- Creating and Updating a Telephone Tree -- Developing a Staff-Sharing Policy -- Developing an Arrangement with Non-School Professionals -- Hiring Substitute Teachers -- Identifying a Crisis Headquarters -- Identifying Crisis Counseling and Quiet Rooms -- Determining an Information Flow Pattern -- Formulating a School Policy on Funeral Attendance.
