{"product_id":"9781781353530","title":"Independent Thinking on Loss","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eWritten from the authors' personal experience, this enlightening handbook outlines the ways in which schools can help their pupils come to terms with the death of a parent.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA child loses a parent every 22 minutes in the UK. Childhood bereavement brings with it a whole series of challenges for the children involved – challenges they will deal with all their lives. The research shows teachers want to help, but don't know what to do.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book is a start.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWritten by bestselling author Ian Gilbert together with his three children, \u003cem\u003eIndependent Thinking on Loss \u003c\/em\u003eis a personal account of the way educational institutions tried and succeeded, tried and failed and sometimes didn't try at all to help William, Olivia and Phoebe come to terms with the death of their mother.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSeveral months after their mother's death, BBC's \u003cem\u003eNewsround \u003c\/em\u003eaired a brave and still controversial programme in which four children talked about their losses. This prompted Ian and his children to sit down and think about their own experiences and draw up a 15-strong list of dos and don'ts that could help steer schools towards a better understanding of what is needed from them at such a difficult time.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis handout received such a warm reception that the family decided to expand their advice and suggestions into what has now become \u003cem\u003eIndependent Thinking on Loss\u003c\/em\u003e, the proceeds of which will go to Winston's Wish, one of the UK's leading children's bereavement charities.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIndependent Thinking on Loss \u003c\/em\u003eis an updated edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Little Book of Bereavement for Schools \u003c\/em\u003e(ISBN 9781845904647) and is one of a number of books in the Independent Thinking On ... series from the award-winning Independent Thinking Press.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFeatures and benefits:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages educators to view death and bereavement as something that can be acknowledged and talked about in school.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers clear guidelines to assist schools in supporting a bereaved child in their midst.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines how conversations and actions – little ones, whole-school ones, genuine ones, professional ones, personal ones – in the school setting can make an awful scenario just that little bit easier for children to deal with.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMarket\/audience:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSuitable for anyone working with children and young people in an educational setting.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CROWN HOUSE PUBLISHING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414801678381,"sku":"9781781353530","price":31.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781781353530.jpg?v=1782626834","url":"https:\/\/lioncrest.com.au\/products\/9781781353530","provider":"Woodslane Education","version":"1.0","type":"link"}