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SAYING GOODBYE AND OTHER SCARY TIMES
A workshop on death, divorce, separation, public crises, parental incarceration and the first day of school or childcare

For people who work with children ages 2 to 8

Everything is new for children.  And new isn't particularly pleasant...too much to figure out, too much that might go wrong.  New isn't cozy.  And when new involves losing people who have been important and provided the child with a sense of rightness, of community, its even worse. When news has the TV repeating frightening footage, and the adults interrupt their routines to talk about this new catastrophe, the children need help figuring out what it all means to them.
 

The reality is that children are resilient and manage, as adults do, to get through scary times.  But we have knowledge about young children's ways of learning and knowing that can help us be there for them.

Don't wait until the children are facing the death of a friend before learning about this subject.  You'll want to have books on the shelf of your workplace to help parents, children, and staff with grief, the most human of painful conditions.

See Also 
Bibliography:  Caring for Children of Incarcerated Parents

E-mail:  sydney@eceteacher.org, www.eceteacher.org • (C) Copyright Sydney Gurewitz Clemens, 2007