Helping Children Cope with Grief

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

This course will help teachers and staff when they have a child experiencing grief or loss. There is loss of so many different kinds, and the children need us to be ready to help guide them through these times. Course length – 3.0 hours.

The course will help answer the following questions:

• How can I show appropriate empathy and understanding?

• How do I talk to children about death?

• What does grief look like on a child?

• How does grief differ between age groups?

• How does grief differ between cultures?

• How can I help the children in my care cope?

Participants who successfully complete this course will:

• Understand appropriate ways to talk to children about grief.

• Be able to perceive what grief looks like on the children in their care.

• Know how culture may affect how children cope with grief.