Bereavement in the Primary Classroom:The Perspectives of Widowed Parents

摘要: This research explores the experiences of young widow and widower parents as they support their children through primary school system in Ireland. It provides candid parental insights into how schools currently respond to, address continue to educate who are grieving death a parent. There is paucity empirically based exploring widowed parent observations on efficacy with which needs parentally bereaved facilitated at An estimated 4,384 experienced 2011. An ecologically conceptual framework was constructed assess education. exploration supported by four-part theories resilience, use psychology theory Social, Personal Health Education (SPHE), caring relationship teaching link between schooling social emotional well-being (SEWB). A qualitative design selected foster rapport encourage first-hand narratives encounters. In this two auxiliary sources – teacher pupil voices documented contextualise ethos ascertain extent curricular interventions for education. Research findings from interviews reveal valuable pupils feel classroom cope loss bereavement. They give keen insight complex emotions facing pupils, often limited response these pupils’ needs. The indicate need life skills transformational coping integration resilience-orientated or strength-based provisions classrooms. Challenges linked professional roles teachers, assessment high-risk situations, rise therapeutic education were also identified. challenges, proposes introduction loss, bereavement change module SPHE, including useful strategies approaches. Recommendations advanced. These ideas aim strengthen practitioner knowledge so that future encounter better equipped recognise, tackle grief it unfolds evolving world classroom.