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    Bereavement:

    Learning about loss, is an article on the website of the National Children's Bureau helping schools to think about how they can tackle dying and bereavement within their curriculum. The resources below will help you deal with these issues.

    Learning about Loss (National Children's Bureau)
    https://www.ncb.org.uk/news-opinion/news-highlights/learning-about-loss

    Managing a sudden death in the school community (LGfL)
    http://bereavement.lgfl.org.uk

    Responding to a death that is suspected to be a suicide (Samaritans)
    https://www.samaritans.org/education/step-by-step/resources/respond-suspected-suicide-schools

    Talking about death with your little one (CBeebies)
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/our-family-talking-about-death-with-your-little-one

    How to support a bereaved child (Video, Child Bereavement UK)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aix0ted9NKk

    What helps grieving children and young people (pdf)
    https://childbereavementuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1.4-What-helps-grieving-children-and-young-people-1.pdf

    Books for younger children
    Frog and the Birdsong by Max Velthuijs (Picture Book)
    Benny’s Hat by Juliet Clare Bell and Dave Gray (Picture Book)
    Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley (Picture Book)
    Top 10 children's books on death and bereavement (Guardian)
    https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/feb/05/top-10-childrens-books-on-death-bereavement-holly-webb

    Books for teenagers about death and grief (Marie Curie)
    https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/bereaved-family-friends/coping-grief-teenager/teen-grief-books

    St Albans and District Bereavement Network have listed many available resources in this pdf, which includes links for death after suicide, murder, road accidents and the loss of a baby:
    http://www.sabn.org.uk/pdfs/info-and-resources/Resources-for-School-Staff-About-Bereavement-VERSION3-for-website-updated-03072013.pdf

    Explaining Bereavement to children with autism (National Autistic Society)
    http://www.autism.org.uk/about/family-life/bereavement.aspx

    Websites and Charities

    Child Bereavement UK: https://childbereavementuk.org
    Child Bereavement Network: http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/
    Marie Curie: https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/
    Winston’s Wish: https://www.winstonswish.org/

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