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Supporting bereaved children and young people with SEND

Online training for professionals | 1 day | Introductory training

This one-day course provides a comprehensive guide to supporting bereaved children and young people who have special educational needs and disabilities. During the training course you will learn that grief is inclusive. All children, regardless of their age, cognitive ability, and/or physical skills, are affected by a bereavement.

When can I attend?

This training will be running on the following date/s:

Wednesday 1 July, 9.30am to 3.30pm
Monday 5 October, 9.30am to 3.30pm
Friday 29 January 2027, 9.30am to 3.30pm

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Who is this training for?

This training is suitable for professionals working with children and young people with SEND. This includes teachers and teaching assistants; keyworkers and members of a welfare or pastoral support team; SENCO; and others directly supporting bereaved young people as well as senior leaders, governors and policy makers in mainstream and specialist schools. It is also suitable for those working with young people outside the education sector including therapists, health care teams, nurses and other support staff.

What will I learn?

This training provides:

An overview of bereavement theories, the ages and stages of bereavement and how they relate to children with SEND.
The skills and techniques needed to support bereaved children with SEND.
Developing a toolkit of resources to help you talk to children with SEND about death; support them to ask questions, share their thoughts and feelings about their grief; and support children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
Self care techniques to ensure that you are well supported in order to meet the needs of the children that you work with
The importance of bereavement policies and procedures.
Developing a curriculum to help teach children about the issues of life, death, bereavement and grief.
Information about Child Bereavement UK and other support organisations and resources available.

Booking details

£150 per person and includes an e-book of specialist publication We All Grieve.

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Before booking on any training, please read our training terms and conditions. We encourage prospective participants to consider their own experience of loss and how it might affect them during training. Our training may not be suited to someone who has experienced a recent bereavement.

If you would like to know more about training from Child Bereavement UK for education providers, please email [email protected].

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