Bereavement
This section provides practitioners with resources to help gain the voice of the child/young person in developing a trusted relationship with an adult of their choosing. At times it is difficult for a child/young person to express how they feel in periods of intense emotion. This section focusses on work specifically with bereavement.
This section provides practitioners resources to help work with a child/young person when they are going through a bereavement. At times it is difficult for a child/young person to begin to open about their feelings associated with grief. These resources, many of which designed by Winston’s Wish, aim to help when working with a child/young person.
The following list of resources and tools is not exhaustive, but a starting point for practitioner work.
Primary age resources
Beaded bracelet - Winston's Wish
Calendar of Memories -Winston's Wish
Explaining Death to Children - Dead Insect Activity - Winston's Wish
Feelings First Aid Kit - Winston's Wish
Fifteen ways to remember people at Christmas- Winston's Wish
Growing Around Grief-Winston's Wish
Making a Jar of Memories - Winston's Wish
Preparing a child for loss - Macmillan
Talking About Feelings - Winston's Wish
Ten ways to remember people on special days - Winston's Wish
Ten ways to remember your Father on Father's Day - Winston's Wish
Ten ways to remember your Mother on Mother's Day - Winston's Wish
We All Grieve activities for children with SEND
Secondary aged resources
After Someone Dies - Cruse Youth Booklet
Booklist for bereaved children
Calendar of Memories -Winston's Wish
Feelings First Aid Kit - Winston's Wish
Fifteen ways to remember people at Christmas- Winston's Wish
Growing Around Grief-Winston's Wish
Making a Jar of Memories - Winston's Wish
Preparing a child for loss - Macmillan
Talking About Feelings - Winston's Wish
Ten ways to remember people on special days - Winston's Wish
Ten ways to remember your Father on Father's Day - Winston's Wish
Ten ways to remember your Mother on Mother's Day - Winston's Wish
We All Grieve activities for children with SEND
Bereavement Secondary resources key words
Suggested Bereavement Secondary book list for use with CYP on bereavement