Coping with bereavement and loss

Name: Coping with bereavement and loss
Start: 2025-03-21T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-21T15:30:00+00:00
Location: Online – Zoom

21 March 2025 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

Date: March 21, 2025
Time: 10:30 – 15:30
Cost: BSA Full Member – £175, BSA Affiliate Member – £ 250, Non-member – £350
Audience: Boarding and pastoral staff, Deputy Heads, Heads of Boarding, all staff
Platform: Zoom (online) – seminar

Course outline:

This seminar, led by an expert from childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish will support pastoral staff in their understanding of the impact of loss and bereavement on young people. From recognising how children and young people grieve and the physiological impact of grief, to supporting young children in coping with a return to ‘normal’ activities after suffering a loss, this seminar will equip delegates with a clearer understanding of how to help.

The focus will be on the main school age range of 8-18 years but may go beyond these years to account for developmental variations. The session will also consider the child in the context of the boarding school ‘family’, and the role pastoral staff in particular, can play.

Training topics will include:

Prevalence of childhood bereavement – in context
Usual reactions to grief and developmental variations of grief
Theories of grief
The roles that schools play in supporting bereaved children and young people
Communication – with the child, family, staff, students, and wider school community
Helping children understand their feelings
When to seek more help
Self-care.

Learning outcomes:

An understanding of the impact of loss and bereavement on young people, including the physical and psychological impact of grief
Recommended actions to help children and young people understand their feelings
Signposting to additional support and when to access this.

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Speaker:

Kerry Khosa, Clinical Supervisor & Trainer, Winston’s Wish

Kerry is part of a team who provide training to those supporting grieving children and young people in their care, helping them to find the words, strategies and confidence to support children in navigating their way through grief.

Kerry is an experienced and practising CYP counsellor and experienced trainer who specialises in childhood bereavement, with over 7years working in the sector.