Supporting Young Children Experiencing Loss and Grief

This essential guide equips early childhood educators and primary teachers with concrete strategies for helping young children navigate complex feelings of loss and grief. Moving beyond traditional bereavement support, the book thoughtfully addresses the emotional impact of common childhood transitions like moving homes, changing routines, and experiencing family separations. Through powerful case studies and direct interviews with both children and adults, Price provides a window into how young minds process these significant changes. The practical framework helps educators create environments where children feel safe expressing difficult emotions.

What sets this resource apart is its recognition that grief manifests in many forms beyond death, validating the very real sadness children experience during disruptive life events. The direct insights from children themselves make the theoretical concepts immediately applicable to classroom settings and one-on-one interactions. Educators will find the specific techniques for encouraging emotional expression particularly valuable when words fail young children. This book fills a critical gap in professional development materials by providing the tools to support emotional wellbeing during some of childhood's most challenging moments.