The nursing and healthcare professions are acutely aware of the special needs of children who are grieving. Indeed, children's perceptions of death and their subsequent ability to cope with the experience of bereavement are influenced by a number of factors, including the events leading up to the death of a loved one. This is where the informed nurse or other health and social care worker can play an important part in the child's emotional health and wellbeing.

The module aims to critically examine the developmental issues in the child's concept of loss and grief, factors influencing bereavement outcomes in children, the role of social networks in the support of the grieving child, and the nature of vulnerability.

Content

• Factors of influence in child bereavement.
• Child developmental psychology
• Parent and sibling death
• Helping relationships
• Programme of grief support
• Problematic grief
• The role of creativity in expression of children's grief.

Assessment

Studies will take place in St Helena Hospice Education Centre, Colchester. The Hospice is a specialist palliative care unit with a full complement of specialist practice in the care and support of patients and families with incurable illness, the dying and bereaved. The module will be assessed through an essay exploring the aspects of childhood bereavement.

24 September 2013 to 17 December 2013
Course dates: 24 September 2013, 1, 8, 15, 22 October 2013, 5, 12, 19, 26 November 2013 and 3, 10 and 17 December 2013
Submission date: 7 January 2014

Teaching days and times are for guidance only and are subject to change.

For more information please contact:

Kate Powis
Tel: 01206 851560
Email: education@sthelenahospice.org.uk


Rana Ahmed (Contracts Officer)
Tel: 0845 196 4614
Email: rana.ahmed@anglia.ac.uk

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