Grief program for students

Woy Woy Public School will offer a program to students who have experienced grief due to a significant loss.

"The Seasons for Growth educational program teaches children strategies to help cope with change, loss and grief in their lives," according to program facilitator Ms Odette Grejsen.

"It allows children to normalise change and helps them to validate the feelings and emotions associated with change.

"This grief response may have been triggered by a number of reasons including: death of a family member or friend; family separation or divorce and other significant changes to a child's life.

"The children will meet peers in a small, confidential group accompanied by myself."

The main course runs over eight weeks, plus a celebration session and will be conducted in school hours."

Newsletter, 27 Jul 2010 Odette Grejsen, Woy Woy Public School