https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj By Alesha & Scarlett en-us 2019-11-09 21:28:47 UTC 2026-02-21 17:15:30 UTC hello@padlet.com yuanz17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409064698 The statistics of families dealing with death in Canada ]]> 2019-11-09 21:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409064698 jeannottea17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409064738 2019-11-09 21:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409064738 jeannottea17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409065039 Emotions: Children upset or reluctant to discuss a recent death. So, encourage them to talk, draw or write about the loss.
Risk-taking: Children, especially teens, engage in risky behavior. So, keep a close eye and help steer them away from unhealthy activities.
Selfish behavior: Children may ignore the death at times, behave selfishly and think of themselves. They need their needs met before processing feelings about the loss.
Regression: Children may behave as they did at a younger age. Do not judge, continue to show caring and concern. Remember they are still grieving.

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Avoid euphemisms as preschoolers have trouble understanding death and may believe the death is reversible.

Provide opportunities to express thoughts and feelings about death through play activities and drawing.

Answer questions using concrete descriptions and be prepared to repeatedly answer questions.

Possible reactions include:

• Crying or screaming
• Clinging to caregivers or other trusted adults
• Fear of separation
• Regressive behaviors such as wetting pants and thumb sucking
• Decreased verbalization

]]> 2019-11-09 21:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409067060 yuanz17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409067249 --Emotional depression 
--Finance issues
--Threaten to mental health (inability to sleep, loss of appetite)
--Affect to the later development (lack of security)]]> 2019-11-09 21:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409067249 jeannottea17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409068179 Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.”—Anonymous

]]> 2019-11-09 22:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409068179 jeannottea17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409069872 Engage a child in a discussion about these beliefs. Ask them questions
like. . .
- What makes you think that?
- How does that work precisely?
- Do you think it would have made a difference if?
- How does this make you feel?
Talk about things we can control:
Talk about how we can stay healthy; eating good and exercising
· Talk about how we can be sure to treasure those we love each and every day of our lives to ensure we have the best times together possible.
· Talk about how we can make sure we drive sage and take other precautions to avoid accidents.

]]> 2019-11-09 22:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409069872 yuanz17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409071075 2019-11-09 22:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409071075 jeannottea17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409071133 Could create a celebration of life wall where children could create natural clay tiles with their hand prints with their families. The tiles are then fired and assembled to the Celebration of Life display. During this time you could share stories about loss and grief, as well as happy memories of a loved one.]]> 2019-11-09 22:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409071133 yuanz17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409072388 The death of family is going to affect children and may last for whole life . We could provide a stable environment for children to make them feel safe. When children  express their sadness of losing the family member, we should provide comfort, hugs or hold them. We can also creating a supportive classroom for children. Children who lost a love one in life could be sensitive, anything could recall the memory, instead of minimize the feeling, we are support to  encourage them to express their feeling, or maybe we could let them bring the item to daycare to remember this particular person. Recognizing and expressing the death are more likely to help children acceptance the death.  It also important to talk to other family member of the grief children, feel sad of their loss and remain them to pay attention to the children's emotion, especially the "separate anxiety" of the child (a typical reaction when children loss a love one).  Anyway, as an early childhood educator,  it is an essential job for us to take care the mental health of a child, we should try our best to give the support to them. ]]> 2019-11-09 22:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409072388 jeannottea17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409072921 Notice when a child is quieter then normal and ask questions about what might be going on. Let the child know that I am here if they want to talk about it or need their space at that moment. Children need to know that they can come to me with any questions or concerns about this subject and I would try the best to my ability to answer them as honest as I can. Help children feel safe in the environment, where they can express their grief without any kind of judgement, give appropriate learning opportunities for children to discuss death in either drawing, writing or in playing. I would use this information to build a better relationship with each child and their families. Helping the whole family sort out their feelings about death and how we can make it a positive thing together moving forward. Talking with the family about allowing the child to bring an object from home that brings them some comfort about their loss of the love one or encourage the parents to stay a little longer when bringing in or dropping of the child. Help them come up with ideas on how we can celebrate them in a way that they can remember them by and having their families help in the process from the beginning to the end.

]]> 2019-11-09 22:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409072921 yuanz17 https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409076801 Hopkins, A. (2002). Children and Grief: The Role of the Early Childhood Educator. YC Young Children, 57(1), 40-47. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42728691

Townsend, V. (2018). How the Death of a Parent Affects a Child. Retrieved from: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3y9g4/how-the-death-of-a-parent-affects-a-child

NASP School Safety and Crisis Response Committee. (2015). Addressing grief: Tips for teachers and Administrators. Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

N, N. (2016). Children and Grief Statistics. Children's Grief Awareness Day. Retrieved from ChildrensGriefAwarenessDay.com.

Global Children’s Fund specializes in Child Safety and Sexual Abuse Prevention programs. (1993). http://www.keepyourchildsafe.org/about_us.html
Dalhousie Nursing (Mar 2018) Explaining Grief to Children]]> 2019-11-09 23:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jeannottea17/sozigxl6zfsj/wish/409076801