Loss & Grief links to Communication

Understanding life changes result in loss and grief

Change – school, losses, feelings, behaviour, coping - pages 22–23

Grief reactions - page 24

Grief stories (video) - page 24

Level 5 Listening, Viewing and Responding

At Level 5 students show respect for others’ ideas by modifying their verbal and non-verbal responses. They interpret complex information and evaluate the effectiveness of its presentation. When responding, they use specialised language and symbols as appropriate to the curriculum. They consider their own and others’ points of view, apply prior knowledge to new situations, challenge assumptions and justify their own interpretations.

Level 6 Listening, viewing and responding

At Level 6 students convey meaning by identifying how their message has been effectively communicated, considering alternative views, recognising multiple interpretations and responding with insight. They use complex verbal and non-verbal cues, subject-specific language, and a wide range of communication forms. Students elaborate and clarify using pertinent questions to explore explicit and implicit meaning

Reactions to loss and change

Grief reactions - Group drawing activity - pages 25–26

Brainstorm indications of ‘recovery’
’Normal’ grief reactions (handout) - page 28

Extension activity – gender & coping - page 27

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Helping friends

Types of support -support, example, source, how helps - (information, practical, social) - pages 33–34

Giving advice - page 34

Dear Dr Wright letters (handout) - page 36

Seeking help – reactions & help ideas - page 35

Newspaper article (handout) - page 37

What to say - role-play - page 35

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Loss: a universal experience

Change and loss - page 46

Feelings - page 47

Categories of loss (handout) - page 48

Holmes-Rahe survey of loss (worksheet) - page 49

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.