Loss & Grief links to Interpersonal Development

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 Building social relationships

At Level 5 students demonstrate respect for individuality and empathise with others in local and global contexts, acknowledging the diversity of individuals. They recognise and describe peer influence on their behaviours. Students identify and use appropriate strategies to manage individual conflict and assist others in resolution.

Level 6 Building social relationships

At Level 6 students demonstrate awareness of complex social conventions and behave appropriately when interacting with others. They describe how local and global values and beliefs determine their own and others’ social relationships. They evaluate their own behaviour in relationships, identify potential conflict and employ strategies to avoid and/or resolve it.

Level 5 Working in teams

At Level 5, students accept responsibility as a team member and support other members to share information, explore the ideas of others, and work cooperatively to achieve a shared purpose within a realistic time frame. They reflect on individual and team outcomes and act to improve their own and the team’s performance.

Level 6 Working in teams

At Level 6 students work collaboratively, negotiate roles and delegate tasks. Working with the strengths of a team they achieve agreed goals within set time frames. Students respect and build on ideas and opinions of team members, reflect on the effectiveness of learning in a team and develop strategies for improvement.

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

Level 5 Working in teams

Level 6 Working in teams

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

Level 5 Building social relationships

Level 6 Building social relationships

Level 5 Working in teams

Level 6 Working in teams

Understanding loss in response to death

Different deaths - page 53 -

Categorising deaths by mode
Determinants of grief - page 54

Determinants of grief (student handout) - page 55

Determinants of grief (teacher information) - page 56

Level 5 Building social relationships

Level 6 Building social relationships

Controversial issues: the way people die

Defining euthanasia - page 62

Discussion and sample questions - page 63

Level 5 Building social relationships

Level 6 Building social relationships