posted by Alita Spink, Schools and Learning Support Officer
A Sudden and traumatic death in your school community – let’s talk about it….
6 March 2018 – Dundee
As our our schools’ conference in Dundee draws closer, if you haven’t already booked, we wanted to let you know that we have a limited number of places still available, so please book your place soon to avoid disappointment.
A sudden or traumatic death within the school community can leave staff and pupils shocked and overwhelmed. This conference is designed to help equip education professionals with key support skills and improve confidence when responding to bereavement. We will have a range of speakers covering plenary sessions including a young person speaker, a parent speaker, plus the chance to tailor your day with a choice of workshops.
Please see the conference programme for more information.
Fees are just £45 per delegate, including course materials, a CPD certificate of attendance, refreshments and a light lunch. We acknowledge the support of the Scottish Government through CYPFEIF and ALEC Fund Grant for this conference.
Book your place now: https://childbereavementuk.org/for-professionals/our-courses/sudden-traumatic-death-school-community-lets-talk-2/
Main Conference
We are pleased to be joined for our conference by the speakers below, who will cover a range of pertinent topics around sudden and traumatic bereavement in schools.
Our day will be chaired by Dawn Allan, Spiritual Care Lead, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Dawn has 14 years’ experience as a healthcare and specialist palliative care chaplain and a former national executive role with the Association of Hospice & Palliative Care Chaplains. One of Dawn’s passions is enabling people to talk about death and dying before they need to, so that when the time comes and there is no choice, they have already shared things like, what their wishes might be with loved ones.
Plenary session speakers
Young people’s mental health Supporting pupils following a
and academic resilience sudden and traumatic death
Judy Furnivall, Consultant CELSIS, Shirely Potts, North Develpment
University of Strathclyde Lead, Child Bereavement UK
A traumatic death: the response A bereavement programme for
of the school community schools
Helen Quinn, Teacher, St Francis Dr Sally Paul, Lecturer of Social
Xavier’s Primary School Work, University of Strathclyde
Workshop choices
We have a choice of workshops for you to choose from, to tailor the day to fit your needs and interest.
- Creative activities for bereaved children and young people
An opportunity to consider the use of creative activities to engage young people following a bereavement. - Responding to a death within the school community – how a bereavement policy can help
An opportunity to develop and enhance a bereavement policy within your school. - Children’s fears in a daunting world
This workshop will consider the Child Bereavement UK response in empowering practitioners to understand and support the young people in their care. - Supporting children with autistic spectrum disorders through bereavement
Understanding death and bereavement on the autistic spectrum. - Considering the impact on staff after a death in the school community
A reflective session to consider ways to support yourself and your peers following a bereavement in your school community. - Suicide within the school community
Practical support and guidance to help schools prepare for and recover from a suspected or attempted suicide.
Workshops are allocated on a first come, first served basis and delegates will be able to attend two sessions during the conference.
We hope you can attend, and are looking forward to welcoming you to the conference. Please get in touch with us if you need any further details.
Kind regards
Paula Abramson
Head of Training
Child Bereavement UK
