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Grief, Illness and Other Issues


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No. of pages 43

Published: 2010

Great for age 12-18 years

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This book has been designed to provide ideas and strategies and ideas for dealing with difficult situations that students sometimes may endure, for example: death of a class member or school student a student or relative mat be diagnosed with a life threatening illness a student may have difficulty with the issue of adoption] a student may be victim of a traumatic event e.g. terrorist attack a student's relative may die

 

 

There are 43 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2010 by GLMP Ltd .

Jane Bourke is a well respected teacher and counsellor with expertise in counselling children and young people. Dr Graham Lawler is the writer and broadcaster known as Mr Educator. He can be heard on a number of BBC Stations around the UK, and now on LBC Radio in London.

This book has the following chapters: 1 Teacher's notes coping with difficult issues in the classroom 2 Strategies for students who are grieving 3 Coping with terminal illness: Chloe's story -activities 4 Living with disability includes two stories and learning activities 5 Coping with grief or loss includes stories and learning activities 6 Community Spirit