Talking About Death, Grief & Loss

Yesterday was hands-down the hardest day of my career. Through processing of my own shock, denial & grief, I had to communicate the passing of one of my classroom paraprofessionals, a dear friend to me & father figure to my students, to my 8 adolescent students with autism. Death is difficult to process for adults, let alone children or teens, and I couldn’t fathom how I was going to break it to them. I am so fortunate to work I’m a place where I wasn’t alone and had a school counselor help me share the news with them. These are the lessons I learned from her that I wanted to share with you all in case you ever are faced with this daunting task. .
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