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This article investigates children's views on providing peer support to bereaved children. The data (pre- and postinterviews and written documents) come from an action research study of a teacher-researcher and her 16 children aged 10-11 years old.
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Analysis of the data shows children's ideas on supporting a bereaved child and how this support should be provided, taking into consideration various factors such as the relationship with the bereaved and the role of memories.
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The paper emphasizes that children should have structured opportunities across the whole-school curriculum to learn how loss affects people's lives to support themselves and others.
Dr Stylianou Polyxeni
Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
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This page is a summary of: Peer support for bereaved children: Setting eyes on children’s views through an educational action research project, Death Studies, January 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1369472.
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