Bereavement, Loss and Grief

The Bereavement Loss and Grief website by East Lothian Council provides advice and guidance for supporting children and young people in their schools who have recently been bereaved. 

This is a website that includes a range of advice and resources to support the school community when responding to bereavement, loss and grief. The site contains a range of topics including:

• What to do following a bereavement

• Ways of helping a child or young person

• Ways of helping a child or young person with ASN

• Common responses to bereavement and loss

• Developmental understandings of death

• Life shortening conditions

• Terminal illness

• Traumatic bereavement and targeted support

• Staff support

• Religious considerations

• Seasons for Growth

• Resources