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This course is accredited by CMSA with 4 CPD points: 2 General & 2 Ethics
PLEASE NOTE a R100 administration fee will be charged at checkout for those who require CPD accreditation

About the Supporting Grieving Children Course

This course was originally created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic but has since been updated and is offered as a free resource to anyone who wishes to learn how to support children who are grieving due to the loss of a loved one or who may have experienced multiple losses due to a tragic event.

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define the terms loss, grief, mourning and bereavement
  • Understand how children will experience secondary and cumulative losses when a loved one dies
  • Differentiate between the different types of grief
  • Understand the ways in which children grieve
  • Describe the grief reactions children and adolescent’s display
  • Describe how children understand death and dying
  • Know how to discuss death with a child
  • Know how to support children who are grieving

Course Review

Dr Welly Den Hollander, a medical social worker and Narrative Therapist, has reviewed the course and this is what she had to say: 
“I would
recommend this informative and relevant course to family members, grieving communities and bereavement counsellors. The course describes the realities of children and teens who grieve a loved one. The information is comprehensive, practical, and needed in a time that many of our children experience losses to their lives.”

Dr Welly den Hollander 
Medical Social Worker and Narrative Therapist

Course Content

A child’s understanding of death 2 Topics
Talking to children about death and dying 3 Topics
Supporting grieving children 4 Topics
What have you learned? 1 Topic | 1 Quiz