{"product_id":"independent-thinking-on-loss","title":"Independent Thinking On  Loss","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten from the personal experience of a parent and his three children,\u003ci\u003e Independent Thinking on Loss: A little book about bereavement for schools\u003c\/i\u003e details the ways in which schools can help their pupils come to terms with the death of a parent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A child loses a parent every twenty-two minutes in the UK. Childhood bereavement brings with it a whole series of challenges for the children involved challenges they will deal with all their lives. The research shows teachers want to help, but don''t know what to do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book is a start.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Written by Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert together with his three children, \u003ci\u003eIndependent Thinking on Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal account of the way educational institutions tried and succeeded, tried and failed and sometimes didn''t try at all to help William, Olivia and Phoebe come to terms with the death of their mother.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Several months after their mother''s death, BBC''s \u003ci\u003eNewsround\u003c\/i\u003e aired a brave and still controversial programme in which four children talked about their losses. This prompted Ian and his children to sit down and think about their own experiences and draw up a fifteen -strong list of dos and don''ts that could help steer schools towards a better understanding of what is needed from them at such a difficult time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The warmth of reception of this handout led the family to expand their advice and suggestions into what has now become \u003ci\u003eIndependent Thinking on Loss\u003c\/i\u003e, the proceeds of which will go to Winston''s Wish, one of the UK''s leading children''s bereavement charities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Ian, William, Olivia and Phoebe encourage educators to view death and bereavement as something that can be acknowledged and talked about in school, and offer clear guidelines that will make a difference as to how a school can support a bereaved child in their midst. They also explore how conversations and actions little ones, whole-school ones, genuine ones, professional ones, personal ones in the school setting can make an awful scenario just that little bit easier for children to deal with.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Suitable for anyone working with children and young people in an educational setting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e?Independent Thinking on Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is an updated edition of\u003ci\u003e The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools\u003c\/i\u003e (ISBN 9781845904647) and is one of a number of books in the Independent Thinking On series from the award-winning Independent Thinking Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316239737214,"sku":"NW9781781353530","price":13.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781781353530.jpg?v=1778718106","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/independent-thinking-on-loss","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}