Grief and loss experiences present a growing need for educators. Researchers facilitated nine qualitative interviews with preschool educators. They generated themes involving knowledge, awareness, resistance, and vulnerability using thematic analysis. Underscoring the relational care framework, implications for responding to grief, and developing caring cultures within the educational context are discussed.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Participants will explore and define loss and grief as they relate to death and non-death
experiences.
Participants will examine ways GREs may impact social-emotional well-being for adults and children.
Participants will discover new considerations for building a foundation of care within the educational context for those who experience grief and loss.
