Responding to Loss

Contents includes: Introduction About this manual Part One: Setting the context What is loss? Setting the context What is grief? Approach 1: The Dual Process model Approach 2: The idea of stages Approach 3: The tasks of grief Approach 4: Finding new meanings What is mourning? How do people deal with grief and loss? Religion and spirituality Exploring different cultures Grief: How can things go wrong? Difficult and complicated grieving What can we do to help? You and your workplace Part Two: Training and development Introduction Exercises overview A note on timing Exercise 1: Welcome Exercise 2: Ground rules Exercise 3: Great expectations Exercise 4: Listing the losses Worksheet 1: Listing the losses Exercise 5: Wishful thinking! Worksheet 2: Codes of practice Exercise 6: Creating a poster Exercise 7: Trying to make sense of it all Worksheet 3: Trying to make sense of it all Exercise 8: Out of the ordinary! Worksheet 4: Out of the ordinary (1) Worksheet 5: Out of the ordinary (2) Exercise 9: Where do i feature in all this? Worksheet 6: Where do i feature in all this? Exercise 10: The DOs and DON'Ts of helping Worksheet 7: Responding to loss Exercise 11: Celebrating diversity Exercise 12: My boss really cares Exercise 13: It's got nothing to do with us Worksheet 8: It's got nothing to do with us Exercise 14: The conspiracy of silence Worksheet 9: The conspiracy of silence Worksheet 10: The conspiracy of silence Exercise 15: Men are from Mars... Worksheet 11: Men are from Mars... Exercise 16: Leaving was hard... but coming back was even worse Worksheet 12: Leaving was hard... but coming back was even worse Case study: Leaving was hard... but coming back was even worse Exercise 17: Oh my god! Part Three: Conclusion Guide to further learning Appendix List of resources Worksheets Handouts