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How to explain death by drugs or alcohol to a child or young person

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Telling a child or young person that someone important to them has died is difficult enough. Explaining a death involving drug or alcohol use, whether from substance misuse, addiction or accidental overdose, can be challenging. Often, our instinct is to protect children by not telling them, but we know from ...
Explaining homicide to children

Explaining homicide to children and young people

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Telling a child or young person that their mum, dad, brother or sister has died is difficult enough, let alone telling them their loved one has been murdered. It can be tempting to shield them from the details of a violent death, however police and media involvement means that the ...
Talking about sudden death

Talking about sudden death with children and young people

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When someone in your life dies, feelings of grief can be overwhelming. These feelings may be even more difficult to handle if the death is sudden, traumatic or violent. There are many types of sudden death – it could be through an illness, an accident, murder, manslaughter or suicide. How might ...
Talking about tragic events Winston's Wish

Talking about tragic events with children and young people

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Terrorist attacks, as well as natural and man-made disasters, are, sadly, regular occurrences these day - in the last few years we have seen multiple attacks in the UK and around the world. When these events hit the news it is important to think about how and what we communicate ...
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