Question 1

List three guidelines for teachers when dealing with loss, dying, and grief education in elementary and middle schools.

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Question 2

Describe the teacher's role when a student or a student's relative is dying or dies.

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Question 3

Identify the school's role when dealing with disasters or traumatic events.

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Question 4

Identify the teacher's role when dealing with disasters or traumatic events.

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Question 5

List three common stress symptoms that elementary teachers might observe in students following a disaster or traumatic event.

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Question 6

Explain the role of the school when handling a student suicide.

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Question 7

List five warning signs a teacher might observe in a student who is contemplating suicide.

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Question 8

List and discuss two of the recommendations for educators teaching loss and grief in elementary and middle schools.

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Question 9

Identify three common student questions regarding death, dying, or grief, and explain how you would answer them.

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Question 10

You are a kindergarten teacher at a public elementary school. The curriculum calls for you to discuss loss and grief with your students. Create an age-appropriate lesson for your kindergarteners ranging in age from 5 to 6 years old. Explain the lesson in detail. Give your rationale for the lesson, and explain why you feel it is an effective way to teach about loss and grief to this age group.

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Question 11

Identify each of the stages of dying, and give a brief explanation of each. Provide an example for each of the stages. What do you think of this model? Do you agree that these stages exist, or do you think otherwise? Why or why not?

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Question 12

Identify each of the stages of grief, and give a brief explanation of each. Provide an example for each of the stages. Give your opinion about these stages. Do you think it is necessary to go through all of the stages? Why or why not?

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Question 13

List and explain the warning signs that a child may be contemplating suicide. Explain what you would do as a teacher if you recognized these signs in one of your students. What would you say? What would you do?

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Question 14

You have been hired as a loss, death, and grief consultant for a local public middle school. What guidelines would you provide for teachers when dealing with loss, death, and grief education in middle schools?

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Question 15

Explain why it is important never to tell children that someone who has recently died "has gone to sleep."

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Question 16

Select one of the following student questions and prepare a response as if you were responding to the student asking the question. [Instructor: Identifying a specific age of the child may help your students provide a more specific/meaningful response.]
• "Why do people die?"
• "What causes death?"
• "What is death?"

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Quiz 14: Managing Loss, Death, and Grief