DEATH & DYING
PR-5-5
PROCEDURAL DOCUMENT
Effective Date: 4 September 2012
Rationale
The
school will put strategies in place in the event of a death that impacts
on the school so as to ensure that the best possible help is available
to both teachers and students.
Procedures
- The school will aim to provide support during the grief process.
- The school will aim to provide accurate information should a death occur.
- Be aware of
appropriate courses of action and agencies who may be able to assist, eg
“Seasons for Growth”, Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour,
counsellors, Victim Support.
- Any announcement will be released by the Principal and the Board Chair.
- Following the
event of a traumatic event parents will be provided with information
concerning signs of distress in their children.
- The welfare
of the children in the school must be the matter of paramount concern,
and, in this regard, consideration will need to be given as to how to
tell them (eg the classroom setting is preferred to that of a school
assembly.)
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