From deaths of loved ones to loss of rituals and routines, children and youth have experienced many types of loss during the pandemic. Attending to a young person’s grief helps them heal and become healthier and more resilient moving forward, experts say.
The Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health has a new fact-sheet, Supporting Child Well-Being through COVID-19 Grief, to help parents, schools, and others understand the mental health challenges facing us, and provide concrete reactions.
On the topic of mental health: EANS funds can be used to cover mental health services for your school community. Talk to CESA 6 to determine ways to tackle the needs you’d like to address.
