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30-Minute Groups: Grief

Processing Emotions, Honoring Memories, and Finding Hope

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30-Minute Lessons for Small Group or Classroom Instruction

Loss is a universal experience that can profoundly impact a child’s development and life experiences. The 30-Minute Groups: Grief curriculum offers a compassionate and structured approach to help young learners process their grief and build resilience.

A Safe Space for Healing Through Loss

This comprehensive curriculum provides a safe and supportive environment for students to explore their emotions, share their stories, and connect with others who understand. Through engaging activities and thoughtful discussions, children will learn valuable coping strategies and better understand their grief journey.

Key Features and Benefits:

Engaging Activities: Various interactive activities make working through grief roadblocks impactful and meaningful.
Practical Tools: Students will learn practical coping strategies, such as mindfulness and self-care practices.
Emotional Support: The curriculum fosters a supportive group environment where children feel safe to express their feelings and receive validation.
Flexible Design: The curriculum is adaptable to different group sizes and settings, making it easy to implement in various educational contexts.
ASCA®-Aligned: The lessons align with the American School Counselor Association (ASCA®) standards, ensuring that the curriculum addresses important social-emotional learning goals.

What’s Inside:

10 Comprehensive Lessons: Each lesson includes clear objectives, engaging activities, discussion prompts, and reflection questions.
Permission and Completion Letters to send to caregivers
Attendance Logs
Pre- and Post-Surveys to measure the success of the programming
Results Template to share with interested parties

Topics Include:

Understanding Loss and Grief
Expressing Emotions Healthily
Coping with Difficult Feelings
Building Resilience
Honoring Memories
Finding Hope and Healing

The 30-Minute Groups: Grief curriculum empowers students to navigate their loss with greater understanding, resilience, and hope by providing a structured and supportive approach to grief.

Specifications

Written by Makenzie Perkins

Paperback ISBN 9781965066034

Grades 2-8

72 pages

Release Date January 16, 2025

Additional information

Format	Paperback
Language	English
Publisher	National Center for Youth Issues
Series	30-Minute Groups

Author

Makenzie Perkins

Makenzie Perkins, MS, currently serves as the Counseling Specialist for Collierville Schools (TN). In this role she is responsible for coordinating and supervising school counseling, threat assessment, health facility transitions, and crisis response across the district. Previously she served as the Prevention Counselor at Collierville High School, where she helped students and staff navigate mental health concerns and crises at the largest high school in the state.

Makenzie Perkins is a National Certified Counselor and earned her Master of Science degree and Clinical Mental Health Specialist degree from the University of Memphis. Makenzie is passionate about training professionals in the areas of threat assessment and management, suicidality, school safety, loss and grief, and understanding the everchanging mental health needs of today’s youth.