Coping With

Loss/Grieving

Bummer DayI wanted to bring

some comic relief into today’s Lesson before

we begin!

With Halloween tomorrow, and us

talking about death and dying…what

better way to begin than with a ZOMBIE

PRANK!

How Do You Handel Crisis?

Take your survey to find out how well you handle crises!

Crises What are examples of crises that an

individual, couple ,or family may have to go through in a lifespan?

If a family member or loved one has died, how do you tell a small child

about this loss??

Telling Children About Death

• If a loved one dies that was a major part in a child’s life, DO NOT tell them lies such as, “mom is on a very long vacation” – This is a lie and the child will eventually learn the truth

• or “Grandma was sick and died”– This is rather harsh and if the child does not

understand the concept of sickness and dying it will confuse them

• Your best option is to relate dying with pets, flowers, etc., and that all living things have a cycle of life and then death.

Widow/ Widower• Statistics show more

marriages end by death than divorce!

• Widow= Woman survivor • Widower= Man survivor – In the average

community, there are TWICE as many widows than there are widowers

• Losing a spouse is ranked one of the highest stressors in a person’s life!!!

Society and Coping With Death• Why do you think we use “soft” words/phrases

when discussing dying? – Examples: “She passed away”, “went to heaven”,

“no longer with us”, “in a better place now” – Examples: saying “resting place” instead of “grave”

• Do you think death is more or less accepted in today’s society than it was in the past? WHY?!

Go talk to someone you haven’t talked to in class and discuss what you think! YUP, that means you

have to STAND UP!

5 Stages of Grieving DenialAnger

Bargaining/GuiltDepressionAcceptance

“DA BAD 5”

Denial

Anger

Bargaining/Guilt

Depression

Acceptance

Which Stages Do You See?!One of the most memorable scenes from any Disney movie

shows examples of some of the stages of grief. It is important to remember that these stages do NOT need to be in the order we discussed, and not every person goes through every stage…we

all respond to stress and loss differently!

So as you watch, which stages do you see?!

What Stages Do You SeeIn the movie Steel Magnolias,

a mother has just lost her daughter. Watch as she goes

through some of the stages of grief…in a very short time

frame. Which Stages Do You See?!

JournalDate: 10/30/12 Topic: Grief

1. Have you had to face a time when you went through all/any of the stages of grief? Briefly describe the process and how you felt during any of these stages.

-OR-2. If not, how do you think you would cope with loss? Do you think you would hit all of the stages or only a few? Explain.