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For the school aged child, like the younger child, grief crisis may interrupt age appropriate activities and force a child to address issues for which the child is not developmentally prepared. Children this age might believe that certain behavior will bring their loved ones back.
The group sessions should be time. limited with the purpose of providing mutual support and understanding as each group member. deals with their reactions to the traumatic event. Death. The sudden loss of a student or adult in the school system is a tragic event and can be a point of. crises for the school system. The school community's response to the death situation will set the. stage for how well people cope with the loss.