NORMALISING BEREAVEMENT FT. Dr Sukh Hamilton

Death and bereavement are natural life experiences, but how is our approach to education and communication letting young people down?

In this episode of Life Solved from the University of Portsmouth, Dr Sukhbinder Hamilton shares her latest research findings on how higher education students are reluctant to seek support for grief.

She challenges often unconscious taboo messaging in the way we relate and communicate with bereaved individuals and asks how we can better serve people at every stage of development – and every corner of society.

Sukh draws on her personal grief and experiences working in primary schools to propose how we can normalise experiences of bereavement and lift the taboo. It’s her hope that by sharing vital tools and communication, children can develop emotional literacy over important life events from a young age, minimising the negative impacts upon education and opportunity later in life.

Points of Interest

Dr Sukh Hamilton - https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/sukhbinder-hamilton

How children learn to talk about loss -

https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/young-people-voice-loss-narratives-and-the-development-of-emotional-literacies(eed7768d-e1cb-439c-bcb7-0974f1bc7117).html

How to support bereaved children and young people - https://www.childbereavementuk.org/supporting-bereaved-children-and-young-people

NHS how to support children in grief -

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/children-and-young-adults/advice-for-parents/children-and-bereavement/

Grief and bereavement in young adults – help

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/feelings-and-symptoms/grief-and-loss/

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