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Publication Date: 2003
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Preparing Classroom Teachers for the Impending Death of a Student with Terminal Illness.
Rice, Craig J.; Gourley, Junean Krajewski
Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, v22 n1 p25-36 Fall 2003
This article discusses students with terminal illnesses and the challenges teachers face in dealing with the issue of death. Classroom strategies for dealing with death are described and include using children's literature that explores death, using deaths of pets as teachable moments, and using children's films. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Classroom Techniques, Coping, Death, Elementary Education, Films, Peer Relationship, Terminal Illness, Terminal Students
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Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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