Thanks for watching...here are some resources that might help.
http://www.youthministry.com/articles/families/caring-grieving-students
Nooma DVD - 012 - Matthew:
Watch - http://vimeo.com/13853379
Purchase (which I highly suggest, I show it to students all the time, plus it is on sale for only $5 right now) - http://store.flannel.org/012.html
This article is a school perspective on students in grief. It has some good reminders: http://theapple.monster.com/benefits/articles/1927-how-to-help-your-students-deal-with-grief-and-loss
One great thing to do is to sit down with your outlook, iphone, calendar (whatever you use to schedule your life) and set up some future dates NOW that you are going to intentionally interact with them. With our student who lost his brother last year, I set up a year's worth of dates, stuff like: send a text today; write a card today; take out to lunch today. It's been huge and it helps me not to forget.
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