As children and adolescents journey through life, they experience personally significant losses and associated grief that can negatively impact their physical/mental health, optimal development, and learning. Applying a broad-based perspective of loss, this presentation will acquaint educators/youth workers with (a) loss-related constructs and events, (b) potential physical, intellectual, emotional, and social effects of loss experiences, (c) supportive interventions, and (d) recommended print and Internet-based resources
