Encourages Montessori educators and others to consider the importance of talking with children about loss and death and helping them to identify the basic process of grief and the coping skills used for proceeding with grief work in one's lifetime. Describes helpful activities, such as using children's books, keeping journals, and creating a grief…

A 1988 survey of 50 dental schools found only 27 offered course content on coping with death, dying, or bereavement and none had a course dedicated to the topic. A variety of methods are used to present the information, and generally dental school faculty are the presenters. Only three schools intend to add this content to the curriculum. (MSE)