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How to Explain Suicide to Children and Young People (webpage)
Winston's Wish offer guidance on how to explain a suicide to a child, including:
- Be honest and give children truthful information about a death by suicide
- Explain what’s happened in a series of steps, building up information like a jigsaw
- Be honest and consistent with your explanation of how that person died
- Use language children will understand and be comfortable with
- Encourage them ask questions and be prepared to answer them
- Share more information as a child gets older and their understanding develops
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| Contributed by: | MHASE - Mental Health Ambulance Service Education |
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| Licence: | More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 04 November 2022 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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