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Offers empathy-focused approaches in educational processes. Supports students’ emotional development and provides guidance for teachers, aiming to build awareness in the school environment, encourage individual support, and establish strong communication.

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Aims & Objectives

7 Core Objectives to Empower Teachers in Supporting Grief

EMPACT provides a comprehensive set of objectives across training, communication, resource development, awareness, and systemic impact to help teachers better understand and support students experiencing grief.

7 Key Objectives Teacher-Focused Student Wellbeing
01

Empowering teachers in grief and loss

To help teachers understand, recognize, and provide more informed support for the grief and loss processes experienced by children in the classroom.

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Enhancing empathy and sensitivity

To develop teachers who can better understand the emotional needs of grieving students and respond with compassion.

03

Developing communication skills

To support teachers in communicating about loss and grief in a safe, sensitive, and age-appropriate way.

04

Providing coping strategies

To equip teachers with practical methods and tools to support students’ emotional resilience.

05

Developing resources and materials

To create tools that teachers can directly use, such as guidebooks, digital modules, expert videos, and mobile applications.

06

Raising awareness

To highlight the importance of supporting grieving students among educational institutions, school leaders, and policymakers.

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Bridging policy and practice gaps

To make pedagogical gaps related to child grief visible at the European level and pave the way for more sustainable and systemic solutions.

Who Benefits?

Teachers, Students

Teachers, develop skills to recognize and support grieving students. Students, Receive support in a safer, more understanding, and inclusive school environment.

School Community

A more sensitive and sustainable approach is developed across the institution.

Alignment With Erasmus+ Priorities

  • Supporting wellbeing in schools
  • Capacity building for teachers and school leaders
  • Providing more responsive learning environments for children affected by crises