Nursery World - How our nursery coped with the loss of a child

Dr Kath Dickinson, manager of SEND to Learn Nursery in Northumberland, explains the procedures her setting followed for staff, families and children after the death of a child.

Dr Kath Dickinson at SEND to Learn Nursery

At SEND to Learn Nursery we recently had a little one who died at the age of two years old. We provide education and care for children with complex medical needs and, unfortunately, complications arise with these children which can result in them losing their fight for life.

We provide a service for the parents and these children so that they can experience the same activities that other children get the opportunity to do.Other settings have refused to take children like this due to the training that staff have to undertake and the 1 to 1 support the children require with no additional funding from the government.

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