Supporting Students Who Are Grieving: Interventions and Practices for School Counselors

Abstract

This conceptual article focuses on interventions and practices for school counselors to utilize when working with students who are grieving due to parental death, ambiguous loss, or suffocated grief. We review the three-stage model of evidence-based school counseling (assessing student needs, accessing quality interventions, and evaluating outcomes) and provide practical strategies for school counselors to engage with students experiencing grief and support them through the grieving process.