Rainbows – Bereavement Support Group
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Spectrum offers peer support for adolescents experiencing grief and loss What Spectrum offers
- A 9 week structured programme (not counselling or therapy).
- Peer support…. a shared experience that reduces the feeling of isolation, realising you are not the only one or not the only family….
- Adolescents of similar age and loss meeting in groups.
- It is a free support service advertised and offered to communities or second level schools.
- Peer support groups offers a safe confidential environment for sharing feelings (not counselling or therapy)
- Spectrum is part of the Rainbows programme aimed at adolescents. What Spectrum peer support groups can offer
- Support to reduce feelings of stigmatisation and embarrassment – of feeling the odd one out.
- A reduction in isolation and a normalising of strong emotions as adolescents identify and find reassurance with others in similar situations.
- A framework of emotional support at a time when lives may be in turmoil. Adolescents often reject adults in their lives at this time.
- A safe way for adolescents to express overwhelming emotions in their own way and at their own pace.
- “Time out” where adolescents learn that they do not have to protect other grieving family members.
- Support to restore and build self – esteem, confidence and resilience.
- Can offer a model of good grief and a model of coping for the future.
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Ballyhaunis Community School is a co-educational, multidemoninational school which caters for students of all abilities, preparing them for life.
Ballyhaunis Community School is a co-educational, multidemoninational school which caters for students of all abilities, preparing them for life.
