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Presenter urges Winslow Township schools to adopt grief-informed approach
Summary
Dr. Mary Lynn Pendleton told the Winslow Township Board of Education that grief is a broad, measurable factor harming attendance and learning and outlined a workshop model schools can adopt; board members asked how the program would identify students and measure outcomes.
Dr. Mary Lynn Pendleton, founder and CEO of Your Voice Heard LLC, told the Winslow Township Board of Education on March 11 that schools should adopt grief-informed practices to reduce disciplinary incidents and improve attendance and academic performance.
Pendleton described grief as a response to many forms of loss — not only death — that can increase student stress, aggravate chronic illness, and impair concentration. She cited national research and a 2012 landmark study by the American Federation of…
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