The Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre has published an up-to-date literature review that "provides a brief overview of educational and psychological outcomes for children and young people bereaved of a parent or sibling, and the effectiveness of services provided for this group."
One of the main conclusions of the review "is the importance of a differentiated response to childhood bereavement, taking account of each child's needs and circumstances."
A common message from the research is that effective approaches to supporting bereaved children need to be appropriate to their circumstances, including age and stage of development as well as degree of distress and the presence of protective factors in their environment.
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