SUNBEAMS

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SUNBEAMS

• Grief Support for Young Children

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Training for Rainbows Facilitators

• AIMS
• To become familiar with Sunbeams programme
• To decide if Sunbeams would be appropriate in our
  school
• To plan how Sunbeams will fit in to our
  Rainbows programme

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SUNBEAMS- some questions

• Who is SUNBEAMS for?
• Do I need to be a RAINBOWS facilitator?
• How long do the sessions last?
• How many weeks?
• When? Where?
• How many children in a group?
• How is it different to RAINBOWS?

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RAINBOWS

• SUNBEAMS - 3-5 years
• RAINBOWS - 5- 12 years
• SPECTRUM - 12 18 years
• Silver Linings - Crisis response programme
• ALL AGES ARE USED AS A GUIDE ONLY
• Many schools find Sunbeams suitable for
  Foundation stage and Key Stage One

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Confidentiality

• Need to explain concept of confidentiality to
  parent (because of age of children)
• Coordinators and facilitators must keep the
  confidence of the parent
• The programme must run in line with the schools
  safe guarding policy
• RAINBOWS major obligation is to protect the
  child.

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Parent Meeting

• Plan meeting (s) when most convenient for parents
• Give plenty of notice of meeting
• Explain what will happen, can they bring younger
  children etc?
• Make sure you are familiar with the programme
• Adapt the parent meeting to YOUR parents!!

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SUNBEAMS Weekly Meetings

• 12 meetings , same titles as Rainbows
• Approximately 25mins
• 3-5 children in a group
• Four elements to meeting-gathering, activity,
  discussion, closing
• Celebrate Me concludes the programme

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Resources

• Bear and name ribbon
• Tote bag??
• Music CD and Sunbeams games
• Puppets (make with parents)
• A Huge Bag of Worries book
• Shape sorter
• Paints, markers usual materials found in school
• Facilitator and coordinator books

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Celebrate Me Session

• Important that the conclusion of the programme is
  marked in some way
• Suggested time two hours plus
• Parent/carers need to know date at the beginning
  of programme
• Plan for parents/carers who cant attend
• Be realistic do what is right for your children
  and school

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Do we need SUNBEAMS?

• YES !!!!
• Young children experience bereavement and loss
• They may need support at this time
• SUNBEAMS uses activities familiar to young
  children
• It allows a school to offer structured support to
  very young children.

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What do we do now?

• Meet to decide if SUNBEAMS is right for your
  school
• Check what additional materials you will need
  (some are the same as Rainbows)
• Who could run the programme, do we need training
• When, Where, ?????????

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SUNBEAMS

• Lets have a go!!
• Try sessions in groups, Parents meeting,
  Sessions One-Two-ThreeTwelve
• Celebrate Me Session - what could WE do?
• What do we do next??