When a teacher dies: a school-based intervention with latency children.
The behavior and emotional adjustment of latency-age children following the sudden death of their teacher are described. Observational and interview data demonstrate the importance of play and ritual as coping mechanisms. The children's reactions to a replacement teacher, and to expectations that they establish a relationship with the new teacher, are considered.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D005655:Funeral Rites; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D013663:Teaching