I knew Joanne for more than14 years, and had Joanne, Guidance Counsellor (Trinidad): worked alongside her on several Projects in schools that were termed I knew of ‘high risk’. her expertise and her interactions with many groups of children, especially teenagers. She readily said that she did her own research and essentially my own thing with the ‘did as grief counselling was not a topic of concern to those in Administration. children’, Joanne had developed a Grief Counselling Intervention with strategies for bereavement recovery, based on her experiences over the years. APPENDIX 6: The Pilot Study Please note: (The original Pilot study was to be conducted with a group of fifteen participants, aged 14 20 years old who were part of a workshop conducted by an NGO – which had given permission for the youngsters to be interviewed. These adolescents were selected from amongst 75 students and who fell within the parameters as described in the Information List. The workshop ended in August, 2014. Consent was given by Sheffield to carry out research in October, 2014, so that this group was no longer available for study). The Pilot study was conducted with a group of first year university students Participants – (18 22) years of age, the period of late adolescence (Balk, 2014). N = 8. – These students were recruited to give their views on the questions that I had posed in the Grief questionnaire, and to determine whether any adjustments to the questionnaire had to be made based on their responses and questions. Location A local University. – Measures An Audio Recorder was used to tape the discussion for analysis and – transcription. Oral consent was obtained from the participants to conduct the interview, and to tape their voices. - Based on their responses, the following occurred: Results 1. Additional questions were included into the original questionnaire (please see These questions related to: Appendix). The moments shared with the child and the dying parent just before death occurred Family support Family conflict Different types of grief
Joanne, Guidance Counsellor (Trinidad): I knew Joanne for more than14 years, and had worked alongside her on several Projects in schools that were termed ‘high risk’. I knew of her expertise and her interactions with many groups of children, especially teenagers. She readily said that she did her own research and essentially ‘did my own thing with the children’, as grief counselling was not a topic of concern to those in Administration. Joanne had developed a Grief Counselling Intervention with strategies for bereavement recovery, based on her experiences over the years. APPENDIX 6: The Pilot Study Please note: (The original Pilot study was to be conducted with a group of fifteen participants, aged 14 – 20 years old who were part of a workshop conducted by an NGO which had given permission for the youngsters to be interviewed. These adolescents were selected from amongst 75 students and who fell within the parameters as described in the Information List. The workshop ended in August, 2014. Consent was given by Sheffield to carry out research in October, 2014, so that this group was no longer available for study). Participants – The Pilot study was conducted with a group of first year university students (18 – 22) years of age, the period of late adolescence (Balk, 2014). N = 8. These students were recruited to give their views on the questions that I had posed in the Grief questionnaire, and to determine whether any adjustments to the questionnaire had to be made based on their responses and questions. Location – A local University. Measures – An Audio Recorder was used to tape the discussion for analysis and transcription. Oral consent was obtained from the participants to conduct the interview, and to tape their voices. Results - Based on their responses, the following occurred: 1. Additional questions were included into the original questionnaire (please see Appendix). These questions related to: The moments shared with the child and the dying parent just before death occurred Family support Family conflict Different types of grief
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