Our students sometimes experience losses during their college years that most of us can never have imagined enduring in that season of our lives. In today’s episode of Teaching in Higher Ed, how to care for grieving students. PODCAST NOTES How to care for grieving students Respect confidentiality… to a point Point them toward their resources Avoid assumptions… if you can Be human Don’t lower course requirements; let them earn their degree, not receive it through pity Recognize the pain of the neutral zone (coined by Bridges in his book: Transitions: Making sense of life's changes) Avoid personalizing dishonesty RECOMMENDATIONS Process your own grief One wonderful book for processing one's grief and going through transitions is William Bridges' The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments. We resist transition not because we can't accept the change, but because we can't accept letting go of that piece of ourselves that we have to give up when and because the situation has changed. - William Bridges Closing credits Please consider writing a review or rating the show, to help others discover Teaching in Higher Ed Teaching in Higher ed: on iTunes and on Stitcher Give topic or guest ideas to help strengthen the value of the podcast