The report, Schools and Family Change: School-based support for children experiencing divorce and separation, said children's confidence and self-esteem was raised when they talked about issues of divorce and separation with others, and it helped them understand people and cope with relationships more easily.
The research involved 50 families and 69 children at seven schools in East Anglia - two infant, one junior and two combined infant and junior schools.
Group support sessions, held once a week for seven weeks, were led by a counsellor from a local family mediation service and an adult helper and involved between four and seven children. Individual support comprised four weekly sessions on a one-to-one basis with a counsellor.
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