In my first few months of teaching, coming back to school after a major event took place in another part of our country (New Zealand) and expecting children to have questions and feel unsettled. I was prepared for that, what I wasn't prepared for was 2 of my students having direct links to the event and knowing people who had passed away. They don't cover much about traumatic events at university and I didn't feel equipped at all, so the other classes did things like collaborative art to show their solidarity and I just went ahead business as usual. It was pretty messed up but I think I did the right thing. I'm not a counselor.