Resources on Death for Young Children
Grief and Bereavement: Patient and Family Resources
The Dougy Center provides support to children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death. They provide support and training ...
Loss of a child - resources Information | Mount Sinai - New York
The following organizations are good resources for information on the loss of a child: Find a Doctor, Request an Appointment.
Helping Kids Grieve - Sesame Workshop
While adults understand the permanence of death rather quickly, children often need more time. Feelings of grief come and go. Parents and providers can help ...
Resources on Death and Grief | Prisma Health Children's Services
Death of sibling: · Always My Brother. · Ben's Flying Flowers. · Dancing on the Moon. · Ethan's Butterflies: A Spiritual Book For Parents and Young Children ...
CareDimensions offers bereavement counseling, support groups, and workshops to families across Massachusetts. The organization also offers grief resources and ...
Helping Young Children Grieve and Understand Death - NAEYC
Check children's understanding · Start by asking children what they understand about death. · Give children simple and developmentally appropriate explanations.
Bereavement Resources | New York Life Foundation
NAGC is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness about the needs of children and teens who are grieving a death and provides education and resources for ...
Resources for Handling Grief after Loss - Together by St. Jude™
After the loss of a child, it can help to connect with other people who have gone through a similar experience. Local support groups for parents or siblings can ...
Supporting bereaved children and young people
Adults can help a child remember someone who has died through activities, encouraging conversation about the person, and reinforcing and building any memories ...
Grief Resources and Support | University of Michigan Health
Dougy Center for Grieving Children: (link is external)The Dougy Center provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families ...
Resources to Support Youth Who Have Lost a Caregiver
This resource describes how school-age children may feel when struggling with the death of someone close and offers tips on what caregivers can do to help.
National Alliance for Children's Grief | Resources
The National Alliance for Children's Grief provides useful resources for children and teens who are grieving a death. Find everything you need here.
Activities for bereaved children and young people - Winston's Wish
Create a memory jar or fill a memory box to help grieving children remember the person who has died, use our template to build a mental health first aid kit, ...
National Alliance for Grieving Children promotes awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone ...
Resources for Youth Grieving a Death | Rainbows
If you know a child grieving from a loss, click here to find Rainbows programming near you. The Rainbows program is free for all participants anywhere in the ...
Helping Children Deal With Grief | Child Mind Institute
After the death of a parent, children will naturally worry about the death of the remaining parent or other caretakers. Reassure a child that they are loved and ...
Teen Grief Resources - Empower
Camp Erin. Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Grief or Addiction · Camp Kesem · Camp Kita · Circle Camps · Wildflower · TAPS Military Kids Grief · Comfort ...
Children's Resources - Harrell Funeral Homes
72% of children believe their life would have been “much better” if their parent hadn't died so young. 69% of Americans who lost a parent growing up still think ...
How Children Understand Death: What to Say When a Loved One ...
building-resilience~The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) discuss children and teens' understanding of death and how parents should talk ...
Explaining Death to a Child | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Concept of death – “engage in magical thinking,” view death as reversible or temporary · Grief response – may ask questions about the death over and over again, ...