Looking for local resources?

National Organizations Supporting Grieving Youth and Families:​

• Dougy Center​

• National Alliance for Children's Grief

• ELUNA

• NYU Langone Health

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Information Sheet

• Experience Camps

 

Resources For Teachers, Student Support Staff, and School Administrators:​

• Coalition to Support Grieving Students: free training modules, toolkits, talking points sheets, and more

• National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement: free event preparation guides; toolkits, training modules, and more

• If you're at a school and want to know how to support a student who is grieving, read this amazing article by Dr. David Schonfeld!

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Toolkits and FAQ Resources for Parents/Caregivers/Adults:​

• The Dougy Center School & Community Toolkit

• Understanding and Helping the Grieving Child

• Speaking Grief Resources for Adults Supporting Children

• 7 Parenting Strategies to Support Grieving Children

• After A Loved One Dies: How Children Grieve and How Adults Can Support

• Booklets and Handouts for Parents/Caregivers (in English & Spanish)

• Eluna Resource Center for Activities, FAQs, and Caregiver Guides

• NACG Hero Toolkit in Support of Grieving Children and Teens

• Supporting Children after the Overdose Death of a Family Member

• Talking with Kids About a Death from Addiction/Substance Use

• Supporting Children and Teens When Someone Dies From Substance Use

• Talking with Children About a Suicide Death

• Age By Age Guide for Discussing Suicide Deaths

• Sibling Grief: Supporting Children After the Loss of a Sibling

• Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for Parents and Caregivers

• Teen Grief 101

• Talking With Children and Teens About a Murder or Violent Death

• How To Support Children and Teens after a Murder/Homicide

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Toolkit

• Resources for Kinship Carers and Foster Families Dealing with Grief and Separation Responses

• NACG Holiday Toolkit: Supporting Grieving Children During the Season of Family

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Books/Activity Sets:

• Teen Grief Journal (NACG)

• When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief (Marge Heegaard)

• Help me Say Goodbye (Janis Silverman)

• When Someone Dies: A Child-Caregiver Activity Book (NAGC)

• How I Feel: A Coloring Book for Grieving Children (Center for Loss)

• Companioning the Grieving Child: A Soulful Guide for Caregivers (Center for Loss)

• Healing a Child's Grieving Heart Set or Teen Set (Center for Loss)

• Art with Heart, Chill & Spill, Ink it Out

• Memories Matter Manual

• After a Suicide: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids

• After a Murder: A Workbook for Grieving Kids

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Preschool-Aged Children's Grief Resources and Activities:

• Supporting Preschoolers Who Are Grieving (NACG)

• Sesame Street Grief and Bereavement

• Sesame Street Video for Parents/Caregivers of Grieving Children

• When Difficult Things Happen, produced by the Fred Rogers Center

• Talking to Children About Difficult Things in the News, Fred Rogers Center

• Sesame Workshop Parental Addiction Videos and Resources

• Sesame Workshop Resources on Community and Gun Violence

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General Grief Support and Coping Resources:

• Radical Grief

• What's Your Grief

• Refuge in Grief

• Untangle Grief

• Speaking Grief

• Evermore

• Grief Speaks

• Learning About Grief (also offers online groups for adults) 

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Teen Resources:

• SLAP'D (Surviving Life After a Parent Dies, a resource for teens)

• Grief Sucks: Resources and Connection For and By Teens With Loss

• Now What? For Teens Who Are Grieving

• Teenage Grief Sucks

• When A Friend Dies: For Students

• Mindful Connections Virtual Community Circles, online groups for teens and college age students

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COVID Loss:

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Grief-Related to Covid-19

• Helping Children Process Grief & Loss During COVID-19

• Grieving Students, Transitions, and Covid-19

• WhoWeLostKY

• COVID Coach Coping App (free)

 

Helping Children and Youth Cope After Natural Disasters:

• Talking with Children About Disasters

• Helping Children Cope with Emergencies

• Tips for Caregivers, Teachers, and Schools on How to Help

• How to Talk with Pre-School Aged Children

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Children and Funerals and Memorial Services:

• Tips for Caregivers on How to Talk With and Involve Children and Youth

• How to Include Young Children in Services and Memorials

• Explaining Funerals to a Child

• Preparing Children for Funerals: https://www.highmarkcaringplace.com/cp2/grief/brochures.shtml

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Resources for Grieving Parents/Caregivers:

• Self Care During Grief

• Soaring Spirits International Support for Widows

• Dougy Center Resources for Parents and Caregivers

• Center for Loss and Life Transition

• The Compassionate Friends (Supporting Families After A Child Dies)

• The Widowed Parent Podcast

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Scholarships and College Resources for Bereaved Students:

• Scholarships for Students Whose Parent Has Died

• Scholarships for Grieving Youth and Young Adults

• Kinship/Grandfamilies and the FAFSA (College Financial Aid Application)

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How to Support Others Who Are Grieving:

• How to Help a Grieving Friend

• What To Say (And Not To Say) To Someone Who Is Grieving

• How You Can Help Children Cope With Grief

• How to Support a Family Member or Friend Who Is Grieving

 

Grief and the Holidays:

• Getting Through the Holidays for Families With Loss

• NACG Holiday Toolkit: Supporting Grieving Children During the Season of Family

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Recursos de apoyo para el duelo en español:

• Sesame Street Información y actividades sobre el duelo

• Apoyando a los ninos y adolescentes cuando un miembro de la familia tiene una enfermedad grave avanzada

Supporting children and adolescents when a family member has an advanced serious illness, The Dougy Center​

• Apoyando a niños y adolescentes después de una muerte por suicidio​

Supporting children and adolescents after a suicide death, The Dougy Center​

• Apoyando a los niños preescolares en duelo

Supporting grieving preschool children, The Dougy Center​

• Consejos para apoyar a los niños en duelo

Tips for supporting bereaved children, The Dougy Center​

• Consejos para apoyar a un adolescente en duelo

Tips for supporting a grieving teen, The Dougy Center​

• Consejos para apoyar a los adolescentes después de la muerte de un amigo cercano

Tips for supporting teens after the death of a close friend, The Dougy Center​

• Respondiendo al Cambio Y Pérdida, Actividades del NAGC

​Responding to Change and Loss, National Alliance for Grieving Children Activity Booklet