We subscribe to the principles of the Health on the Net Foundation. Support for Grieving Children provides a 10-week grief support group for children and families or caregivers experiencing the death of a loved one.
Children find help in sharing feelings and experiences with other children their own age.
Feelings are expressed and released through stories, games, drawings, discussions, play and other activities. Adults who come with children meet in their own group. Nearly 70 children and adults participated in the Spring 2000 session. Every year approximately one-third of children in an average classroom experience some form of loss. Unresolved childhood grief can prompt misbehavior, poor school patterns, foster juvenile dependency and severely affect adult relationships.