Resources for Grieving Families

www.scholastic.com/childrenandgrief
Childhood bereavement resource area brought to educators and families by the New York Life Foundation.  Learn how to best help children who might otherwise feel alone and lost as they navigate through their grief.

www.AChildInGrief.com

A valuable collection of stories and resources that can help guide educators and families through the death of a loved one.  From the New York Life Foundation.

www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/n/school-crisis/default/
The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement (NCSCB) can provide guidance for families, educators and schools to understand and meet the needs of children and families in times of crisis or loss.

www.ChildrenGrieve.org To find grief support in your area

www.aarp.org/griefandloss AARP has a page that offers Comprehensive information to help bereaved adults.

www.afsp.org The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has a section on “surviving suicide loss.”

The Barklay and Eve Store - Barklay and Eve book series written by Karen Carney

Centering Corporation, a family owned and operated business that is dedicated to serving the needs of those healing from loss. A good source for books.

www.comfortzonecamp.org A bereavement camp for children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. The free camps include confidence building programs and age-based support groups. Comfort Zone Camps are offered to children 7-17, and are held year-round in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia.

Compassion Books, Over 400 resources and books for sale on-line to help children and adults through serious illness, death, loss, grief and bereavement.

www.compassionatefriends.org The Compassionate Friends is a national support group for bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents who have experienced the death of a child at any age.

GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss

www.hellogrief.org A place for teens, parents and other adults to share and learn about grief.

KIDSAID is a safe place on-line for kids to share and to help each other deal with grief about any of their losses.

www.sesameworkshop.org/grief When Families Grieve, an outreach initiative that provides free resources in support of families with young children, in the military and the general public, coping with the death of a parent, provided by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street.