Helping Children Deal with Grief

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The death of a parent is perhaps the most difficult event that can happen to a child. Use these resources to help you support the mental health of children as they process their grief. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fact Sheet: Grief and Children (2018). https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Children-And-Grief-008.aspx The Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children and Families https://www.dougy.org How to Help a Grieving Child Activities for Children Kids and Funerals Help for the Holidays Developmental Grief Responses eXtension Ways Child Care Providers Can Help Children Deal with Grief and Loss (2019) https://childcare.extension.org/ways-child-care-providers-can-help-children-deal-with-grief-and-loss/ National Association of School Psychologists Helping Children Cope with Loss, Death, and Grief: Tips for Teachers and Parents (2003) https://www.nasponline.org/assets/documents/Resources%20and%20Publications/Handouts/Safety%20and%20Crisis/GriefWar.pdf National Association for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Trauma, PTSD, and Attachment in Infants and Young Children https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/specific/attachment_child.asp National Child Traumatic Stress Network Traumatic Grief in Military Children: Information for Educators, Families, and Medical Providers (2008). Three PDFs free to download from https://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/traumatic-grief/traumatic-grief-military-children PBS Kids for Parents: Helping Toddlers Understand Their Emotions https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/helping-toddlers-understand-their-emotions tune in to babies’ cues Label and help toddlers cope with feelings Don’t fear the feelings Avoid minimizing or talking children out of their feelings Teach tools for coping Sesame Street: Helping Kids Grieve https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/grief/ Tips for Parents: Sharing & Talking, Finding Comfort, Moving Forward Printable Tools Online Resources Your Stories Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) https://www.taps.org TAPS Magazine Survivor Resource Kit Find a Support Group Seminars and Good Grief Camps

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The death of a parent is perhaps the most difficult event that can happen to a child. Use these resources to help you support the mental health of children as they process their grief.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Fact Sheet: Grief and Children (2018).
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Children-And-Grief-008.aspx
The Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children and Families
https://www.dougy.org
How to Help a Grieving Child
Activities for Children
Kids and Funerals
Help for the Holidays
Developmental Grief Responses
eXtension
Ways Child Care Providers Can Help Children Deal with Grief and Loss (2019)
https://childcare.extension.org/ways-child-care-providers-can-help-children-deal-with-grief-and-loss/
National Association of School Psychologists
Helping Children Cope with Loss, Death, and Grief: Tips for Teachers and Parents (2003)
https://www.nasponline.org/assets/documents/Resources%20and%20Publications/Handouts/Safety%20and%20Crisis/GriefWar.pdf
National Association for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Trauma, PTSD, and Attachment in Infants and Young Children
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/specific/attachment_child.asp
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Traumatic Grief in Military Children: Information for Educators, Families, and Medical Providers (2008). Three PDFs free to download from
https://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/traumatic-grief/traumatic-grief-military-children
PBS Kids for Parents: Helping Toddlers Understand Their Emotions
https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/helping-toddlers-understand-their-emotions
tune in to babies’ cues
Label and help toddlers cope with feelings
Don’t fear the feelings
Avoid minimizing or talking children out of their feelings
Teach tools for coping
Sesame Street: Helping Kids Grieve
https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/grief/
Tips for Parents: Sharing & Talking, Finding Comfort, Moving Forward
Printable Tools
Online Resources
Your Stories
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
https://www.taps.org
TAPS Magazine
Survivor Resource Kit
Find a Support Group
Seminars and Good Grief Camps