The Center for Grieving Children
Provides educational and support materials to grieving children, teens, their families, schools and other community agencies who support them.
49 York Street
PO Box 1438
Portland, ME 04104
(207)775-5216
The Center for Grieving Children, Teens and Families
Provides peer grief support groups for preschoolers, elementary school age, middle school age, teens and young adults. Also training workshops and resources for professionals, phone consultations and referrals.
1139 E. Luzerne St.
Philadelphia, PA 19124
(215)744-4025
The Center for
Loss and Bereavement
Provides grief counseling for individuals and families,
support groups for bereaved children, and community
education.
3847 Skippack Pike; PO Box 1299
Skippack, PA 19474
(610)222-4110
The Dougy Center
The National Center for Grieving Children and Families
Serves as a model in providing peer support groups
for grieving children; has printable information
on "How to Respond to Our Children" in the wake
of terrioristic attacks on U.S., has a bookstore.,
local resource referral guide.
PO Box 86852
Portland, OR 97286
(503)775-5683
Griefnet.org
An Internet community of persons dealing with grief,
death, and major loss, with 37 e-mail support groups
and two web sites. Provides help to people working
through loss and grief issues of all kinds. Companion
site (http://kidsaid.com/)
provides a safe environment for kids and their parents
to find information and ask questions.
PO Box 3272
Ann Arbor, MI
48106
Hospice
Foundation of America
Offers information to professionals and families
about caregiving, terminal illness, loss and bereavement,
including resources specifically for children and
teens. Annual Bereavement Teleconference Living
with Grief: Loss Later In Life on April 24,
2002, will be offered at WHYY and other locations
throughout the region.
2001 S. Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20009
1-800-854-3402
Peter's Place:
A Center for Grieving Children and Families
Offers free peer support groups for grieving children, pre-teens and teens ages 3 to 18, and their families to help with the healing process after a loss.
150 N. Radnor-Chester Rd.
Suite F130
Radnor, PA 19087
(610)687-5150
Wissahickon
Hospice of the University of Pennsylvania Health
System
Provides free bereavement support programs for spouses, partners, lesbians and gays, and for children up to age 18 who have experienced the loss of a relative, friend or loved one.
(610) 617-2400 or (800)700-8807
RELATED BOOKS
The Fall of Freddie The Leaf, Leo Bufegolia
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein. Harpercollins Juvenile Books, 1986.
Good Grief : A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss, Granger E. Westberg. Fortress Press, 1986.
A Grief Observed, C. S. Lewis. Harper San Fransisco, 2001.
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Ways to Explain Death to Children, Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen.
Living When a Loved One Has Died, Earl Grollman. Beacon Press, 1995.
Living With Grief : Who We Are, How We Grieve, Kenneth J. Doka (Editor), Joyce D. Davidson (Editor). Hospice Foundation of America, Brunner/Mazel, 1998.
The Mourning Handbook: A Complete Guide for the Bereaved, Helen Fitzgerald. Simon and Schuster, 1994.
Nobody's Child Anymore: Grieving, Caring and Comforting When Parents Die, Barbara Bartocci. Sorin Books, 2000.
Safe Passage: Words to Help the Grieving Hold Fast and Let Go, Molly Fumia. Conari Press, 1992.
Surviving Grief And Learning to Live Again, Catherine M. Saunders. John Wiley & Sons.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner. Avon, 1994.
BOOKS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE GRIEVE AND UNDERSTAND DEATH
Especially for Young Children
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Judith Viorst (jE)
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death, Laurene Krasny Brown (j155.937 B813w)
When People Die, Sarah Levete (j155.937 L577w)
Fiction for Older Children
Sun and Spoon, Kevin Henkes (j)
A boy looks for a special way to remember his grandmother who died recently.
Picture Books
Rudi's Pond, Eve Bunting (jE)
Dealing with the death of a friend.
Saying Goodbye to Daddy, Judith Vigna (jE)
Dealing with a sudden loss and the funeral experience.
Especially for Teens
Death is Hard to Live With: Teenagers Talk about How They Cope with Loss, Janet Bode (155.937 D349I)
How It Feels When a Parent Dies, Jill Krementz (155.937 K881h)
(Recommended by the staff of the Collection Development Office, Free Library of Philadelphia
To Find A Grief Support Group
- Call your telephone operator and ask for the numbers for your local mental health association and your local suicide prevention center. Both types of agency have good grief referral lists. You need not be suicidal to get a grief referral from a suicide prevention center. Also check with your faith community.
- Use the Yellow Pages and call hospitals and hospices near you. Ask to speak with the Bereavement Coordinator, Social Worker, or Chaplain's Office to get a local grief referral. Many hospitals and hospices provide grief support to clients for up to one year following a death and offer groups to the general public.
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