Helping Children Deal with Grief

School-Age Healthy Environments Lesson 6 Apply Helping Children Deal with Grief Extended Learning	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 24441 Name Certifier Date
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 Grief and Children 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 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 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 Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) www.taps.org TAPS Magazine Survivor Resource Kit Find a Support Group Seminars and Good Grief Camps National Child Traumatic Stress Network Traumatic Grief in Military Children: Information for Educators, Families, and Medical Providers (2008) https://www.nctsn.org/resources/traumatic-grief-military-children-information-educators

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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
Grief and Children
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
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
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
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
www.taps.org
- TAPS Magazine
- Survivor Resource Kit
- Find a Support Group
- Seminars and Good Grief Camps
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Traumatic Grief in Military Children: Information for Educators, Families, and Medical Providers (2008)
https://www.nctsn.org/resources/traumatic-grief-military-children-information-educators