Bereavement Support Services

Bereavement Support Resources

Bereaved Children

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists - Facts for Families: Children and Grief
• Don Imus Ranch
• Fernside - Resources for Professionals and Families
• Hospice Net - Articles on children and death including Talking to Children About Death, Helping Young Surviving Children, Children and Grief, Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief, Children's Understanding of Death
• KidsAid
• M.I.S.S. Foundation - Bereaved Children
• National Funeral Directors Association
• The Dougy Center - grief resources, counseling centers, trainings

Child Care Provider's Grief

• SIDS Mid-Atlantic - When SIDS Occurs in Child Care Settings

Cultural & Linguistic Competence

• Minority Nurse - Culture, Grief and Bereavement: Applications for Clinical Practice
• National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program & Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs - When an Infant Dies: Cross-Cultural Expressions of Grief and Loss

Updated December 2010

Developed by the Program Support Center at First Candle with collaborative assistance from the Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Centers.