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Nine Caregiving Skills

November 24, 2020

Caring for a grieving child often means balancing your own emotions while helping them understand and express theirs. Our experts compiled decades of knowledge and wisdom shared by caregivers in our bereavement care programs into skills that offer guidance and strategies to help you in establishing your own style in supporting a grieving child…. Read More

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Common Questions About Children and Grief

October 30, 2020

The death of an important person in a child’s life can be overwhelming and scary. Caring adults such as parents, teachers, and neighbors, often have questions about how to support grieving children…. Read More

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Explaining Death to a Child

April 16, 2020

When a child experiences the death of someone important, caregivers are often left with difficult questions and uncertainty about what to say or do. Understanding how children grieve can help you respond with confidence and compassion…. Read More

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Common Grief Reactions

March 12, 2020

Use this tool to better understand common grief reactions…. Read More

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Developmental Differences in Understanding and Reacting to Death

February 19, 2020

Understand grief reactions from a developmental perspective, from infants to ages 13 and older…. Read More