Children often grieve differently from adults. When a loved one dies, it is often a child's first experience with death. CaringMatters Children's Bereavement Services help children explore their feelings, develop healthy coping  strategies, and find comfort and safety in learning that they are not alone. 

 

Our grief support services for children are facilitated by trained staff and volunteers in group environments where they can meet peers who have suffered similar losses. 

 

 

CaringMatters has developed useful video and printed

resources on children's grief in several different languages.

Click links below to view or download.

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CaringMatters Family Activity Newsletter

Spring Holidays English / Spanish

Mother's Day English / Spanish

Father's Day English / Spanish

These activities, offered in both English and Spanish, can help grieving families honor and begin a conversation about their loved ones, remembering their personality, gifts, and the special times shared together. 

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Baylor University

• Grief Interventions for Children with ADHD

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Child Bereavement UK

• Supporting bereaved children and young people with additional needs through grief (pdf)

• Supporting bereaved children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (pdf)
   

CNN.com

• Goodbye, Grandpa: An expert guide to talking to kids about death during Covid

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The Dougy Center

• Getting Through the Holidays

• Resources for Parents and Caregivers Supporting a Grieving Child or Teen

• Supporting Children and Teens When A Family Member is Dying in a Hospital or Healthcare Facility

• Supporting Children and Teens in Foster Care During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis

 

National Alliance for Grieving Children

• Responding to Change and Loss

• GriefTalk Resource Guides

  • Talking to Children About Death and Dying​

  • Talking to a Child or Teen to Let Them Know Someone Has Died

  • Talking About End of Life Memorials or Rituals

  • Talking About Grieving as a Family

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The New York Times

• Helping Children With Pandemic Grief

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University of Oxford

• How To Tell Children Someone Has Died

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The Washington Post

• Perspective | I had no idea how to talk to my children about a loved one’s death. I’m not alone.

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Winston's Wish

• Coronavirus: Preparing Children to Return to School

• Coronavirus: How to Say Goodbye When A Funeral Isn't Possible

• Telling a Child Someone Has Died from the Coronavirus

• Coronavirus: Supporting Bereaved Children and Young People

• How To Tell Children and Young People That Someone is Seriously Ill

• Ways to Manage Your Anxiety About Coronavirus

• Death Through Serious Illness