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. 

 

 

Talking to Children And Teens About Serious Illness

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

How to Tell Children and Teens Someone Has Died

• Talking to Children About Death and Dying

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

 

• Talking About End-of-Life Rituals

Supporting a Grieving Child or Teen

• Talking about Grief as a Family 
   

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

• Caregivers And Schools Working Together in Partnership After a Death

 

Español

• Supporting Your Child (Spanish)

 

• How Children Grieve and How to Support Them (Spanish)

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For Grieving Teens, Themselves

• Now What? Tips For Grieving Teens
   

​For Friends of the Grieving Child or Teen

• Your Friend Is Grieving. How to Help

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Supporting Grieving Children and Teens Through the Holidays

• Getting Through the Holidays
   

• CaringMatters Family Activity Newsletter

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. 

• Spring Holidays -  English / Spanish

• Mother's Day -  English / Spanish

• Father's Day  - English / Spanish

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Supporting Grieving Youth with Additional Needs

• ​Supporting bereaved children and young people with additional needs through grief
   

• Grief Interventions for Children with ADHD
   

• Supporting Children of All Abilities Who Are Grieving – Activities
   

• CaringMatters Resource List  - How to Support Grieving People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 

 

For Younger Children

For book recommendations for younger children and supporting pre-schoolers, please contact Gilly Cannon, Senior Director of Children’s Bereavement Services, gillyc@caringmatters.org, 301-990-8904

 

For More Support, Information and Referrals

CaringMatters' Children’s Bereavement Support Services, including Good Grief Clubs, Camp Erin, Family Nights, Parenting While Grieving Online Workshop Series, consultation and collaboration with families, schools and social service organizations. Contact Gilly Cannon, Senior Director of Children’s Bereavement Services, gillyc@caringmatters.org or 301-990-8904

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