Hospice Caring is Now CaringMatters
Hospice Caring is Now CaringMatters
Resources for Schools
For more information, contact
Gilly Cannon, Director of Children's Bereavement Services, gillyc@caringmatters.org or 301-990-8904
Online Resources
A Guide To Supporting Your Grieving Student: Questions to Ask,
Comments to Avoid (click to download)
Baylor University
CaringMatters & The University of Maryland
Child Bereavement UK
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Supporting bereaved children and young people with additional needs through grief (pdf)
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Supporting bereaved children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (pdf)
Coalition to Support Grieving Students
National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
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Video: Talking to and Supporting Students and Ourselves During the Pandemic
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Supporting Grieving Students with Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
The Eluna Network
New York Life Foundation - Bereavement Resources
What's Your Grief: Providing Remote Grief Support to Students and School Communities
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Coronavirus: How to Say Goodbye When A Funeral Isn't Possible
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How To Tell Children and Young People That Someone is Seriously Ill
MCPS Waymaking - Grief and Loss
February 26, 2021
featuring Gilly Cannon, Director of Children's Bereavement Services
Gilly Bayes Cannon, our Director of Children's Bereavement Services, joined Dr. Christina Connolly, Montgomery County Public Schools' (MCPS) Director of Psychological Services, on the latest episode of the MCPS Waymaking series, to discuss how families can better understand feelings of loss and provide ways to support a grieving child.
CaringMatters Webinar
Supporting Grieving Students After a Death:
How We Can Help Them Build Resilience in a Time of Physical Distancing
A Hands-On Experience for School Personnel, Social Services Professionals from Community-based Organizations, and Allied Mental Health Professionals
Presented by Gilly Cannon, Director of Children's Bereavement
May 20, 2020
This webinar offers a hands-on, resilience-building activity to use with students in-person or through Zoom. Learn how this type of interactivity can help students identify coping tools to support them through their grief.
Who should view: School Counselors, Teachers, Social Services Professionals from community-based organizations, and Allied Mental Health Professionals.
Participants will learn:
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How children and teens grieve
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How we can support grieving students after a death
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How our ability to be effective in providing support has been impacted by physical distancing due to COVID-19
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How we can help them build resilience after a death
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A hands-on tool to encourage resilience building
This webinar is based on a presentation delivered by Gilly Cannon at
the School Community United in Partnership (SCUP) Conference in October, 2019.
Resources from the webinar:
My Tree of Strength and Art Therapist Caroline Mehlomakulu
Referenced in the webinar: