Online Resources

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A Guide To Supporting Your Grieving Student: Questions to Ask,
Comments to Avoid (click to download)

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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)

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students

• Back to School 2021: Grieving Students, Transitions and COVID-19

• ​Supporting Grieving Students During a Pandemic​

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The Dougy Center

• Resources for School Personnel Supporting Grieving Students

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National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

• Video: Talking to and Supporting Students and Ourselves During the Pandemic

• Supporting Grieving Students with Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

• Virtual Memorials during the COVID-19 Pandemic 

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The Eluna Network

• Strategies for Thriving During the COVID-19 Pandemic​

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New York Life Foundation - Bereavement Resources

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What's Your Grief: Providing Remote Grief Support to Students and School Communities

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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

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

• Ways to Manage Your Anxiety About Coronavirus

• Death Through Serious Illness

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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

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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 

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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.

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Who should view: School Counselors, Teachers, Social Services Professionals from community-based organizations, and Allied Mental Health Professionals.

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Participants will learn:

• How children and teens grieve

• How we can support grieving students after a death

• How our ability to be effective in providing support has been impacted by physical distancing due to COVID-19

• How we can help them build resilience after a death

• A hands-on tool to encourage resilience building​

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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:

50 Ways to Take A Break

Children's Bereavement Estimation Model: Understanding Children's Grief in the US, State by State in 2019

Developmental Grief Responses

My Tree of Strength and Art Therapist Caroline Mehlomakulu 

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Referenced in the webinar:

1. Book: The Hugging Tree by Jill Neimark

2. Book: Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

3. Poem: The Sycamore By Wendall Berry

4. CaringMatters' Resources For Schools