Through our National Center for Grieving Children and Families we provide support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child$9.95 If you know a child who has experienced the death of a parent, caregiver, sibling, grandparent or friend, you may have wondered how to support them. This guidebook presents simple and practical suggestions drawn from the experiences of thousands of grieving children and teens about what helps and what doesn’t. Learn what to expect from grieving children at different ages, how to provide safe outlets for children to express their thoughts and feelings, and how to support them during the memorial service, holidays and anniversary times. ISBN 1-890534-03-x |
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35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child- Spanish translation$9.95 If you know a child who has experienced the death of a parent, caregiver, sibling, grandparent or friend, you may have wondered how to support them. This guidebook, translated into Spanish, presents simple and practical suggestions drawn from the experiences of thousands of grieving children and teens about what helps and what doesn’t. Learn what to expect from grieving children at different ages, how to provide safe outlets for children to express their thoughts and feelings, and how to support them during the memorial service, holidays and anniversary times. ISBN 978-1-890534-08-0 |
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Helping Children Cope With Death$9.95 This guidebook offers a comprehensive, easy-to-read overview of how children grieve and strategies to support them. Based on The Dougy Center’s work with thousands of grieving children and their families, you will learn how children understand death, how to talk with children about death at various developmental stages, how to be helpful and when to seek outside help. This book is useful for parents, teachers, helping professionals and anyone trying to support a grieving child. ISBN 1-890534-00-5 |
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Helping Children Cope with Death - Spanish translation$9.95 This guidebook translated into Spanish offers a comprehensive, easy-to-read overview of how children grieve and strategies to support them. Based on The Dougy Center’s work with thousands of grieving children and their families, you will learn how children understand death, how to talk with children about death at various developmental stages, how to be helpful and when to seek outside help. This book is useful for parents, teachers, helping professionals and anyone trying to support a grieving child. ISBN 978-1-890534-09-7 |
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Helping Teens Cope With Death$9.95 This practical guide covers the unique grief responses of teenagers and the specific challenges they face when grieving a death. You will learn how death impacts teenagers and ways that you can help them. The book also offers advice from parents and caregivers of bereaved teens on how to support adolescents and how to determine when professional help is needed. ISBN 1-890534-02-1 |
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Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers$9.95 At some point, every teacher will encounter a student who has been affected by a death. This guidebook is an essential resource for elementary, middle and high school teachers, offering practical tips and information for how to respond to a death. ISBN: 1-890534-01-3 |
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When Death Impacts Your School: A Guide for School Administrators$9.95 A valuable resource for school personnel who are faced with a death or tragedy in their school community. This guidebook includes suggestions for how schools can help students—by addressing concerns, organizing memorials and offering support. It also includes instructions for developing a school intervention plan after a death, how to address issues related to suicide and violence and how to know when outside help is needed. ISBN 1-890534-05-6 |
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What About the Kids? Understanding Their Needs in Funeral Planning & Services$9.95 This book addresses the best practices for funeral and memorial services with children and teens. Learn how to include children in these rituals and creative ways to involve them in the process. You will find suggestions from children and teens about what was helpful and unhelpful about the funeral or memorial service they attended. ISBN 1-890534-04-8 |
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After A Suicide: A Workbook for Kids$12.95 In this hands-on, interactive workbook, children who have been exposed to a suicide can learn from other grieving kids. The workbook includes drawing activities, puzzles, stories, advice from other kids and helpful suggestions for how to navigate the grief process after a suicide death. ISBN 1-890534-06-4 |
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After a Murder: A Workbook for Grieving Kids$12.95 Through the stories, thoughts and feelings of other kids who have experienced a murder, this hands-on workbook allows children to see that they are not alone in their feelings and experiences. The workbook includes drawing activities, puzzles and word games to help explain confusing elements specific to a murder, such as the police, media and legal system. ISBN 1-890534-07-2 |
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After a Death: An Activity Book for Children12.95 This easy-to-use workbook is designed for children ages 5 to 12 who have experienced the death of a family member or friend. With a mixture of creative activities and tips for dealing with changes at school, home and with friends, this is a great tool for all grieving children. We’ve included a variety of drawing and writing exercises to help children remember the person who died, and learn new ways to live with the loss. ISBN 978-1-890534-10-03 |
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Never the Same: Coming to Terms with the Death of a Parent$14.95 This book is written especially for those who experienced the death of a parent when they were were under the age of 18, those who are parenting a child after the death of his or her parent, and for the counselors or therapists who are helping those who are parentally bereaved. Drawn from stories, suggestions and insight shared by grieving adults, this book explores the nature of grief as one enters and progresses through adulthood; how the death of a parent can impact adult children; and when to seek professional help. ISBN 0-312-33095-2 |
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A Tiny Boat at Sea$9.95 This easy-to-read book is filled with practical suggestions for talking with kids when a parent or caregiver is diagnosed with cancer. It includes information on how to explain cancer and talk about the possibility of dying, suggestions for supporting children and ways to determine when professional help is needed. ISBN 0-9724241-3-x |
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Children Helping Children with Grief$18.00 My Path to Founding The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Their Families by Beverly J. Chappell Beverly Chappell started what is believed to be the first grieving center for children. Her friend and mentor, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D., strongly supported Chappell’s vision for a safe place for grieving children in Portland, Oregon. In the twenty-five years since its inception, The Dougy Center, The National Center for Grieving Children & Families, has trained over 165 grieving centers for children internationally. ISBN 978-0-939165-54-4 |
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