Resources

National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC)
Promotes awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone who wants to support them.

Compassionate Friends
Assists families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age, and to provide information to help others be supportive.

Bereaved Parents of the USA
A national non-profit self-help group that offers support, especially to the newly bereaved, be they bereaved parents, grandparents, or siblings, struggling to rebuild their lives after loss.  Local support group information can be found on the main website.

New York Life Foundation – Bereavement Booklet
This guide reviews how children grieve and how parents and other caring adults can help them understand death better. The information this guide provides can help parents and adults who are part of the lives of children who have experienced a loss know what to expect and how to help.