- Six out of every ten children experience a major death
before they are out of high school.
- Approximately 1.5 million children will have one or both
of their parents die before reaching age 18.
- At any given time in the average classroom, there are
at least two (2) children who are grieving the death of
someone they loved. The most common death is that of a
grandparent or great grandparent.
- Unresolved childhood grief can prompt misbehavior, poor
school performance, foster juvenile delinquency and severely
affect social relationships later in the child's life as
he/she enters into adulthood.
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- Grief support groups for children, and their families or
caregivers who are experiencing the death of a loved one.
- A safe,
confidential environment to share feelings and experiences
related to their grief with other children their
own age.
- An opportunity to express and release feelings through
structured and unstructured play, discussion, drama, art,
music and movement within a specialized support curriculum.
- Education
on the unique ways children grieve to help the adults closest
to the child better recognize their needs
and provide support.
- Peer
support to grieving parents/caregivers so that they may
be supported in their own grief, thereby, enabling them
to be more equipped to provide the needed support to their
children.
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