Teens are often asked to take on adult responsibilities like carpooling, childcare, emotional support, part-time jobs, and role model for younger children. Tip: Try to remember that younger and middle teens are not yet adults. Take a hard look at the appropriateness of the roles they're ...
Today, we announce our search for a new Executive Director of Sad Isn't Bad. Sad Isn’t Bad is a free grief counseling and support program for children and the adults who care for them. This program, located in Sioux Falls, is open to all school-age children (K-12) and their parent...
At Seasons Centre for Grieving Children, our programs have a profound effect on the lives of those we support. Here are four key points that highlight our impact: Empowering Resilience We help children, teens, and young adults develop resilience and healthy coping strategies after a loss. Buildi...
This guide is designed to help adults connect with grieving teens. It offers background information along with many specific activities to help teens reflect upon and talk about particular concerns. There are also ideas for creating a balance as the teen adjusts to the many changes brought by ...
Grief Speaks: Giving every child, teenager and adult permission to grieve and providing grief with a voice by means of presentations and workshops that provide education, strategies, resources and support for children, teens and adults who are coping with grief due to all different types of loss...
Children manifest grief differently than adults, and no two children are the same. It’s important to understand how children experience grief and how personal this can be. These considerations make it easier to evaluate how a child is processing the situation and allow for effective support. ...
Children are not capable of guilt yet some adults will manipulate and hurt children, tell them they caused their own harm and then threaten to harm those they love if they tell the truth about what has happened to them. Loss of a child’s innocence refers to their loss of freedom to ...
Some grieving adults might feel that describing the moment they lost their loved one can help them heal or process the moment. Using words like "I heard" or "I saw" can allow you to re-experience the loss with guidance in the presence of a mental health professional. As you do, your...
We examined whether subgroups could be identified among very recently (≤ 6 months) bereaved adults, based on their endorsement of symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression. Associations of class membership with overall disturbed grief, PTSD, ...
Children grieve too. It just looks different from how adults grieve. Grief affects children just like it does everyone. It is healthy for a child to mourn a death, be sad, and work through the grieving process. Read on to find out how you can help your child or someone else’s child...