Making Sense of Grief and Loss
Preface
The following is a collection of articles and research from various authors in relation to death and grief. Also included in this collection is analysis and commentary by this author. This web page is to serve as a guide. It does not address every situation nor does it address all possibilities when it comes to the experience and expression of such a personal and individual concept such as grief. The following information can often be applied to related concepts such as trauma and loss which do not always include the death of someone close to the individual. Please use this collection/commentary with that in mind. One size does not fit all, and when in doubt - stop, take a step back, and breathe.
- Read Belinda Z. Foreman's Analysis and Commentary
Helpful Web Pages
The Internet is alive with articles and information that is very useful when tackling a subject such as grief. To better arm yourself in this endeavor, please visit the following links:
- My Grief Rights: Ten Healing Rights for Grieving Children
- Helping Children Cope with Grief
- Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief
- The Journey Through Grief: The Mourner's Six Reconciliation Needs
- Helping Yourself Heal when Someone Dies
- Ways to Help Your Child and Help Yourself at the Same Time
- Developmental Responses to Separation/Loss
- Trauma’s Impact on Learning and Behavior: A Case for Interventions in Schools
- School memorials: Should we? How Should We?
- Helping the Grieving Child in School
- Resources for Educators
Resources
Albert Gallatin Home Care and Hospice
20 Highland Park Drive
Uniontown, PA 15401
724-438-6660
800-245-4144
(Sponsors grief camp for children annually.)
The Caring Place
620 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-544-1691
888-224-4673
http://www.highmarkcaringplace.com
The Caring Place
510 Cranberry Street
Erie, PA 16507
866-212-4673
http://www.highmarkcaringplace.com
The Center for Loss and Life Transition
3735 Broken Bow Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-226-6050
http://www.centerforloss.com
The Compassionate Friends, Inc.
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
630-990-0010
877-969-0010
http://www.compassionatefriends.org
(contact them for a listing of local chapters)
The Dougy Center
P.O. Box 86852
Portland, OR 97286
503-775-5683
http://www.dougy.org
http://www.grievingchild.org
Good Grief Center for Bereavement Support
888-474-3388
http://www.goodgriefcenter.com
The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children
900 Cook Road
Grosse Point Woods, MI 48236
313-885-0390
877-306-5256
http://www.tlcinstitute.org
About this Author and Undertaking
This web page was complied by and written by Belinda Z. Foreman as part of a professional development project. Mrs. Foreman is a Licensed Social Worker with Intermediate Unit 1. Comments and feedback are welcome.
