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Sesame Street in Communities: Helping Kids Grieve This website produced by Sesame Street in Communities has a wealth of resources for children and families touched by loss...

Shelter from the Storm: Caring for a Child with a Life-Threatening Condition A compassionate road map to what the family may have to face, what they may be asked to decide, and how they might want to...

Standards of Practice for Pediatric Palliative Care & Hospice The Pediatric Standards are a supplement to the NHPCO Standards of Practice for Hospice Programs and are designed to supplement...

Start the Talk: Supporting Children and Teens When a Family Member has Cancer This free online interactive resource is a guide for health care professionals and educators to support children and teens...

Support Services for Grieving or Bereaved Children:Needs Assessment (Overview of Literature Search) A summary of the annotated literature search. See associated document Region of Peel: Children's Support Services for Grieving...

Support Services for Grieving/Bereaved Children: Helplines, Online Support, Social Media, etc Needs Assess't (Supplement to Literature Search) Supplement to the lit search which highlights various support programs/initiatives from around the world with a focus on...

Supporting Children When a Family Member or Friend Has Cancer This is a 40 minute video on the subject of supporting children in grief and loss. Tips and strategies are shared to help...

Supporting Grieving Students in the Classroom This free online video series reviews how to best support grieving students, specifically children and youth in the classroom...

Supporting Parenting Through Illness & Grief This one page handout provides an overview of the findings from a research study of 71 parent caregivers. It discusses the...

Talking with Young People about Illness and Dying A 4 page handout by the Dr. Jay Children's Grief Centre that highlights how to support children and teenagers when someone...