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Bereavement
Resources:
A Caring Hand: The Billy Esposito Bereavement Center
305 7th Ave 16th Flr
New York, New York 10001
Association for Death Education and Counseling®, The Thanatology Association® (ADEC)
http://www.adec.org
See ADEC's upcoming conference information here.
111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100
Deerfield, IL 60015
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation: Loss, Grief, and Bereavement Program
Children’s Hospice International
Children’s Hospice International
1110 King St. Suite 360
Alexandria, VA 22314
Children’s Hospice International provides education, training, and assistance to people who are taking care of children with serious, life-threatening illnesses. Their ultimate goal is to make hospice care an integral part of pediatrics.
Children’s Hospital Colorado Bereavement Services
Contact: Geri Nelson, LCSW, Bereavement Coordintor
(720) 777-6978
Bereavement Videos for Families and Professionals Available Here
The Compassionate Friends
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/home.aspx
Whether your family has had a child die (at any age from any cause) or you are trying to help those who have gone through this life altering experience, The Compassionate Friends exists to provide friendship, understanding, and hope to those going through the natural grieving process. Through a network of more than 630 chapters with locations in all 50 states, as well as Washington DC and Puerto Rico, The Compassionate Friends has been supporting bereaved families after the death of a child for four decades.
KidsSaid
An on-line support program for kids to share and to help each other cope with grief.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
“The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.”
New York Jewish Healing Center/JBRCS
For adolescent and children groups: 212-632-4692
New York Presbyterian Hospital Childhood Bereavement Program
Fee for service bereavement program for children, adolescents and their families.
Payne Whitney Clinic
525 Whitney Clinic
New York, NY 10021
Weill Cornell Westchester
21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605
The Dougy Center
“The Dougy Center provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences.
We provide support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief. We are supported solely through private support from individuals, foundations and companies. The Dougy Center does not charge a fee for its services.”
Additional Resources:
Association for Death Education and Counseling Resources (ADEC)
http://www.adec.org/Resources_and_Links.htm
ADEC provides a comprehensive list of resourcing for coping with loss, and links to address specific issues of death and dying.
Disclaimer:
While we tried to include potentially useful resources, this website is not exhaustive. New and additional resources may be available. Please let us know if there is a resource you would like to be included.
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