If you are reading the
information on this web site, it is most likely because you
want/need to find ways to support a grieving child/teen.
There are three key ways in which this web site will support
you in your work with maternally grieving children, teens
and their families...
According to a study conducted
by Peter's Place, a bereavement support center for children,
teens and their families in southeastern PA, school
counselors are the number one source of referrals, at 37%,
for child/teen bereavement services. The second largest
source of referrals are bereavement support providers at
17%....
How do you support a
maternally grieving child/teen who comes to you for acute
care? For routine check ups? For a physical ailment without
a physical cause? What do you say to them?...
Sometimes the hardest thing to
do when you are providing care for someone is to remain
objective without being distant. When you are constantly
listening to the pain of others, it is difficult not to
begin to absorb some of that pain...