SUPPORT GROUPS

• Coping After Suicide Support Groups  https://www.copingaftersuicide.com/support-groups

• Dougy Center National Support Group Directory  https://www.dougy.org/program-finder

• National Alliance for Children’s Grief National Support Group Directory https://nacg.org/find-support/

• Samaritans’ SafePlace  https://samaritanshope.org/our-services/grief-support/grief-request-form/

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GRIEF CAMPS

• Article: As Suicide Rates Rise, Bereavement Camps Bring Healing to Kids Left Behind  https://time.com/6286420/suicide-bereavement-camps-kids/

• Documentary: ONE LAST HUG (… and a few smooches): Three Days at Grief Camp    http://onelasthug.com/

• Camp Erin    https://elunanetwork.org/

• Camp Good Grief    https://eehcampgoodgrief.org

• Camp Kita     https://www.thekitacenter.org/

• Circle Camps   https://www.circlecamps.org/

• Comfort Zone Camp   https://comfortzonecamp.org

• The Compassionate Friends Sibling Camp    https://www.compassionatefriends.org/tcf-sibling-camp/

• Experience Camps   https://experiencecamps.org/

• National Alliance for Children’s Grief   https://nacg.org/find-support/

• TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) Good Grief Camp   https://www.taps.org/youthprograms/camps#ggc

 

BOOKS

• Don't Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart: How to Relate to Those Who Are Suffering. Kenneth C. Haugk PhD

• Finding the Words: How to Talk with Children and Teens about Death, Suicide, Funerals, Homicide, Cremation, and Other End-of-Life Matters. Dr. Alan Wolfelt

• Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers. Dr. Alan Wolfelt

• Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss. Jennifer Ashton MD

• Please Be Patient, I'm Grieving: How to Care For and Support the Grieving Heart (Good Grief Series). Gary Roe

• Supporting Children After a Suicide Loss: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers. Sarah Montgomery & Susan Coale

• Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heart (Good Grief Series). Gary Roe

• Teen Grief Relief: Parenting with Understanding, Support, and Guidance. Gloria Horsley

• Welcome to the Grief Club: Because You Don't Have to Go Through It Alone. Janine Kwoh

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors 
   https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/children-teens/understanding-suicide-supporting-children/

• Coping After Suicide’s Ask The Experts: Helping Our Children Cope with Suicide Loss  Series     www.copingaftersuicide.com/ask-the-experts-helping-our-children-cope

• Dougy Center: National Grief Center for Children & Families
  https://www.dougy.org/grief-support-resources/teens

• GriefCare for Families
  https://griefcare.columbia.edu/nyl

• National Alliance for Children's Grief
  https://nacg.org/

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  https://www.nctsn.org/

• Understanding Suicide, Supporting Children – Alliance of Hope
  https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/children-teens/understanding-suicide-supporting-children/

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ARTICLES

• Children, Teens and Suicide Loss - Dougy Center & American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  https://aws-fetch.s3.amazonaws.com/flipbooks/childrenteenssuicideloss/index.html?page=6

• Explaining Death by Suicide Years After It Happened - Alliance of Hope
  https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/children-teens/supporting-children-and-teens-after-a-suicide-death/explaining-death-by-suicide-years-after-it-happened/

• Grief Speak: Your Mind & Body - Teens v. Adults - Hospice of the Valle
  https://www.hov.org/media/1464/yourmindandbodyforteens.pdf

• Helping a Teenager Deal with Grief - What's Your Grief
  https://whatsyourgrief.com/helping-a-teenager-deal-with-grief-2/

• Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief - Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD
  https://www.centerforloss.com/2016/12/helping-teenagers-cope-grief/

• Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers - National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-teens-traumatic-grief-tips-caregivers

• Supporting Adolescents: Common Experiences After a Suicide - Lifeline Australia
  https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/lost-someone-to-suicide/supporting-adolescents-bereaved-by-suicide/

• Supporting Children After the Suicide of a Classmate - Jamie Howard, PhD
  https://childmind.org/article/supporting-children-after-the-suicide-of-a-classmate/

• Supporting Children and Teens after a Suicide Death - Dougy Center
  https://www.dougy.org/assets/uploads/TDC_Supporting_Children__Teens_After_a_Suicide_Death_2018.pdf

• Supporting Children Grieving a Death by Suicide - National Alliance for Children's Grief
  https://indd.adobe.com/view/797974f7-5353-4834-b48c-cefe12464ded

• Talking to Teens about the Suicide of a Peer - Alliance of Hope
  https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/children-teens/supporting-children-and-teens-after-a-suicide-death/talking-to-teens-about-the-suicide-of-a-peer/

• Talking to Your Child About a Suicide Death: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers - National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  https://www.nctsn.org/resources/talking-to-your-child-about-a-suicide-death-a-guide-for-parents-and-caregivers

• Tips for Supporting Teens After the Death of a Close Friend - Dougy Center
  https://www.dougy.org/assets/uploads/TDC_2_Tips_for_Supporting_the_Grieving_Teen_After_Loss_of_Close_Friend_2018.pdf

• Trauma-Informed Care and Suicide - Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
  https://suicideprevention.ca/resource/trauma-informed-care-and-suicide-fact-sheet/

• Traumatic Grief - Supporting Teens - National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/traumatic-grief

• Understanding Teen Grief: 7 Ways to Help a Grieving Teenager - Your Teen Magazine
  https://yourteenmag.com/health/teenager-mental-health/help-a-grieving-teenager

• When You Grieve Differently Than Your Family - For Grief
  https://www.forgrief.com/blog/when-you-grieve-differently-than-your-family

• What to Say Instead - Dougy Center
  https://www.dougy.org/assets/uploads/What-to-say-instead_2023-05-30-225306_bvnt.pdf

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PODCASTS

• Grief Out Loud - Dougy Center
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j66_nmWPO4U&list=PL_dQEueKJr8U8-BWfmdcm0hZpAlseVsCC&index=3

• Life After Suicide – Dr. Jennifer Ashton
  https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/life-after-suicide/

• Learning to Heal: Chloe Ashton & Dr. Sue Simring
  https://megaphone.link/ESP3581161608