Grief and loss in children and youth
These resources are particularly relevant for service providers or those working or studying in areas related to the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents.
Parents and other carers should view the family and carer resources on this site.
This section of this website contains links to documents and weblinks that we believe will be useful to practitioners and other professionals working in the area of child and adolescent grief and loss.
We have endeavoured to bring together resources that we believe will be most useful in assisting a diverse range of stakeholders.
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Australian Resources
Loss and Grief for Children in Care
Queensland Government, Australia
A training module that is designed to provide carers with the basic concepts of loss and grief as well as strategies to assist children and young people facing these issues. Developed by Dr Judith Murray and Liz Crowe from the University of Queensland.
The Club No One Wants to Join: A dozen lessons I’ve learned from grieving children
Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement
An article written by Donna L Schuurman, Executive Director, The Dougy Center. This was published in Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement in August 2002.
Understanding Childrens Grief
Bereavement Care Centre
This article provides an overview of the way that loss can affect children and how they may express their grief.
What do we tell the children? When someone dies.
Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council, SA
A brochure designed for workers and families and covers the responses to grief of children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Supporting children after suicide: Information for parents and other caregivers
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
A booklet that provides information for parents and caregivers on supporting children who have been bereaved by suicide.
International Resources
Navigating Children's Grief: How to help following a death
Children's Grief Education Association, US
A very useful and easy to access chart describing children's understandings of and responses to death at various ages. Also including information on how to respond to children within different age groups. It is useful to bear in mind that the age ranges are approximate and that responses to loss are influenced by a range of factors including temperament, modelling of parents and peers and cultural and religious traditions.
Children and Loss
The Child Trauma Academy, US.
An article specifically for teachers on their role in assisting the grieving child in the classroom.
Supporting a Bereaved Child or Young Person. A Guide for Professionals
Winstons Wish, UK
This resource offers information for professionals who may come into contact with a young person who is bereaved.
Children, Adolescents and Death: Myths, Realities and Challenges
International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)
A full text article authored by the IWG.
Schools Information Pack
Winstons Wish, UK
A package of information that can be accessed quickly by teachers. Includes advice on how to talk to a student about bereavement, as well as some information on behaviours that may be seen in a bereaved child.
Positive Responses to Death. A strategy for schools: A policy and procedures aid for a death in the school community.
Winstons Wish, UK
A document from Winstons Wish that is intended as an aid in the writing of a policy and procedures document for schools. It may also be useful to assist in disaster preparedness within schools.
Skylight articles on grief
Skylight, NZ
A list of downloadable resources on grief and loss in children and adolescents. Helpful for parents and professionals working in this area.
Literature Review on Bereavement and Bereavement Care
Joanna Briggs Institute, UK
A literature review on bereavement and bereavement care. Includes chapters on childhood bereavement, bereavement in families and bereavement interventions.
After someone dies: A leaflet about death, bereavement and grief for young people
Cruse Bereavement Care, UK
A short booklet designed for young people who have recently experienced a loss.
DVD's and books on child and teen grief
Childhood Bereavement Network, UK
Link to a number of DVD's and books that are available to use with children and teenagers who are bereaved.
Teenage grief training materials
Childhood Bereavement Network, UK
Link to free downloadable resources to assist when developing training for practitioners working with young people and their families who have recently been bereaved. To be used in conjunction with animated DVD available also from the Childhood Bereavement Network.
Not too young to grieve
Childhood Bereavement Network, UK
Link to free resources for those supporting bereaved children under 5. To be used with accompanying DVD available from the Childhood Bereavement Network.
Storybooks for bereaved children and young people
Childhood Bereavement Network, UK
A brief list of storybooks and books for parents of children who have been bereaved.
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