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    • Ashes to Ashes... One Family's Experience with Cremation
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    • Evoking the Spirits: Mexico's Annual Mockery of Death
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    • In Times of Stress: Finding Links to the Past
    • Putting the “Memory” Back Into Memorial Day
    • Remember Your Loved One with a Memory Cookbook
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    • The Grief of Grandparents
    • The Sudden Death of a Child: A Mother's Tool Kit
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    • You Know You Are Getting Better When...
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    • Alzheimer's Disease (and Other Brain Diseases) and Hospice Care
    • Conversations with Your Physician: Being Heard, Getting Answers
    • Debunking the Myths of Hospice
    • Emotional Assurance: A Hospice Social Worker's Perspective
    • He Knows He's About to Die: Visiting a Friend in a Hospice
    • Hospice and the News
    • Hospice Care or Palliative Care: What's the Right Care for Me?
    • Hospice is a Family Affair
    • Hospice: A Model of Patient- and Family-Centered Care
    • Hospice: An Untapped Resource for EAPs
    • Latino Families and Hospice
    • Supporting Veterans in Their Final Battle(PDF)
    • Talking about Hospice: Tips for Professional Geriatric Care Managers
    • The Hospice Volunteer
    • The Medicare Hospice Benefit: A Good Fit with Managed Care
    • Veterans: An Underserved Population
    • Visiting People Receiving Hospice Care: What to Do, What to Say
    • What to Expect and Demand From a Good Hospice
    • What's Your Hospice IQ? (PDF)
    • What's Your Hospice IQ? - Spanish Version (PDF)
  • Caregiving
    • Alzheimer's Disease and Grieving Caregivers
    • Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: Beneficial or Harmful?
    • Caregiving at Life's End: Facing the Challenges
    • Coma and Persistent Vegetative State: An Exploration of Terms
    • Identifying and Addressing Pain in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
    • Providing Care at Home: Can I Do It?
    • Roles of the Family and Health Professionals in the Care of the Seriously Ill Patient
    • Use of Opiates to Manage Pain in the Seriously and Terminally Ill Patient
    • What About YOUR Grief?
  • Grief at Work
    • Death at the Worksite: Helping Grieving Family Members
    • Hospice: An Uptapped Resource for EAPs
    • Laughing REALLY Matters: Taking A Serious Look at Humor
    • Managing Stress for Hospice Professionals
    • Responding to the Grieving Client
    • The Bereaved Employee: Returning to Work
    • The Grieving Employee (PDF)
    • Unresolved Grief Can Be Costly (PDF)
  • Grieving Children
    • After a Tragedy: What Kids Can Do
    • All About Me (PDF)
    • Children's Complicated Grief: A Case Study
    • Como ayudar a los ninos que han perdido un querido:Algunos consejor para los padres
    • Do You Want a Gummy Bear? (A Teen Reflects on What Helped After Her Father Died)
    • Guidelines for Parents to Help Their Children Through Grief
    • Healthy Coping Strategies for Grieving Children and Parents
    • Helping Children Understand Funerals: Planning a Special Service For Children
    • Helping Military Kids Cope With Traumatic Death
    • Helping Your Child Cope In Times of Terror
    • Katrina: Taking In Evacuated Students After the Hurricane
    • Katrina: What Can Parents and Caregivers Do in the Hurricane's Aftermath?
    • Live Every Day as If It's Your Last ( A Teen's Reflections on the Sudden Death of Her Father)
    • Military Kids: Responding to Their Grief
    • Our Loved One Died Serving Our Country (PDF)
    • Reaching Out To Grieving Students (PDF)
    • Remembering You (PDF)
    • Responding to a School Crisis: Tips for Educators in Elementary & Secondary Schools
    • Someone I Love Has Died (PDF)
    • Someone You Love Has Died (PDF)
    • The Grieving Teen
    • What If? ( A Teen's Thoughts in the Aftermath of Her Father's Death)
    • What to Do for the Children During a Time of National Terror: Tips for Parents and Educators
    • When Someone You Love Can't Come Home (PDF)
    • When Someone You Love Has AIDS (PDF)
    • When Someone You Love Has Cancer (PDF)
    • When the Firefighter You Love Has Died (PDF)
    • When the Pet You Loved Has Died (PDF)
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    • Working Through Grief
      • Another Death - How Much Can a Family Take?
      • Anticipating a Parent's Death
      • Anticipatory Grief Symptoms: What's the Big Deal?
      • Anticipatory Grief Work: What Is It and How Do You Do It?
      • Ashes to Ashes... One Family's Experience with Cremation
      • Coping with Holidays and Family Celebrations
      • Evoking the Spirits: Mexico's Annual Mockery of Death
      • Helping a Grieving Parent
      • Helping Your Bereaved Friend
      • Helping Yourself Through Grief
      • In Times of Stress: Finding Links to the Past
      • Putting the “Memory” Back Into Memorial Day
      • Remember Your Loved One with a Memory Cookbook
      • Secrets Discovered After a Death
      • The First Year Anniversary
      • The Grief of Grandparents
      • The Sudden Death of a Child: A Mother's Tool Kit
      • When an Ex-Spouse Dies
      • When Your Pet Dies
      • Writing a Condolence Note
      • Writing a Condolence Note After a Pet Death
      • You Know You Are Getting Better When...
    • Advance Care Planning/Advance Directives
      • Medical Issues to be Considered in Advance Care Planning
    • About Hospice
      • Alzheimer's Disease (and Other Brain Diseases) and Hospice Care
      • Conversations with Your Physician: Being Heard, Getting Answers
      • Debunking the Myths of Hospice
      • Emotional Assurance: A Hospice Social Worker's Perspective
      • He Knows He's About to Die: Visiting a Friend in a Hospice
      • Hospice and the News
      • Hospice Care or Palliative Care: What's the Right Care for Me?
      • Hospice is a Family Affair
      • Hospice: A Model of Patient- and Family-Centered Care
      • Hospice: An Untapped Resource for EAPs
      • Latino Families and Hospice
      • Supporting Veterans in Their Final Battle(PDF)
      • Talking about Hospice: Tips for Professional Geriatric Care Managers
      • The Hospice Volunteer
      • The Medicare Hospice Benefit: A Good Fit with Managed Care
      • Veterans: An Underserved Population
      • Visiting People Receiving Hospice Care: What to Do, What to Say
      • What to Expect and Demand From a Good Hospice
      • What's Your Hospice IQ? (PDF)
      • What's Your Hospice IQ? - Spanish Version (PDF)
    • Caregiving
      • Alzheimer's Disease and Grieving Caregivers
      • Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: Beneficial or Harmful?
      • Caregiving at Life's End: Facing the Challenges
      • Coma and Persistent Vegetative State: An Exploration of Terms
      • Identifying and Addressing Pain in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
      • Providing Care at Home: Can I Do It?
      • Roles of the Family and Health Professionals in the Care of the Seriously Ill Patient
      • Use of Opiates to Manage Pain in the Seriously and Terminally Ill Patient
      • What About YOUR Grief?
    • Grief at Work
      • Death at the Worksite: Helping Grieving Family Members
      • Hospice: An Uptapped Resource for EAPs
      • Laughing REALLY Matters: Taking A Serious Look at Humor
      • Managing Stress for Hospice Professionals
      • Responding to the Grieving Client
      • The Bereaved Employee: Returning to Work
      • The Grieving Employee (PDF)
      • Unresolved Grief Can Be Costly (PDF)
    • Grieving Children
      • After a Tragedy: What Kids Can Do
      • All About Me (PDF)
      • Children's Complicated Grief: A Case Study
      • Como ayudar a los ninos que han perdido un querido:Algunos consejor para los padres
      • Do You Want a Gummy Bear? (A Teen Reflects on What Helped After Her Father Died)
      • Guidelines for Parents to Help Their Children Through Grief
      • Healthy Coping Strategies for Grieving Children and Parents
      • Helping Children Understand Funerals: Planning a Special Service For Children
      • Helping Military Kids Cope With Traumatic Death
      • Helping Your Child Cope In Times of Terror
      • Katrina: Taking In Evacuated Students After the Hurricane
      • Katrina: What Can Parents and Caregivers Do in the Hurricane's Aftermath?
      • Live Every Day as If It's Your Last ( A Teen's Reflections on the Sudden Death of Her Father)
      • Military Kids: Responding to Their Grief
      • Our Loved One Died Serving Our Country (PDF)
      • Reaching Out To Grieving Students (PDF)
      • Remembering You (PDF)
      • Responding to a School Crisis: Tips for Educators in Elementary & Secondary Schools
      • Someone I Love Has Died (PDF)
      • Someone You Love Has Died (PDF)
      • The Grieving Teen
      • What If? ( A Teen's Thoughts in the Aftermath of Her Father's Death)
      • What to Do for the Children During a Time of National Terror: Tips for Parents and Educators
      • When Someone You Love Can't Come Home (PDF)
      • When Someone You Love Has AIDS (PDF)
      • When Someone You Love Has Cancer (PDF)
      • When the Firefighter You Love Has Died (PDF)
      • When the Pet You Loved Has Died (PDF)
      • When the Police Officer You Loved Has Died (PDF)
      • Writing a Condolence Note to a Grieving Child or Adolescent
    • Grief At School
      • Live Every Day as If It's Your Last (A Teen's Reflections on the Sudden Death of Her Father)
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    • Hospice Publications
      • Alzheimer's Disease and Hospice Booklet
      • Extraordinary Care by Extraordinary People
      • Pain & Dementia Booklet
      • Providing Care at Home: Can I Do It?
      • Talking About Hospice-Tips for Nurses
      • Talking About Hospice-Tips for Physicians
      • Visiting People Receiving Hospice Care: What to Do, What to Say
      • What's Your Hospice IQ?
      • When Can Hospice Help? Guidance for Patients & Families
      • ¿Cuál es su Nivel de Conocimiento sobre los Servicios de Hospicio? (What's Your Hospice IQ?)
      • ¿Cuando Puede Ayudar el Hospicio? Orientacion para Pacientes y Familias (When Can Hospice Help?)
    • Grief Publications
      • Comfort Cards
      • Grief and Faith: Spiritual Paths Through Loss
      • Power of Grief: Responding to the Bereaved
      • Your Personal Journey Through Grief: A Guided Road Map Toward Learning and Healing
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      • Grief at Work: A Guide for Employees and Managers
      • Grief at Work: Resource Manual
      • Grief at Work: Resource Manual - Electronic Download
    • Grief At School Publications
      • Grief at School Library in a Box
      • Grief at School Training DVD
      • Grief at School: A Guide for School Personnel
      • Grief at School: A Self-Study Toolkit for School-Based Professionals
      • Grief at School: Training Guide & Resource Manual
    • Publications for Courses
      • Coordinating Care at the End of Life: The Role of Hospice
      • Grief at School: A Self-Study Toolkit for School-Based Professionals
  • Resources
    • Books and Brochures
      • A Decembered Grief: Living With Loss While Others Are Celebrating
      • Book Review
      • Books about Adult Loss of a Parent
      • Books about Grief
      • Books about Suicide
      • Books about the Death of a Pet
      • Books for Caregiving Professionals
      • Good Grief Rituals: Tools for Healing: A Healing Companion
      • Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss
      • I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Death of a Loved One
      • In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living
      • Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life...
      • On Death and Dying
      • The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death Divorce, and Other Losses
      • The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery
      • Your Personal Journey Through Grief: A Guided Roadmap Toward Learning and Healing
    • Resources
      • Finding and Selecting a Hospice
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      • Resources
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      • Bereavement Publishing
      • Coping with Grief and Loss
      • Coping with Grief and Loss
      • Crisis, Grief, & Healing
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      • Grief Recovery Programs
      • Grief Resources Catalog
      • Grief Resources Catalog: Living With Grief Videos
      • Grief Step Programs
      • Grief STEP Programs
      • Grief Work in Adults
      • Growth House, Inc.
      • Hopeseek
      • Hospice Foundation of America
      • Hospice Foundation of America
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      • National Association for Home Care & Hospice
      • National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
      • On Our Own Terms
      • The End of Life
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      • The Ground We Lived On
    • Your Story
      • A Wonderful Goodbye
      • Charles
      • Easing the Pain of Losing a Fellow Student
      • Grateful to Hospice
      • Grieving Colleagues
      • Megan and Jim
      • Tina* and Her Grandfather
      • Your Story
  • Hospice Hub
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      • Common signs that it is time to consider hospice care
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • General Information About Hospice Care
      • Getting Hospice Care
      • Hospice
      • Hospice and Caring for a Loved One At Home
      • Hospice Care While Living in a Nursing Home
      • How do I find a good hospice?
      • How is Hospice Care Paid For?
      • Is hospice care at home right for you?
      • Is hospice care outside of the home right for you?
      • What are the different loactions where patients can receive hospice care?
      • What are the first steps towards getting hospice care?
      • What are your other options besides hospice care?
      • What is Hospice Care?
      • What is it like to receive hospice care at home?
      • What is the Medicare Hospice Benefit?
      • What services are typically covered by hospice benefits?
      • What type of terminal illnesses does Hospice treat?
      • Where do patients receive hospice care?
      • Where to Get Care
      • Who should raise the idea of hospice?
      • Why do people choose to receive hospice care?
  • Grief Center
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  • GAW Employee Resources
    • Grief at Work Employee Online Resources
      • Grief at Work
  • Grief and Kids
    • Links
      • Coping with Grief and Loss
      • Death-Dying.com
      • Helping Children With Serious Illness And Grief
      • Loss and Bereavement Off-Line Resources: For Children
    • Books and Brochures
      • The Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide
      • The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
  • School Corner
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      • Welcome to Grief at School
    • Helpful Products
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      • For School-Based Professionals
      • Recommended Books for Middle School to High School
      • Recommended Books for Preschool to Second Grade
      • Recommended Books for Third Grade to Sixth Grade
    • Fact Sheets
      • COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF GRIEF
      • DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND GRIEF
      • FACTS OF GRIEF
      • GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH DEATH
      • GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT IN CHILDREN
      • GUIDELINES & SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS WHEN A CHILD HAS HAD A LOVED ONE DIE
      • GUIDELINES TO HELP CHILDREN COPE WITH GRIEF AND LOSS
      • HELPING CHILDREN EXPRESS THEIR GRIEF
      • HIGH RISK STUDENTS
      • HOW TO COMFORT THE BEREAVED TEEN
      • TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT GRIEF
      • WHAT PARENTS CAN DO WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES
    • Resources/Tools
      • Adult Loss Inventory (PDF)
      • Contra Costa Crisis Center
      • Coping with Grief and Loss
      • Dougy Center
      • Grief at School Training Workshops
      • M.I.S.S.
      • National Association of School Psychologists
      • School Social Work Association of America
      • Student Loss Inventory (PDF)
      • The American School Counselor Association
    • Articles
      • Grief At School
  • Grief and Faith
    • Articles
    • Books
      • A Grace Disguised
      • A Grief Observed
      • Grief and Faith: Spiritual Paths Through Loss
      • How Can It Be All Right When Everything Is All Wrong?
      • The Parish Nurse: Providing a Minister of Health for Your Congregation
      • The Power of Grief: Responding to the Bereaved
      • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
      • What's Heaven?
    • Links
  • Grief on the Job
    • Articles
    • Books and Brochures
      • Grief at Work Slide Presentation
      • Grief at Work: A Guide for Employees and Managers
      • Grief at Work: A Manual of Policies and Practices
    • Links
      • Coping with Grief and Loss
      • Growth House, Inc.
    • Workshops
      • Grief at Work Training Workshops
  • Enhancing Hospice Quality
    • Enhancing Hospice Quality
      • Expert Panel and Staff
      • Hospice Report Card
    • Press Releases and Announcements
      • Altarum’s Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care and the American Hospice Foundation Awarded Grant to Study Consumer Preferences Around Decisions for Hospice Care
      • Grant to American Hospice Foundation Funds California Data Collection and Reporting Pilot on Hospice Quality
  • Featured Items
    • Helping Your Child Cope In Times of Terror
    • Hospice Search-fa
    • Pain and Dementia
    • What About YOUR Grief?
• Publications and Products
  • Hospice
    • Alzheimer's Disease and Hospice
    • Extraordinary Care by Extraordinary People
    • Pain & Dementia Booklet
    • Providing Care at Home
    • Talking About Hospice-Tips for Nurses
    • Talking About Hospice-Tips for Physicians
    • Visiting People Receiving Hospice Care
    • What's Your Hospice IQ?
    • When Can Hospice Help?
    • ¿Cuál es su Nivel de Conocimiento sobre los Servicios de Hospicio?
    • ¿Cuando Puede Ayudar el Hospicio?
  • Grief
    • Comfort Cards
    • Grief and Faith: Spiritual Paths Through Loss
    • Power of Grief: Responding to the Bereaved
    • Your Personal Journey Through Grief
  • Grief At School
    • Grief at School Booklet: A Guide for School Personnel
    • Grief at School Library in a Box
    • Grief at School Training DVD
    • Grief at School: A Self-Study Toolkit for School-Based Professionals
    • Grief at School: Training Guide & Resource Manual
  • Grief At Work
    • Grief at Work: A Guide for Employees and Managers
    • Grief at Work: Resource Manual
    • Grief at Work: Resource Manual - Electronic Download
  • Courses
    • Grief at School: A Self-Study Toolkit for School-Based Professionals
    • Coordinating Care at the End of Life: The Role of Hospice
  • Download a Catalogue
• Hospice Report Card
  • Report Card Overview 
  • Report Card Demo 
  • Quality Measures 
  • Principal Investigator 
  • Expert Panel and Staff
  • Consumer Study 
  • Research
    • Grant to American Hospice Foundation Funds California Data Collection and Reporting Pilot on Hospice Quality
    • Altarum’s Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care and the American Hospice Foundation Awarded Grant to Study Consumer Preferences Around Decisions for Hospice Care
• Resources
  • Hospice Search
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    • Ask Helen
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    • About Helen
  • Your Story
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LEARN ABOUT HOSPICE

• Learn About Hospice Care
  • What is Hospice Care?
  • Where do Patients Receive Hospice Care?
  • Hospice & Caring for a Loved One At Home
  • Hospice While In A Nursing Home
  • How is Hospice Paid For?
• General Information About Hospice Care
  • What is Hospice Care?
  • What type of teminal illnesses does hospice treat?
  • Why do people choose to receive hospice care?
  • What is the Medicare Hospice Benefit?
  • What services are typically covered by hospice benefits?
  • If hospice is not a "place", where do patients receive hospice care?
  • How does hospice help families who are caring for their loved one at home?
  • How does hospice help care for patients living in a nursing home?
  • How is hospice care paid for?
• Where to get care
  • What are the different location where patients can receive hospice care?
  • Is hospice care at home right for you?
  • What is it like to receive hospice care at home?
  • Is hospice care outside the home right for you?
  • What are your other options besides hospice care?
• Getting Hospice Care
  • What are the common signs that it is time to consider hospice care?
  • Who should raise the idea of hospice?
  • How do I find a good hospice?
  • What are the first steps towards getting hospice care?

SCHOOL CORNER

• Grief Center
• Grief
  • Working Through Grief
    • Another Death - How Much Can a Family Take?
    • Anticipating a Parent's Death
    • Anticipatory Grief Symptoms: What's the Big Deal?
    • Anticipatory Grief Work: What Is It and How Do You Do It?
    • Ashes to Ashes... One Family's Experience with Cremation
    • Coping with Holidays and Family Celebrations
    • Evoking the Spirits: Mexico's Annual Mockery of Death
    • Helping a Grieving Parent
    • Helping Your Bereaved Friend
    • Helping Yourself Through Grief
    • In Times of Stress: Finding Links to the Past
    • Putting the “Memory” Back Into Memorial Day
    • Remember Your Loved One with a Memory Cookbook
    • Secrets Discovered After a Death
    • The First Year Anniversary
    • The Grief of Grandparents
    • The Sudden Death of a Child: A Mother's Tool Kit
    • When an Ex-Spouse Dies
    • When Your Pet Dies
    • Writing a Condolence Note
    • Writing a Condolence Note After a Pet Death
    • You Know You Are Getting Better When...
  • Resources
  • Another Death - How Much Can a Family Take?
  • Anticipating a Parent's Death
  • Anticipatory Grief Symptoms: What's the Big Deal?
  • Anticipatory Grief Work: What Is It and How Do You Do It?
  • Ashes to Ashes... One Family's Experience with Cremation
  • Coping with Holidays and Family Celebrations
  • Evoking the Spirits: Mexico's Annual Mockery of Death
  • Helping a Grieving Parent
  • Helping Your Bereaved Friend
  • Helping Yourself Through Grief
  • In Times of Stress: Finding Links to the Past
  • Putting the “Memory” Back Into Memorial Day
  • Remember Your Loved One with a Memory Cookbook
  • Secrets Discovered After a Death
  • The First Year Anniversary
  • The Grief of Grandparents
  • The Sudden Death of a Child: A Mother's Tool Kit
  • When an Ex-Spouse Dies
  • When Your Pet Dies
  • Writing a Condolence Note
  • Writing a Condolence Note After a Pet Death
  • You Know You Are Getting Better When...
• Grieving Children
  • Books
    • For School-Based Professionals
    • Books for Parents
    • Recommended Books for Preschool to Second Grade
    • Recommended Books for Third Grade to Sixth Grade
    • Recommended Books for Middle School to High School
  • Helpful Publications/Products
    • Grief at School: A Self-Study Toolkit for School-Based Professionals
    • Grief at School: Training Guide & Resource Manual
    • Grief at School Library in a Box
    • Grief at School: A Guide for School Personnel
    • Grief at School Training DVD
  • Articles
    • After a Tragedy: What Kids Can Do
    • All About Me (PDF)
    • Children's Complicated Grief: A Case Study
    • Como ayudar a los ninos que han perdido un querido:Algunos consejor para los padres
    • Do You Want a Gummy Bear? (A Teen Reflects on What Helped After Her Father Died)
    • Guidelines for Parents to Help Their Children Through Grief
    • Healthy Coping Strategies for Grieving Children and Parents
    • Helping Children Understand Funerals: Planning a Special Service For Children
    • Helping Military Kids Cope With Traumatic Death
    • Helping Your Child Cope In Times of Terror
    • Katrina: Taking In Evacuated Students After the Hurricane
    • Katrina: What Can Parents and Caregivers Do in the Hurricane's Aftermath?
    • Live Every Day as If It's Your Last ( A Teen's Reflections on the Sudden Death of Her Father)
    • Military Kids: Responding to Their Grief
    • Our Loved One Died Serving Our Country (PDF)
    • Reaching Out To Grieving Students (PDF)
    • Remembering You (PDF)
    • Responding to a School Crisis: Tips for Educators in Elementary & Secondary Schools
    • Someone I Love Has Died (PDF)
    • Someone You Love Has Died (PDF)
    • The Grieving Teen
    • What If? ( A Teen's Thoughts in the Aftermath of Her Father's Death)
    • What to Do for the Children During a Time of National Terror: Tips for Parents and Educators
    • When Someone You Love Can't Come Home (PDF)
    • When Someone You Love Has AIDS (PDF)
    • When Someone You Love Has Cancer (PDF)
    • When the Firefighter You Love Has Died (PDF)
    • When the Pet You Loved Has Died (PDF)
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    • Writing a Condolence Note to a Grieving Child or Adolescent
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    • National Association of School Psychologists
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  • A Grief Observed
  • A Grace Disguised
  • How Can It Be All Right When Everything Is All Wrong?
  • The Parish Nurse: Providing a Minister of Health for Your Congregation
  • The Power of Grief: Responding to the Bereaved
  • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
  • What's Heaven?

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