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RESOURCES

Helpful Websites:

National Organization for Victim Assistance: www.trynova.org

 

National Center for Victims of Crime: www.ncvc.org

 

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation:  www.icisf.org

 

Mental Health Association: www.nmha.org

 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed a number of publications to assist mental health and substance abuse professionals, State and Territory planners, and the general public in disaster readiness, response, and recovery.  Resources are available at no cost, and can be ordered on the Web at http://store.mentalhealth.org

 

www.eyeofthestorminc.com

 

www.griefcompanion.org

 

The following websites may be helpful when working with children:

 

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

www.aacap.org

 

Brooke's Place for Grieving Young People

www.brookesplace.org

 

Center for Grieving Children, Teens and Families

www.grievingchildren.org

 

Centering Corporation

www.centering.org

 

Companion Press

www.centerforloss.com

 

The Dougy Center for Grieving Children

www.dougy.org

 

Fernside: A Center for Grieving Children

www.fernside.org

 

Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children

www.tlcinst.org

 

Renew Center for Personal Recovery

www.renew.net

Books, listed by subject matter:

For Adults working with Children

After a Traumatic Loss  by William Steele

Children and Trauma  by Cynthia Monahon

A Child's View of Grief  by Alan D. Wolfelt

Guiding Your Child Through Grief  by Mary Ann Emswiler and James P. Emswiler

Healing the Bereaved Child  by Alan D. Wolfelt

Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss  by Claudia Jewett Jarratt

The Magical Thoughts of Grieving Children  by James A. Fogarty

Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child  by Earl Grollman

What Happened to the World?  by Jim Greenman

 

For Children (these books range in terms of appropriate age groups)

Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope  by Donna R. O'Toole, Kore L. McWhirter

Badger's Parting Gifts  by Susan Varley

This Book is for All Kids, but Especially My Sister Libby.  Libby Died.  by Jack Simon

Bridge to Terabithia  by Katherine Paterson

Freddy the Leaf  by Leo Buscaglia

I'll Always Love You  by Hans Wilhelm

Lifetimes  by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen

My Grandma Died  by Lory Britain

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs  by Tomie De Paola

The Next Place  by Warren Hanson

Sad Isn't Bad  by Michaelene Mundy

Searching for David's Heart  by Cherie Bennett

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney  by Judith Viorst

Tiger Eyes  by Judy Blume

When Dinosaurs Die  by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown

When a Pet Dies  by Fred Rogers

 

Cultural Issues

Passed On: African American Mourning Stories  by Karla F.C. Holloway

 

Death

Death and Bereavement Across Cultures  edited by Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young

On Death and Dying  by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

How Different Religions View Death and Afterlife  edited by Chris Jay Johnson and Marsha G. McGee

Final Gifts  by Maggie Callanan & Patrick Kelley

 

Pain

Necessary Losses  by Judith Viorst

The Problem of Pain  by C.S. Lewis

 

Religion

How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook  edited by Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida

 

Trauma

Too Scared to Cry  by Lenore Terr

Trauma and Recovery  by Judith Herman

 

The resources on this page on for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed by KCIT.

 

 

 

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