Grief and Loss
Children and adults grieve differently, and children can express their grief in unexpected ways. These sites offer practical information for times of grief, and ideas for helping children grieve.
When a Parent Dies
Understanding how children react to the death of a parent at different ages, and ways for helping them through their grieving.
Coping with the Death of a Parent - Information for Adults
What bereaved children need, questions they might ask, communicating with a grieving child, and when therapy can help.
Children and Loss
An article providing an insight into children’s reactions to, and understanding of, death and loss, and how you can help them to learn to cope.
Children and Grief
Information on understanding and helping a child with grief, how you can explain death to a child, and information for the funeral or memorial service. Also includes information on helping a child with special needs to understand what has happened.
Trauma and Loss
Children’s responses to trauma and loss, and ideas for helping them to understand. Includes information to help with loss, from the death of grandparents, to the death of a pet.
Grief
Children’s responses to trauma and loss, and ideas for helping them to understand. Includes information to help with loss, from the death of grandparents, to the death of a pet.
Provided by Autism Spectrum Disorder Information Network (ASDIN), a web portal for families, professionals, service providers who live with, advocate for and provide services to people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASDIN is a New Zealand-based site that links to a variety of international resources.
