Local Resources Available:

Grand View Hospital offers a variety of bereavement support groups.

Bereavement Support Groups:

For people who have lost someone important in their lives. Multiple support groups are available; in addition, “Seasonal Workshops” related to holidays and timely issues are offered 2-3times each year. For more information call: 215-453-4398. Click here for information on Bereavement Support Services.

• Breakfast Buddies
• General Loss
• Infant Bereavement Services
• Loss of Parent or Parental Figure
• Loss of Adult Child
• Mid-Life Widows/Widowers
• Newly Bereaved
• Networker’s –Widowed Person’s Open Forum
• Widow/Widowers

Resources for Families:

The Center for Loss and Bereavement
Provides grief counseling for individuals and families, support groups for bereaved children, and community education.
3847 Skippack Pike, PO Box 1299, Skippack, PA 19474
(610)222-4110

The Center for Grieving Children, Teens and Families
Provides peer grief support groups for preschoolers, elementary school age, middle school age, teens and young adults. Also provide training workshops and resources for professionals, phone consultations and referrals.
1139 E. Luzerne St., Philadelphia, PA 19124
(215)744-4025

Peter's Place: A Center for Grieving Children and Families
Offers free peer support groups for grieving children, pre-teens and teens ages 3 to 18, and their families to help with the healing process after a loss.
150 N. Radnor-Chester Rd., Suite F130, Radnor, PA 19087
(610)687-5150

The Dougy Center
The National Center for Grieving Children and Families
Serves as a model in providing peer support groups for grieving children; has printable information on "How to Respond to Our Children" in need, has a bookstore, and a local resources referral guide.
PO Box 86852, Portland, OR 97286
(503)775-5683

Hospice Foundation of America
Offers information to professionals and families about caregiving, terminal illness, loss and bereavement, including resources specifically for children and teens.
2001 S. Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009
1-800-854-3402

Books for Youth:

Related Books:

The Fall of Freddie The Leaf, Leo Bufegolia

The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein. Harpercollins Juvenile Books, 1986.

Good Grief : A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss, Granger E. Westberg. Fortress Press, 1986.

A Grief Observed, C. S. Lewis. Harper San Fransisco, 2001.

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Ways to Explain Death to Children, Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen.

Living When a Loved One Has Died, Earl Grollman. Beacon Press, 1995.

Living With Grief : Who We Are, How We Grieve, Kenneth J. Doka (Editor), Joyce D. Davidson (Editor). Hospice Foundation of America, Brunner/Mazel, 1998.

The Mourning Handbook: A Complete Guide for the Bereaved, Helen Fitzgerald. Simon and Schuster, 1994.

Nobody's Child Anymore: Grieving, Caring and Comforting When Parents Die, Barbara Bartocci. Sorin Books, 2000.

Safe Passage: Words to Help the Grieving Hold Fast and Let Go, Molly Fumia. Conari Press, 1992.

Surviving Grief And Learning to Live Again, Catherine M. Saunders. John Wiley & Sons.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner. Avon, 1994.

Books to Help Young People Grieve and Understand Death

Especially for Young Children

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Judith Viorst

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death, Laurene Krasny Brown

When People Die, Sarah Levete

Fiction for Older Children

Sun and Spoon, Kevin Henkes
A boy looks for a special way to remember his grandmother who died recently.

Picture Books

Rudi's Pond, Eve Bunting
Dealing with the death of a friend.

Saying Goodbye to Daddy, Judith Vigna
Dealing with a sudden loss and the funeral experience.

Especially for Teens

Death is Hard to Live With: Teenagers Talk about How They Cope with Loss, Janet Bode

How It Feels When a Parent Dies, Jill Krementz