Grieving in Childhood

Children and young people can experience feelings of grief for many reasons. Grief can arise out of separation from a loved one, leaving a family home, loss of health, death of a pet or death of a loved one or friend.

Reviewed March 2009

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Title:   Bushfires and children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Research on children who have been directly affected by bushfires shows that some children experience emotional distress for a long time after the bushfire.
Date:   Jan 2010

Title:   Children and grief
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Practical information is provided about how to deal with children who are experiencing grief and loss.
Date:   Nov 2009

Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Discusses ways in which parents and carers can help children and young people cope with grief and loss.
Date:   Sep 2009

Title:   Helping your children after a suicide
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This article is intended for parents whose children or teenagers have experienced the loss of a friend or another student at school through suicide, although much of the information will apply in other situations.
Date:   Sep 2009

Title:   Supporting children and young people after suicide
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This fact sheet provides advice on how to help children and young people cope after loss of a loved one or friend through suicide.
Date:   Sep 2009

Title:   Coping after suicide - information for young people
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   It hurts when someone you love or someone who was important to you dies. The loss and the hurt leave you grieving, which can be painful and frightening. It may seem like everything is out of control.
Date:   Sep 2009

Title:   Family break up - supporting children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children of all ages can experience grief, anger, sadness and confusion over the breakup of their family. Sometimes, they may blame themselves if parents separate or divorce. Parents can help kids by giving them honest explanations and emotional support. Children's feelings may include sadness, anger, fear, jealousy and insecurity.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the range of emotions commonly experienced by people who suffer a loss of some kind.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Loss of a child
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The loss of a child is devastating. Parental grief has been described as being more intense than grief in response to other losses, regardless of the age of the child.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Children and grief and loss
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Children grieve in a different way from adults. Grief may affect their behaviour, the way in which they take in information, and their need for support. This will depend on the child or teenager, their age, and their emotional maturity.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Talking with children
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Talking to children about serious illness and about dying and death is difficult. The challenge for adults is to provide children (4 years and over) and teenagers with information that is honest, timely and appropriate to their developmental age and situation.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Grieving - working through loss
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We all get sad when something or someone that we care for goes out of our lives for a while. But what if someone (or something) we love goes out of our lives for ever?
Date:   Apr 2009

Title:   Grief explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Grief is our response to loss, which may be a death, divorce, separation or other loss. Grief can affect our thoughts, feelings, behaviours and beliefs, and our relationships with others. It is important not to
Date:   Mar 2009

Title:   Grief and children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children can experience grief and loss from a very young age. Children dealing with grief may act out feelings, experience changes in sleep and eating patterns, display younger behaviours (regress) such as thumb sucking or bedwetting, or display anger or frustration. It can be difficult to talk to a child about death but it is important to be honest with them.
Date:   Feb 2009

Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Growing up is an ongoing process of change that involves losses as well as gains. Children can learn to manage and deal with the losses that will happen throughout their lives.
Date:   Dec 2008

Title:   Loss and grief
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Loss and the grief we feel can give us a whole lot of intense feelings. It is natural to feel overwhelmed with pain, even angry or numb. This article is about dealing with the grief after the loss of someone or something really important to you. It looks at doing things in your own style, your own time and in a healthy way
Date:   Oct 2008

Title:   Grief and loss package
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the contents of this Novita package of information and resources for parents who are experiencing loss and grief.
Date:   Aug 2008

Title:   Aboriginal - kids grieve too
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes adults can be so sad with their own suffering that children's pain can be overlooked. Kids grieve too and from an early age, but not in the same way that adults do.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Helping a friend after someone has died
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information on supporting friends after someone they care about has died.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   After Someone has Died - Some Practical Issues
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   People respond to death in different ways. This fact sheet outlines some of the reactions you or someone you know may have.
Date:   Feb 2008
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