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.

Updated January 2008

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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:   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. You can help your child by giving them honest explanations and emotional support.
Date:   Apr 2008

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:   Apr 2008

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 2008

Title:   Grief explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Grief is our response to loss. Grief can affect our thoughts, feelings, behaviours and beliefs, and our relationships with others.
Date:   Mar 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

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:   Dec 2007

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:   Dec 2007

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:   Aug 2007

Title:   Talking to children
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   When someone is ill, the whole family is affected. Children will know something is going on. The challenge for adults is to provide children and teenagers with information that is honest, timely and appropriate to their age and situation.
Date:   Aug 2007

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:   Aug 2007

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:   Jun 2007

Title:   Trauma
Publisher:   Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD)
Description:   Traumatic events include actual or threatened death, serious injury to oneself or another person, or a threat to the personal beliefs of oneself or others.
Date:   Jun 2007

Title:   Grief and children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children can experience grief and loss from a very young age. Like adults, children have their own ways of grieving. It can be difficult to talk to a child about death but it is important to be honest with them.
Date:   Nov 2006

Title:   Talking with young children about death
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Ways to introduce the subject of death, or to deal with your children's questions about people dying.
Date:   Jul 2006

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:   Nov 2005
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