| About
Death and Dying |
This
site deals with death and dying in general. You are able to
explore in depth the Five Stages of Grief - Denial, Anger,
Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance - as it is one model
for mourning and dealing with grief. Information can also be
found for: those mourning a loss of a loved one, look
at grief and the process of mourning with special emphasis on coping
resources for those left behind. You can also get answers to your
most frequently asked questions about Death & Dying i.e. Hospice,
Dying, Death, Religious Views on the Afterlife, Wills, Cryogenics
and Cryonics, Burial, Terminal Illness, etc. . It has
iincredible links to other scholarly sources, databases on death
statistics, cross cultural perspectives and differing views of death,
debates on euthanasia, abortion, religion.--Sonia Zarpellon |
| Bereaved
Families of Ontario (BFO)
Provincial Site |
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| BFO-Halton
Peel |
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| BFO-Toronto |
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| BFO-York
Region |
Bereaved
Families of Ontario - York Region, is a not-for-profit, registered
charity, whose mission is to provide volunteer bereavement support
services to families and individuals grieving the death of a family
member. |
Bereavement
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Bereavement
with children and parents can be a challenge for educators to
deal with. Often we do not have the answers and so we have to
resort to other resources for answers and assistance. This particular
site offers an organization for parent who are suffering the loss
of a child and looking for help with their bereavement. It provides
a help network to "reinvest their lives for a positive future" |
Bereavement
Services Support and Education
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This
website can be helpful for someone who is experiencing a personal
loss or dealing with an individual who has been through a loss.
Some of the resources provided include articles that explain ways
in which to deal with someone who has suffered a loss, things
to say to someone in those situations, explaining death to a young
child, and many more relevant topics. The site also provides support
groups that can be found within Ontario, as well as a list of
books geared towards children, pre-teens, high school students
and adults. This site is helpful for teachers because death touches
us all either personally, through a student or colleague. ---A.M.D.
This
website is posted by Cheryl McQueen, who is a registered nurse.
It offers counselling services and support groups for children.
It is a valuable resource because educators can recomment it to
students that need extra support during the grieving process.--Joanne
Smith |
| Bereavement:
The Process of Grieving a Loss |
This
web site fits nicely with the first because it defines what bereavement
is and also lists the different stages of grief that one goes through
before being able to come to terms with the loss. It helps adults
know how to aid children to grieve their loss as well as how to
explain death. There is also a side scroll bar that allows the visitor
to visit others headings that relate to bereavement.--Helena Spagnola |
| BBC-Coping
with Loss |
There
are 2 articles on the BBC website that I felt would be very useful
for teachers and students when dealing with a death in the family,
of a close firend on someone in the school comminity. The first
is called "How bereavement effects children". This article
outlines that bereavement effects children in a number of different
ways, and that educators need to be sensitive to that. Each child
will be effected in a different way from another child. Each child
copes with greif in a different way.
The second article is called "Coping with Grief". This
articles looks at anyone dealing with grief, and strategies that
we can use to help a child or adult get through this really difficult
time. --Kelly Rignall |
| BUPA-
Bereavement |
This
web site deals with the stages of grief; children and bereavement;
and coping with the grief process. This web site helped me to understand
better what I have been going through. My mom passes away suddenly
3 years ago and it summed up nicely what I went and still going
through. "At the end of mourning there is still sadness, but
it is a wistful sadness that is tempered by happy memories that
we still possess."--Angelica Devito-Tassielli |
| Caring
Connection |
This
website offers a free helpline, resources and support for family
and friends. It is a good resource for adults to use with their
children. Teachers will find it helpful because it provides resources
that can also be used in the classroom.--Joanne Smith |
| Catholic
Ireland (C.I.Zine -online magazine): Children and Bereavement |
The loss of a loved one can be a very traumatic experience for a
child. This site provides suggestions on how to speak to children
about the reality of death. It outlines some of the important things
that need to be explained to a child and
provides useful information on dealing with the events surrounding
a death, such as how to prepare a child to attend a visitation or
a funeral. By talking with children about death in a manner appropriate
for their age group, we can help them to cope better when a loved
one has died.-- Gail Nazareth |
| A
Catholic Funeral - Edmundston |
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| Catholic
Health Association of Canada |
The
CHAC is a national Christian association concerned with health care
in the tradition of the Catholic Church. Although this is a web
site dealing with health care, it can also be a valuable resource
for teachers interested in issues involving death, dying, grieving
and bereavement, which are all part of life’s journey and
the human experience. The association provides information in all
aspects of health, including physical, emotional, spiritual, and
social. It sets out to enhance the dignity of all people, including
those who are well, sick, disabled unborn, marginalized, and dying.
You can access items such as publications, resources, news releases,
and position papers, which deal with many of today’s controversial
issues such as abortion and euthanasia.-- Sabrina Maniglia |
| The
Child Bereavement Trust |
“The
Child Bereavement Trust is a national UK charity, founded in 1994.
By listening to bereaved children and parents, The Child Bereavement
Trust leads the way in improving the care offered by professionals
to grieving families in the immediate crisis and in the many months
following the death of someone important in their lives.”
This website can certainly be useful to teachers, as it has been
for me in helping a student in my class whose mother died this
past week (and whose father died just over a year ago). This website
provides people with helpful instructions on how to help a child
through their grief and, it also offers information for young
people to help them understand their feelings, which they can
access on their own.--Deborah Reid |
| Children
And Bereavement |
This
particular site provides both parents and teachers a series of picture
books that can be used to help children come to terms with bereavement.
This site gives a list of books, particulars (publisher, ISBN numbers)
and cost for the book as well as a detailed synopsis of the story.
The explanations provided are clear and are indicative of the issues
being introduced, such as explaining death, the grieving process,
losing a friend, a sibling. The site also provides a picture of
the book. --A. Bagazzoli |
| Coping
with Grief- Children and Bereavement |
Bereavement
is difficult for both adults and children to cope with. It is important
that children know about bereavement because at one point in their
life they will have to cope with the death of a loved one. As well,
children may find the concept of death more difficult to understand
than adults. It is important therefore, that educators are knowledgeable
on how children cope with grief and how they view death so that
they will be prepared to assist with the healing process. This website
and it's many links is beneficial for teachers and parents because
it offers information on how we can help children through the healing
process. It also offers a list of ways children of various ages
view death and outlines signs we can look for when children are
grieving. This is important because at times students may not show
signs of grief, we
may think that they are fine but in reality they are not able to
communicate their feelings. Educators and/or parents can help that
child find a way to express their emotions so that they may overcome
this process. The website also offers strategies that can be used
to help children cope with their emotions. It also offers resources,
which may be used in the classroom as well as at home. One strategy
shared is using storybooks that may help with the healing process.
Finally, the website also offers answers to questions that children
may have, and links to other websites that offer information on
bereavement.--Loredana Cocuzzo |
| The
Compassionate Friends |
The
Compassionate Friends assists families toward the positive resolution
of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide
information to help others be supportive. The Compassionate Friends
is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers
support to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. It offers
grievers an opportunity to reach out to the newly bereaved and both
are helped to heal. This website can be useful to teachers who are
dealing with the loss of a student in their classroom. Teachers
could also pass on this information to families who may be looking
for assistance or support after the death of their child.--Erin
Shaughnessy-Geraghty |
| Diocese
of Davenport Bereavement Resources |
The
Diocese of Davenport has listed resources related to bereavement.
The resources listed include literature for children, religious
readings and academic reading on the topic of bereavement. ISBN’s
are included for the resources listed. This web site is useful
for teachers because it provides a wide variety of resources that
can be used in the classroom or for individual purposes. -- Tammy
Baldin |
| The
Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families |
The
Dougy Center provides peer support groups for grieving children.
The web site contains information for adults, schools, children
and teens on coping with grief and loss. The web site contains
activities for children and teens to engage in, in order to assist
them in understanding and coping with grief and loss. It provides
information for dealing with grieving students in the classroom
and outlines the emotions a grieving child may be experiencing.
This web site is useful for teachers because it provides information
that can help them understand and support their grieving student.
Teachers can also refer their grieving students to the web site
in order to engage in the activities available on the website.--Tammy
Baldin |
| Erin’s
House A Center For Grieving Children |
This
website was founded to nurture the healing of grieving children
and the people who live in their worlds. It is very useful for
classroom teachers who have students in their class that are grieving
a loss. On this website you will find some literature and guidelines
useful for teachers on how to deal with grief in the classroom.
Also available on this website are suggested classroom accommodations
for specific grief-related behaviours. Further, it provides specific
activities teachers can use within the classroom, including sympathy
cards, scrapbooks, poems, memory boxes, music, etc. A great site,
useful and practical.--Michelle Lamanna
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| Dealing
With Death |
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| Grief,
Loss and Mourning |
This
web site has a collection of articles on types of grief, and how
individuals deal with loss. Some of the main headings are: why we
must grieve; pregancy loss and stillbirth; when an adolescent dies;
meaningful memorial for a friend and how families mourn together.
These articles are written by doctors. I found them to have practical
information that can be useful to teachers because unfortunately
sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we have to deal
with this issue.--Angelica Devito-Tassielli |
| Grief,
Loss and Recovery |
This
website offers poems, articles and memoirs for those that had
died. It will also connect to support groups if one is in need
of support.--Kim Nelson |
| Grieving
Children |
This
website is for a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children
of all ages from preschool to teenagers as well as their families
as they go through the grieving process. It is locally based in
Barrie and offers various programs, general information about common
characteristics of a grieving child/teen as well as a chat room
for teens and a monthly newsletter.--Kelly Wagstaff |
| Growth
House, Inc |
Growth
House, Inc., provides resources for life-threatening illness and
end of life care. It's primary mission is to improve the quality
of
compassionate care for people who are dying through public education
and global professional collaboration. This website includes a
sections on
Grief, Pain, Palliative Care, Hospice Care and Dying with Dignity,
to name a few. There is a link to a bookstore as well as links
to specific information for many terminal diseases (such as cancer,
HIV/AIDS, heart failure,etc.)--Paula Evanoff
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Healing
Hearts: Bereavement with Children
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This
website provides us with centers that we may advise children to
go to when dealing with a loss of a loved one. In the first site
we are dealing with the parents of the victim and in the second
we are dealing with the children. The site offers centers and
support groups that help children cope more effectively with the
difficult feelings that accompany the loss of a loved one. |
| Helping
Children Grieve |
This
webpage is an annotated bibliography complete with author’s
names, titles of books and publication dates, making it easy to
choose and find the right piece of literature. Over fifty books
are listed covering quite a wide range. There are picture books,
storybooks and even novels for children to help them cope with the
loss of a loved one. A great resource for teachers to help children
grieve. The rest of this site is worth exploring. |
| Helping
Students Deal with Crises |
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| Helping
Teenagers Cope with Grief |
This article
outlines some of the aspects that make “teenage grief”
unique. It gives practical suggestions about how caring adults
can help a teenager through the “grief” process and
lists “signs” that might indicate that a teenager
may need “extra” help. -- Linda Quinn
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| HIV
POSITIVE.COM: Those Wonderful Caregivers |
This
site is useful for teachers who may have students who are dealing
with the loss of a loved one. There is a useful link on this site
called Helping Children Cope with Death which includes some questions
that children might ask when a death has occurred in the family
and problems that may arise when a death has occurred. The site
provides some brief yet useful tips that can assist us to help our
children cope with a loss. |
| Hospice
Net |
This
website provides information and advice to patients and families
who are dealing with life-threatening illness. On this site, pateins,
families and caregivers can find general information about hospice
care. It includes articles to assist patients in dealing with their
illness and dying. There are several articles relating to talking
to children about death and dying as well as assistance and advice
for caregivers. This site also provides assistance, advice and support
in bereavement. This site is very useful for teachers as it contains
very informative articles discussing ways to explain death to children.
These articles would be helpful to teachers in helping children
to better understand death without misconceptions or confusion.
It also describes developmental stages of children, religious influences,
and coping strategies. This website would be very useful in helping
teachers to assist students in their grieving processes.--Erin Shaughnessy-Geraghty |
| Information
about Children and Grief |
This
website is intended to help children deal with grief. There is
helpful information to assist educators in better understanding
their role in dealing with a child who has experienced the lose
of a loved one. It explains the process a child goes through
during the grieving process. It also explains the impact grieving
has on a child's learning in school. This website provides
a list of ways to help a grieving child in the classroom.
The website also provides titles of resources that can be used.--Maria
Costa-Denaro |
Kidsaid
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This
is a great site for kids as well as parents and teachers that is
an offshoot of the nonprofit organization GriefNet (www.griefnet.org).
It offers the following: an email chat room for kids to share with
kids all over the world during their journey through the grieving
process, a place for children to ask questions or to view previously
asked questions and the answers, how kids can help others who are
grieving, a place to display and share stories and poems as well
as a place of memorial for those loved ones we miss, a place for
adults who wish to ask a question or view previously asked questions
and the answers, information on how children grieve, good resources
on the topic as well as a link for games and educational sites.--Kelly
Wagstaff |
| KidsHealth |
This
site has links that parents, teens, and kids can access. There are
many useful articles that can help anyone at any age, and the articles
that discuss death are very helpful. Once you type in death in this
site’s search engine, many links will pop up and the site
will tell you if the articles are appropriate for parents, teens,
or kids. There is a good article for parents titled “How to
Help Your Child Deal With Death” that provides practical information
on how to assist a child with death. For kids, there is an article
titled “My Pet Died: How Can I Feel Better?” which talks
at the level of a child and gives them useful tips on how to deal
with this situation. Teachers will definitely find this site valuable
as it deals with many issues, including the death of a loved one,
that children may encounter. |
Loss,
Grief and Bereavement – Association of Online Cancer Resources
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| MedlinePlus:
End of Life Issues |
This
website is particularly helpful for anyone seeking information of
death and dying. This website deals with information from death,
dying and bereavment processes. It also deals with specific issues
such as: how to discuss this with children, interacting with terminally
ill people and guide to the dying person. There are also other weblinks
to other resources such as financial counsilors, community directories
and organizations such as support groups.--Sonia Zarpellon |
| NSPCC.
Inform-Bereavement: A Selection of Materials For Children |
This
website provides a list of resource materials such as books and
videos for children, which would be beneficial for helping teachers
and parents work with children that are affected by bereavement.
The list of resources that are named on the website are held by
the NSPCCC Library and Information Services. It is especially useful
to teachers when seeking resource material because under each item
listed there is a description that will aid educators in determining
the suitability of the resource.--Valentina DeLucia |
| Quality
of Life |
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| PBS
Kids:Dealing With Death |
The website,
put out by the Public Broadcasting Service, is a great tool
for kids to learn about a lot of aspects involved in growing
up. Some topics include: friends, family, school, body,
money and emotions. This link specifically sends you to
the Emotions: Dealing with Death section of the webpage
and offers definitions, real-life stories, advice, coping
strategies, how to prepare for a loved one’s death,
a section for parents & teachers, and video clips that
show kids talking about their personal experiences in dealing
with death. It could be beneficial to parents, teachers
and students as a source of information, coping strategy,
or a place for students to turn to when they need advice
or comfort. This site is very colourful, easy to navigate,
and full of this to see and do. -- Nada Offak
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| Rainbows
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Rainbows
is an international non-profit organization that helps children
deal with grieving and loss. Rainbows has National Chapters in
Canada, USA and United Kingdom as well as other countries. On
the website you can find its mission statement, history, resources
and newsletter. Principles of this organization includes educating
people about the number of children that suffer loss, provides
training to volunteers who want to help youth, offers bereavement
programs free of charge to children, inclusive to children of
all races and religions. Teachers could find this website useful
on helping children deal with loss as well as resources that are
available to assist you in many areas.
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| Raindrop |
This
website is an online storybook which describes death to children.
This story was written by Terry Beard and even though the graphics
are very simple the story is very powerful. It seems to be
a good resource to have available when teaching the younger grades.
Having an online resource is a great aspect because it can help
those students who enjoy the technology aspect of reading a book
on the computer. Also the teacher does not have to spend any
extra money to purchase the book. -- Diana Sciulli |
| Teenage
Suicide. |
This
article briefly outlines the signs and causes of teenage suicide
and offers practical advice about how caregivers / teachers can
help prevent this tragedy. -- Linda Quinn
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| Understanding
Death and Grief From the National Association of School Psychologists |
Put out
by the National Association of School Psychologists, this
website contains information on dealing with death and grief,
specifically directed towards children. The site includes
a homepage, an introduction that includes expressions of grief,
a section on helping children cope, a section on developmental
differences in understanding death, and tips for children
and teens with grieving friends and classmates. This site
would be very handy for parents and educators to help their
children and students deal with the death of a loved one.
The section that relates specifically with tips for children
and teens with grieving friends and classmates would be useful
for students to help themselves and their peers who are grieving.
-- Nada Offak |
| Winston's
Wish |
This
was one of the most fantastic websites for bereavement that I have
ever been on. It has so many different areas to go into that give
helpful suggestions and ideas for people dealing with grief and
helping others deal with their grief. They specialized in helping
children up to the age of 18. There' s a great section called "What
do bereaving children need?". It outlines how you as an educator
can help. It outlines how as a school to create a "school bereavenment
plan", the steps to follow and what each person's role is.
They also have their own "charter" for bereaved children.
There are so many areas with helpful suggestions and activities
for everyone of all ages. There are also a number of helpful links
connected to the website. They also provide resoucres as well. The
only drawback is that this website is based in the UK. The most
memorable section of the website was the section called "remembrance".
You click on this and you enter "Winston's Skyscraper of Memories".
The entire screen will light up with all these stars. When you clisk
on a star a person's name appears and the name of the person they
want to remeber and have named the star after. I logged in as a
new member, and named a star after a friend of mine's mom was recently
died of cancer. When I showed my friend the website and the star
she was over come with emotion and so touched. For children this
would be so memorable, to be able to go on line and see their star
when they were lonely and needed to remember that person who died.--Kelly
Rignall |
| What
to Say |
This
website offers suggestions of what to say and do when talking
to someone who has lost a loved one.--Kim Nelson |
| Young
Minds |
This
website provides information regarding children and bereavement.
There are articles from children who have experienced a lose of
a loved one. This website provides information about the grieving
process endured by children. There are articles written by
young people which discuss the impact of the lose of a close person.
The website provides a list of resources to be used in the
study of bereavement and children.-- Maria Costa-Denaro |
