Coping with Grief:

Guided Spoken Meditation for healing after a loss of a loved one

duPont Manual Counseling Department's resources and supports to help student's dealing with grief and loss.

So how do we move forward into this New Year if we don’t feel “done with” the last one? Here we will take a look at grief, coping with loss, and moving forward from it.

Centerstone resources

While everyone grieves differently, there are some behaviors and emotions commonly expressed by children depending on their developmental level. No matter how old a child is, it can be helpful to read through each of the age ranges, as there are times when a six year old asks a complex, big picture question and those when a teenager is struggling to find a physical outlet for their grief. We hope this information will help with understanding how grief affects children and teens across the developmental span.

This material was adapted from Helping Teens Cope with Death by The Dougy Center.

What is it like for teenagers when someone close to them dies? How do they respond to the death of a parent, a sibling, a relative, a friend?

Six basic principles of teen grief.

Every child, just as every adult, will grieve in his or her own way. Children respond to grief as adults do—physically, emotionally, behaviorally, even spiritually. It may seem daunting to have to explain death to a child, especially when there are no simple answers.

The following guidelines may make this process easier.