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Crossroads of Grief Project - Grieving or Bereaved Children: Literature Review (2015-2018) This review covers the period 2015-2018 and supplements the literature review published by the Children and Youth Grief Network...

Deconstruction/Reconstruction: A grief journal for teens The Dougy Center's first journal specially created for grieving teens. Whether a teen has experienced the death of a parent,...

Difficult Conversations: Making it easier to talk about end-of-life issues with young adults with life-limiting conditions This guide was developed in response to a gap in health professional's skills in having difficult conversations with the...

Follow the Child: Planning and Having the Best End-of-Life Care for Your Child Drawing on her family's own experiences and those of other parents facing the death of a child from illness or a life-limiting...

Grief and Death Education Toolkit: Talking about Death, Dying and Grief in the Classroom This Toolkit is an initiative is to help educators feel more comfortable addressing concepts of death and grief within the...

Healing the Bereaved Child: Grief Gardening, Growth Through Grief and Other Touchstones for Caregivers This book written by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, Grief Counsellor, will help anyone who is working with children and teens who...

Helping Children Cope With Grief Parents, caregivers and educators wondering how they can help will find many answers to their questions in the following...

Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into paediatrics: A WHO guide for health care planners, implementers and managers This guide is part of a series of World Health Organization (WHO) guidance documents on palliative care. It describes the...

International Children's Palliative Care Network The ICPCN’s mission is to achieve the best quality of life and care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions,...

Little Stars: Accomplishing the Extraordinary in the Face of Serious Illness Little Stars tells the surprisingly life-affirming stories of young people living with life-limiting illnesses. Against the...