Resources
Below are resources and links that you may find helpful to support you on your grief journey, or help you to support a child or friend who is grieving.
Grief and the Holidays
- Grief and the Holidays – Tips for Supporting Your Family
- COJ Webinar: Taking Time to Remember/Ways to Balance Your Grief During the Holidays
- National Alliance for Children’s Grief: Supporting Children Who Are Grieving During the Season of Family
- Envision Partnerships: Coping with the Holidays
Supporting a Bereaved Person
- SAMHSA Tip Sheet: How to Support a Person Who is Grieving the Loss of a Life
- Offering Support for Someone Grieving the Loss of a Pregnancy or Infant
- How to Support a Person Bereaved by Suicide
Suicide Prevention & Postvention Support
- MindPeace/SERA Collaborative: mindpeacecincinnati.com
- 1N5: 1n5.org
- Butler County Suicide Prevention Coalition/Envision Partnerships – Parent Resource
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center: sprc.org
- Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation/Workplace Toolkit for Mental Health: ohiospf.org/employer-toolkit/
- Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation/Emotions & Grieving Resource: https://www.ohiospf.org/postvention/emotions-and-grieving/
How to Cope with Grief and Loss in Recovery
- Ohio Recovery Center – How to Cope
Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Support Group Listing
Looking for resources in Spanish?
Please visit Judi’s House or the Dougy Center for resources and reading. Additional resources in Spanish will be added to our site soon!
Supporting a Bereaved Child or Teen
- Preparing & Supporting Grieving Children, Teens & Students
- Understanding a Child’s Grief
- Understanding Teen Grief
- Tips to Support a Grieving Child or Teen
- Coping with the Grief that Suicide Brings – Young Adults
- COJ Webinar: Caring for Grieving Children & Teens
External Organizations & Resources
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center: How to Help Children Through Grief and Loss
- National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG): childrengrieve.org
- SAMHSA Fact Sheet for People Helping Children and Youth Survivors of Loss
- New York Life Foundation: newyorklife.com
- National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement: schoolcrisiscenter.org
- Child Mind Institute: childmind.org
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Toolkit
- College Educated: Grief Resources for College Students
- NACG: Supporting Children Who Are Grieving a Death by Suicide
- NACG: Children and End of Life Memorials and Rituals
- NACG: Creating a Space for Children in a Funeral Home
- Talking to Children About Community & School Shootings from the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
- NAGC: Supporting a Child Grieving a Substance-Use Related Death