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24-hour, toll-free, confidential support for people in distress. Prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones.
Call or text 988.

Reach caring, qualified responders with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many of them are Veterans themselves.
Dial 988 then press 1.

24/7 free and confidential treatment referral and information about mental and substance use disorders, prevention, and recovery.
Call 1-800-662-HELP.

24/7, 365-day-a-year crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters.

Find practitioners authorized to treat opioid dependency with buprenorphine by state.

Find treatment programs in your state that treat addiction and dependence on opioids.

Find treatment programs in your state that treat recent onset of serious mental illnesses.

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Find treatment locators and helplines such as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, FindTreatment.gov, FindSupport.gov, and others.

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To explore for yourself, friends or family members who are grieving during young adulthood

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Grief Education & Training

Dougy Center offers professionals training, online courses, and workshops on helping children, teens, and families who are grieving in hospitals, schools, hospices, youth service organizations, and mental health agencies.

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Grief Support for Teachers & Staff | Dougy Center

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Grief can reach the classroom. Teachers and staff can learn how to support a student or colleague who is grieving during or after school.

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Learn how to support a student or colleague who is grieving during and after school

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Grief Education & Training

Dougy Center offers professionals training, online courses, and workshops on helping children, teens, and families who are grieving in hospitals, schools, hospices, youth service organizations, and mental health agencies.

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Grief Support for Teachers & Staff | Dougy Center

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Grief can reach the classroom. Teachers and staff can learn how to support a student or colleague who is grieving during or after school.

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When Death Impacts Your School

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These lessons have been adapted from the books Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers and When Death Impacts Your School: A Guide for School Administrators. To order copies of these books, visit our online bookstore or contact The Dougy Center, 503-775-5683.

Dealing With Grieving Students in Your Class

The following steps help support the grieving students as well as prepare your class for making the grieving student feel comfortable and supported:

1. Talk with the grieving student before they return.
Ask what they want the class to know about the death, funeral arrangements, etc. If possible, call the family prior to the student's return to school so that you can let the student know you are thinking of them and want to help make their return to school as supportive as possible.

2. Talk to your class about how grief affects people and encourage them to share how they feel.
One way to do this is to discuss what other types of losses or deaths the students in your class have experienced, and what type of support they found helpful and unhelpful.

3. Discuss how difficult it may be for their classmate to return to school, and how they can help.
You can ask your class for ideas about how they would like others to treat them if they were returning to school after a death, pointing out differences in preferences. Some students might like to be left alone while others want the circumstances discussed freely. Most grieving students say that they want everyone to treat them the same way they treated them before and don't want people to be "extra nice." While students usually say they don't want to be in the spotlight, they also don't want people acting like nothing happened.

4. Provide a way for your class to reach out to the grieving classmate and their family.
One of the ways that students can reach out is by sending cards or pictures to their classmate and family, letting them know the class is thinking of them. If students in your class knew the person who died, they could share memories of that person.

5. Provide flexibility and support to the grieving student when they return to class.
Recognize that your student will have difficulty concentrating and focusing on school work. Make a plan for them to be able to leave the classroom if they need additional support throughout the school day. This could include talking with a counselor, favorite teacher, or having time to check in with their family.

Dos and Don'ts with Grieving Students

DO listen. Grieving students need a safe, trusted adult who will listen to them

DO follow routines. Routines provide a sense of safety for grieving students.

DO set limits. Just because students are grieving, doesn't mean that the rules do not apply. When grieving, students may experience lapses in concentration or exhibit risk taking behavior. Setting clear limits provides a more secure and safe environment for everyone under these circumstances.

DO NOT suggest that the student has grieved long enough.

DO NOT indicate that the student should get over it and move on.

DO NOT act as if nothing has happened.

DO NOT say things like:
- "It could be worse. You still have one brother."
- "I know how you feel."
- "You'll be stronger because of this."

DO NOT expect the student to complete all assignments on a timely basis.

As a teacher, you have the opportunity to affect students' lives in a significant way. Your actions can have a lasting impact. When a death influences the lives of your students, you and your school, can have be a positive force by intentionally creating a supportive environment.

For School Administrators:

The School Day After a school community has received news of a death, what happens on that day and the next day? How are schedules affected? Here's a general outline and some things to be aware of in the hours and early days after a death.

1. The staff briefing meeting
After the Crisis Response team has drafted their action plan, a briefing meeting with the staff should occur. It is important to have that meeting before the students return to school. All staff who are impacted by the crisis should be included in this meeting. Come to the meeting prepared to accomplish the following:

Share a written statement and presentation of the circumstances of the death.

Prepare teachers to share the information in their home room or first period. (It is often helpful for a team of two people to present the information.)

Present information about how students grieve and what behaviors might be expected. Review the plan for the school day/week.

Stress the need for as routine a day as possible, allowing flexibility: times to talk about the death and its impact when students need such a discussion.

Address questions and concerns about high risk students with teachers/staff.

Discuss the need for substitute teachers for those teachers who need time to process their own grief reaction.

Identify location and use of a safe room for students who need additional support throughout the day.

Allow time for teachers to talk about their own feelings related to the death/incident.

If applicable, inform teachers of the designated media spokesperson. Advise teachers not to speak with the media or allow them on the school grounds.

2. Student Issues
As an administrator, you will have many opportunities to positively impact your students after a death occurs. Along with the Crisis Response Team, you will set out guidelines for teachers to facilitate classroom discussion, and inform students of resources available to them. You will also have opportunities to connect with students during the days and weeks following the death. It may be speaking in an assembly, in your office or in passing in the hall. One of the best things you can do is be a model for grieving, by acknowledging your own feelings around the loss. This helps create a safe an open atmosphere for grief. You can also allow students to play a role in memorializing the person who died. Planning a memorial service or remembrance can be a good activity for those who want to participate. Your school should have a policy around memorial services or other commemorations so that you are prepared in advance. The policy should include the answers to these questions:

Will our school provide the opportunity for our community to acknowledge the death of a student or staff member through some kind of memorialization? (We recommend that you do provide this opportunity, both to acknowledge the life of the person who died and also to illustrate the school's educational mission in action.)

What kind of memorialization activities will we sponsor or support?

Under what circumstances will we consider memorialization activities? The death of a staff member or student? What if the death is from suicide, or a violent death? We believe very strongly that whatever policy or precedent the school sets should apply to all deaths. For example, if you decide that if a student dies, there will be an opportunity to acknowledge that student's death publicly and collectively as a school community, you should do the same thing for a student who dies of suicide as you would for a basketball player who dies on the court, or a student who is killed in a car accident. It is not accurate that having a memorial for a student who dies of suicide will encourage other students to take their lives. Of course, memorial services should not glamorize or romanticize the act of suicide, but there are ways to memorialize without doing so. Not having the same activity you would provide in a different kind of death gives the message that the student's life was not valued, or that we should sweep suicide deaths under the rug. This is an excellent opportunity to educate your students, staff and school community about preventing suicide.

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At Dougy Center, you'll find grief support, resources, and connection before and after a death. We provide the right place when nothing feels right.

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How to Help Children Adjust to New Situations

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How to Help Children Adjust to New Situations

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Jun 6, 2023 | Adolescent Treatment, Anxiety, Communication, Family Issues, Helping a Loved One, Mental Health

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A place to remember. A place to heal.

Moorestown Visiting Nurses & Hospice presents Camp Firefly for grieving children ages 7-14. The free camp takes place each year in August in Medford, NJ. 2015 Dates are 8/22-23. Call *56-552-1300 for application. Open to residents of Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties in NJ.

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Camp Firefly is for children who have lost a parent, sibling or other special person. Here they share feelings, make friends, and find relief from grief.

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Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools

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Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools

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An Action Guide for School and District Leaders

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An Action Guide for School and District Leaders

At a Glance

Schools are prioritizing students' mental health, and there are many tools and resources to choose from. CDC created this action guide as a place to start. It can help school and district leaders build on what they are already doing to promote students' mental health and find new strategies to fill in gaps.

The action guide describes six in-school strategies that are proven to promote and support mental health and well-being. For each strategy, the guide also describes approaches, or specific ways to put the strategy into action, and examples of evidence-based policies, programs, and practices.

Audience

School and district leaders of kindergarten through 12th-grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of student support teams.

Goal

Provide school and district leaders with strategies, approaches, and practices that can improve students' mental health.

CDC has identified six school-based strategies and associated approaches that can help prevent mental health problems and promote positive behavioral and mental health of students.

Multitiered Systems Of Support

Multitiered Systems of Support (MTSS) are used by many schools and districts to support different levels of students' needs. The strategies in this action guide can align with schools' existing MTSS to enhance the work schools have already started.

Why Schools?

Schools help promote the mental health and well-being of students through education, prevention, and early intervention efforts. They provide an opportunity to reach a large number of youth with strategies that can lessen the impact of negative experiences and improve students' health and well-being.

Schools can establish safe and supportive environments.

Schools can connect students to caring adults and encourage positive peer relationships.

Schools can give students mental health support and link them and their families to community behavioral and mental health services.

Schools that promote student mental health and well-being can improve classroom behavior, school engagement, and peer relationships. These factors are connected to academic success.

Additional Resources

Some of the strategies and approaches in this action guide may also improve other important health outcomes, such as experiences of violence and suicide.

CDC has several Resources for Action for preventing violence.

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Samaritan is excellent and the support is for all stages of life and grief & loss

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The Samaritan Center for Grief Support is here for you. Along with family members of our patients, Samaritan's grief support services are available for anyone in the community experiencing grief and loss.

We are committed to providing you with the grief support you need in these difficult times. In order to best serve our community, we are currently holding some groups on-line via Microsoft Teams and some groups in person. Please see our list of support groups below for more information on dates and locations.

If you are wondering if you are ready for a grief support group, please to complete a self-review to check if you are ready for a support group setting.

Registration is required. Call us at (856) 596-8550 or email us ([email protected] ) if you are interested in a grief support group. If it has already started, please contact us as new groups are always forming. We are here to support you.

Our List of Southern NJ Grief Support Groups

Groups are complimentary and led by professional bereavement specialists.

A supportive and safe space for children (ages 4-17) and parents/guardians to meet with others for mutual support to process their grief, memorialize their loved ones, and heal together.

Click here for more information on the: Healing Hearts Support Groups.

This one-time online session is for those who have had a recent loss and is designed to help you navigate this challenging time through mutual support, education and information on additional resources.

A six-week online grief support group for young adults between the ages of 18-35 who are coping with the death of a friend or family member.

Loss at a time in life when someone is defining who they are personally and professionally can be unsettling and isolating.

This group will provide a safe space for young adults to have open conversation about the reality and impact of losing someone close to you.

A six-week online group for parents grieving the loss of an adult child.

A six-week online group for adult women grieving the loss of their mother.

How do we, as daughters, find our way after our moms have died? What happens to the empty chairs? This South NJ support group offers grief education, and most importantly, a place to speak your mom's name, tell her story, and honor her memory. This group is no charge and open to the community. Join us at our kitchen table - you aren't alone.

A six-week in person or online group for those grieving the loss of a spouse/partner.

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has said, "There is no grief like the grief that does not speak." While no two losses are alike, being with people going through a similar experience can decrease isolation while providing a space to explore your unique journey and speak about your loss. This group provides a safe place as you learn to live and cope, day by day, while dealing with a broken heart after losing the person closest to you.

A six week online or in person group that provides a safe space to explore your journey, your feelings, and how you are coping as you redefine your identity in relation to your loss.

This group explores secondary losses and is designed to provide support as you take on new roles at a time that involves challenges in many aspects of life.
Rebuilding After Loss is suggested as a follow up to Grieving the Love of Your Life.
In Person

Mondays August 19th - September 30th

6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

A six-week online group for anyone who has lost a family member or friend.

This group's goal is to help you find your way to a new life that encompasses the absence of your loved one. You will have the opportunity to share your story, to give and receive support and comfort, and to honor and memorialize your loved one.

No yoga experience necessary.

This is a special, seven-week group for anyone interested in exploring their grief journey through the chakras utilizing yoga asana (poses), breathwork (pranayama) and meditation.

This group is open to any level of yoga experience (including beginners) and is designed to be a slow, gentle, healing practice that supports the exploration of loss and healing.

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South Jersey Grief Support Groups - Samaritan Southern NJ

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A grief support group can help you overcome grief and understand that your are not alone. View our schedule of grief support groups in Southern New Jersey.

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Educational Resources- Does your Student Need Help Academically?   No cost/Free Informative session        

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Fusion's Tutoring: Summer Virtual Open House May 7,2024 @ 2-3 pm  Click Here

Fusion's Tutoring: Summer Virtual Open House June 25,2024 @ 2 -3 pm. Click Here

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MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE GUIDE FOR GLOUCESTER COUNTY

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