Halloween is behind us and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  For grieving children, teens and families - or anyone grieving a loss - these are difficult times.  Whether your loss was recent or several years ago, each holiday season presents new challenges.
The Children’s Room has several resources that may help during this time.
Parenting Through [...]

Books are often a much needed resource when children, teens and families are grieving.  Sometimes sharing a book with a friend, babysitter, teacher or relative is a simple way to let people know how we are feeling.  Our wonderful library committee takes great pride in reviewing all the books in our library to identify the [...]

On August 21, 2008 the award-winning documentary Space Between Breaths had its New England Premiere at the Regent Theatre in Arlington.  From The Boston Globe:
ON THURSDAY, Rosemary Smith’s documentary “Space Between Breaths,” about the sorrows of parents whose children die early and the process of healing, plays at the Regent Theatre in Arlington. Smith [...]

Multicultural Perspectives on Death & Grief:
A Conference for Caregivers, Researchers, & Educators

presented by
The National Center for Death Education, Mt. Ida College
The Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of MA
The New England AIDS Education Training Center
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Friday, September 19, 2008, 8 am to 5 pm
University of Massachusetts Boston - Campus Center
Loss is [...]

The Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance (PLIDA) has just issued three important documents on a very difficult topic. The cornerstone of the statements are that parents have the right to decide how much time, if any they may spend with their baby after he or she dies. They also have the right [...]

In 2008 Tufts Health Plan launched the Tufts Health Plan Foundation.  The Foundation’s mission is to promote healthy lifestyles and the delivery of quality health care in our communities.
The Children’s Room is pleased to be one of the first grant recipients of this newly formed foundation.  The Foundation is supporting our efforts to bring our [...]

For families from the Greater Newburyport area who have experienced the death of a child of any age, the Compassionate Friends is a great resource for adult support groups, local memorials, and links to other website, including the national website for The Compassionate Friends. This site has even added a guest book and memory [...]

The Compassionate Friends is an international organization that supports families after the death of a child at any age. There are numerous chapters around the country and several in Massachusetts. Read their local Newsletter.

Barbara Clarke, our executive director attended the National Alliance for Grieving Children’s 12th Annual Symposium in Houston, Texas. Almost 300 practitioners from the US and Canada attended these three days of workshops and key note speakers. Some of the highlights included:

Interesting keynote from William Worden who, along with The Children’s Room’s own Phyllis [...]

The Children’s Room will be a site for viewing the national webcast of the Hospice Foundation’s program Living with Grief: Children and Adolescents on April 16 from 1:30 to 4:30. Continuing Education credits will be available. Email us to register or learn more. All are welcome, but RSVPs required due to limited [...]