Teen Program

Guiding Teens Through Grief: Navigating the Intersection of Development and Loss

The teen years are filled with rapid growth and change that sometimes can feel challenging. Teens are forming their identity as people outside the family and school, experimenting with roles within their family and peers, and getting ready to enter the world and explore [...]

2024-02-13T13:47:47+00:00February 12th, 2024|News, Resources, TCR Team, Teens, Uncategorized|

TCR’s Unique Approaches to Supporting Teens

Though experiencing a death can be a life-changing event for anyone, adolescence is a crucial period of development. Something we’ve learned from teens who have had someone die is that it can be beneficial to figure out what actually helps you cope with grief [...]

2024-02-14T23:30:22+00:00February 12th, 2024|Events, News, Resources, Teens, Uncategorized|

Understanding Grief in Children and Teens: Normalizing and Nurturing the Process

What is grief? Most people respond by saying it is sadness, but grief is far more expansive and complicated. It has many feelings attached to it, often several at the same time. Historically, it has been thought that infants and children do not grieve, [...]

2023-10-19T14:27:11+00:00October 19th, 2023|Child Loss, News, Resources, TCR Team, Training|

The Launch of Fall Programs 2023-2024 at TCR

This fall brings new and exciting ways of doing things at The Children’s Room. We continue to be committed to providing direct grief support services - both in person at our Center in Arlington, in the Community at Schools or Community Organizations, and through [...]

2023-09-20T19:09:08+00:00September 19th, 2023|Child Loss, Events, News, Resources, Teens, Training, Uncategorized, Volunteers|

Experiencing Grief as a Teenager

Adolescence can be a unique time full of life challenges, milestones, relationship dynamics, and identity exploration.  Having different needs and personalities, teens also often grieve in their own personal ways. Here TCR's Program Manager for Schools, Community, and Adolescents, Christine Lambright, and Program Coordinator [...]

2023-02-15T20:11:59+00:00February 14th, 2023|Resources, Teens|

The Value of Continuous Support: How Donors Helped Our Teen Programs

Fall YIP Graduation: Sudbury students presents a check donation to The Children's Room Though experiencing death can be a life-changing event for anyone, adolescence is a crucial development period. And our program staff consistently listens to our community on how we can better serve [...]

2023-02-15T19:08:44+00:00February 13th, 2023|Advocacy, News, Teens|

A Special Resiliency Panel for Teens

Teens talked openly with young adult TCR alumni about grief in college, grief on social media, and much more. In June, we hosted a unique Teen Program event: a panel discussion providing teens a safe space to ask a group of five TCR alumni [...]

2020-06-25T15:50:30+00:00July 13th, 2016|News|

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