Supporting Students Who Are Grieving: How Educators and Parents Can Work Together Going back to school after a loss can be one of the hardest transitions for children and teens. Grief affects how students learn, connect with friends, and show up in the classroom. [...]
Supporting Grieving Families, Together: Community Partnerships in Action At The Children’s Room, we know that grief doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The kind of support children, teens, and families need after a death often begins with a caring professional—someone who recognizes the need, opens [...]
Reflecting, Learning, and Growing Together: Highlights from the 28th NACG Symposium What does it mean to support a child through grief in today’s world? That question brought together hundreds of professionals, clinicians, educators, nonprofit leaders, researchers, and program staff at the 28th National Symposium [...]
Navigating Special Days like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day & Other Milestones While Grieving As spring arrives, so do reminders of Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and graduation season. For many, these are joyful days of recognition and celebration. But for those who are grieving, these [...]
Building Grief-Sensitive Schools: Training Boston Public Schools Social Workers In classrooms across Boston, children and teens are grieving—often without the support they need. One in 13 children in Massachusetts will experience the death of a parent or sibling before turning 18, yet grief remains [...]
The Parmenter Foundation recently hosted a powerful panel event at Regis College, bringing together experts from nonprofits to explore ways of better understanding grief in our community. The Children's Room was proud to participate. Christine Lambright, our Program Director for School and Community-Based [...]
Early this August, The Children’s Room welcomed a group of students from Tufts University for a special visit focused on therapeutic space planning. This engaging session, led by Laurie Moskowitz-Corrois, Associate Program Director for Family and Expressive Arts at TCR, offered a deep dive [...]
At The Children's Room, our commitment to supporting children, teens, and families who have experienced a loss is deeply connected with the dedication and involvement of our community, grounded in the essential skills we collectively share. Each year, over 50 volunteers dedicate their time [...]
Navigating grief can indeed be a solitary journey, often leaving individuals feeling adrift in unfamiliar emotional terrain. However, within these challenging moments, providing meaningful support becomes abundantly clear. Recently, The Children's Room hosted a thought-provoking presentation led by Jen Noonan, Program Director for [...]
With an estimated 1 in 13 children in the state of Massachusetts experiencing the death of a parent or sibling before they reach the age of 18, it is likely that many adults will, at some point, know a grieving child or teen. This [...]
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