As part of our on-going Parenting Through Grief series, a group of our alumni parents came together and shared their experiences of parenting a grieving teenager. We are thankful for our Parent Council for organizing this and writing up the notes from their discussion. [...]
We are thrilled to announce that Deborah Rivlin, an acknowledged thirty-year expert in the field of child bereavement, has joined The Children’s Room as Director of Education and Training. Deborah previously spent twenty years with the Good Grief program of Boston Medical Center. Deborah [...]
The Children’s Room sponsors a series of parent to parent workshops so our “alumni” parents can share with others their insight and experience of what it is like to be a grieving parent and a grieving adult who wants to go on living fully. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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