| Technology provides the ability to access resources throughout cyberspace. We offer links to some liturgical sites as well as organizations focused on healing and grief support.
The following web pages are dedicated to prayer and healing:
Liturgical Resources
Prayers & Readings in times of crisis
Scriptural Rosary
Carmelites of Indianapolis
Mass Times
Many are facing the challenge of preparing resources which include prayers for peace as well as prayers for those who serve our country. We're grateful to be able to include a link to some prayers prepared and distributed by the Office of Worship of the Diocese of St. Cloud, MN.
This search engine offers access to the net's most comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end of life care. Over one hundred health care web sites offer remote access to our database to complement their own content. Our international Guest Editors cover major topics and regions of the world.
Grief support after the death of a child. The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.
ACCESS (AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services)
AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services (ACCESS) is a national non-political, non-profit, tax-exempt (501c3) organization established to aid and facilitate the grieving process of people who have been affected by or involved in an air crash.
Bereaved Families provides support for people who have lost an immediate family member -- an infant, a child, an adult child, a parent, a brother or a sister, an adult sibling, a grandchild or a spouse. We support parents, guardians or family members helping a child grieve. We support the unique circumstances faced by survivors of violent death, survivors of completed suicide, and families seeking pregnancy after loss.
Nurses can earn online CEU's (Continuing Education Units) on the topic of death and grief. Go to their Continuing Education page and look for the excellent tutorial entitled "Helping families cope with death and dying."
Provides bereavement services to children and teens in the Portland, Oregon, area. Web site offers information on youth bereavement as the National Center For Grieving Children And Families. Offers books, videos, and training services to individuals and organizations seeking to help young people with grief. You can search the Growth House database from this site.
"Facts for Families: Children And Grief" is one of 46 brief information sheets published by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Facts for Families series covers grief, support following disasters, psychiatric disorders, and other topics. Information is available in English, Spanish, and French.
This article by the Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia focuses on children's reactions to trauma. There is a section in the article devoted to children's grief. Provides a good list of links to disaster management resources. |
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