SUPPORT GROUPS

• Coping After Suicide Support Groups  https://www.copingaftersuicide.com/support-groups

• Dougy Center National Support Group Directory  https://www.dougy.org/program-finder

• National Alliance for Children’s Grief National Support Group Directory https://nacg.org/find-support/

• Samaritans’ SafePlace  https://samaritanshope.org/our-services/grief-support/grief-request-form/​

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GRIEF CAMPS

• Article: As Suicide Rates Rise, Bereavement Camps Bring Healing to Kids Left Behind  https://time.com/6286420/suicide-bereavement-camps-kids/

• Documentary: ONE LAST HUG (… and a few smooches): Three Days at Grief Camp http://onelasthug.com/

• Camp Erin  https://elunanetwork.org/

• Camp Good Grief  https://eehcampgoodgrief.org

• Camp Kita  https://www.thekitacenter.org/

• Circle Camps  https://www.circlecamps.org/

• Comfort Zone Camp https://comfortzonecamp.org

• The Compassionate Friends Sibling Camp https://www.compassionatefriends.org/tcf-sibling-camp/

• Experience Camps  https://experiencecamps.org/

• National Alliance for Children’s Grief   https://nacg.org/find-support/

• TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) Good Grief Camp  https://www.taps.org/youthprograms/camps#ggc

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ONLINE RESOURCES

• After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools [2nd Edition] - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention & Suicide Prevention Resource Center  https://sprc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AfteraSuicideToolkitforSchools-3.pdf​

• Guidelines for Responding to the Death of a Student or School Staff - National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement  https://www.schoolcrisiscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Guidelines-Death-Student-or-Staff-Booklet-Format.pdf

• Suggestions for Educators (Helping Traumatized Children in School) - National Child Traumatic Stress Networ
  https://www.nctsn.org/resources/suggestions-educators-helping-traumatized-children-school

• Suicide Postvention Key Elements - National Association of School Psychologists 
  https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/mental-health-resources/preventing-youth-suicide/suicide-postvention-key-elements

• Supporting Children Grieving a Death by Suicide: Community Members - National Alliance for Children's Grief  https://indd.adobe.com/view/f8332647-706b-41db-9f56-b0ab4a73d28c

• Supporting the Grieving Child and Family - American Academy of Pediatrics
  https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/3/e20162147/52700/Supporting-the-Grieving-Child-and-Family

• Talking to Teens about the Suicide of a Peer - Alliance of Hope
  https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/children-teens/supporting-children-and-teens-after-a-suicide-death/talking-to-teens-about-the-suicide-of-a-peer/

• Talking to Your Child About a Suicide Death: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers - National Child Traumatic Stress Network - 
  https://www.nctsn.org/resources/talking-to-your-child-about-a-suicide-death-a-guide-for-parents-and-caregivers

• Tips for Supporting Teens After the Death of a Close Friend  - Dougy Center   https://www.dougy.org/assets/uploads/TDC_2_Tips_for_Supporting_the_Grieving_Teen_After_Loss_of_Close_Friend_2018.pdf

• Trauma-Informed Care and Suicide - Canadian Association for Suicide Preventio
  https://suicideprevention.ca/resource/trauma-informed-care-and-suicide-fact-sheet/

• Traumatic Grief - Supporting Teens - National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/traumatic-grief