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Kids Coping with Bereavement:

Session for Ages 6 - 12:

Starting Date: To Be Announced
Duration: 3 sessions
Material Fee: $15
Pre-registration requested as numbers are limite. Also provided a group for the Parents to discuss how their children are handling the death.

Facilitators:
Susan Milne, Certified in Grief Support
Heather Campbell, Trained Grief Facilitator

"Any child that is old enough to love is old enough to grieve."
Alan Wolfelt, Centre for Loss & Life Transition, Colorado

COPING stands for "Caring for Other People in Grief"

Kids Coping is a safe place to find Compassion, Understanding and Encouragement in a program designed specifically for children 6-12 yrs. who are experiencing a loss through the death of someone they love.
It consists of 8 weeks of 2 hour group sessions where we talk about topics such as: feelings, explosive emotions, the funeral, memories, the future, how our parents and other adults around us grieve, and where the children believe their loved one is after the death. Due to the tactile nature of most kids, we have developed a program with as much "hands on" as possible, therefore, crafts, games, art, puppets and books are an integral part of their learning, as well as listening to the stories of others who have experienced a similar loss.

We have based our program on the premise of Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt that states "If you are old enough to love, you are old enough to mourn", and have seen the difference in these young lives when they are given permission to begin their own personal grief journey.

We highly recommend that grieving parents/family attend an Adult Group which discusses similar topics that will make the journey easier as you each learn to deal with your grief in your own way and be able to be helpful to each other, while receiving support not only from your own groups but also each other.

This program has been developed to help kids come to terms with their loss, aiding them to work through their feelings. The group is limited in numbers. For more information or to register, please contact the church office at 905 451-6088 ext 260