Grief & Loss
At home, families can support children and young people through loss by creating calm routines, offering simple and honest explanations, and making space for questions, feelings, play, art, writing, movement, or quiet connection.
Helpful skills include naming emotions, reassuring children that the loss or change was not their fault, using grounding strategies such as slow breathing or sensory calming, creating rituals or memory boxes, and keeping trusted adults connected across home and school.
These everyday supports help children feel safe, understood, and less alone while they build coping skills and resilience through grief, change, or transition, and help carers and family feel they have the tools to help.
These are the first steps and create great foundations to work through feelings. Reaching out to get support is a positive steps when you feel professional support is needed. Often as little as one session can be all that is needed. Don't hesitate to reach out because you feel multiple sessions may be expected. Remember, you are in the driver's seat.
