Arroyo Valley Counseling Department

Here are some links to helpful sites when dealing with losing a loved one, or supporting those who have lost someone.

• Children and Grief - Learn how to best help children who might otherwise feel alone and lost as they navigate though their grief. Brought to educators and families by the New York Life Foundation.
• GriefNet.org – An Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss.
• Bill of Rights for Grieving Teens – If you have lost someone close, you have these rights.
• When Death Impacts Your School – Tips for teachers and administrators on supporting grieving students and their classmates.
• How to Help a Grieving Teen - How to help, and how not to.
• Am I Normal? – Probably so, if you are showing some of these typical symptoms of grief: physical, emotional, psychological, social and spiritual.

Need to talk to someone now?

• Dial 211 for free and confidential help finding counseling or crisis services.
• If you are considering hurting yourself or someone else, please DIAL 911 for emergency help.