Hospital for Children
Pediatric-Related Web Links
Adolescent Bereavement
We are providing these links to related resources as a service to our users.
We are not responsible for the information at the linked sites and do not endorse
any products or services found there.
- American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (aacap.org):
The AACAP's mission is to promote mentally healthy children, adolescents and
families through research, training, advocacy, prevention, comprehensive diagnosis
and treatment, peer support and collaboration.
- American Hospice
Foundation (americanhospice.org):
Supports programs that serve the needs of terminally ill and grieving
individuals of all ages.
- Dougy Center (dougy.org):
The first center in the United States to provide peer support groups for grieving
children. They provide support and training locally, nationally and internationally
to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief
- Hospice Net (hospicenet.org):
Resource for patients and families facing life-threatening illness.
- Journey of Hearts (journeyofhearts.org):
This site combines elements of medicine, psychiatry, poetry, prose and images
to provide resources and support to those who have experienced loss, be it
acute or long-standing.
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
(nctsnet.org):
Treatment centers from all over the United States have come together to form
a new coalition, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN).
- National PTA (pta.org):
National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United
States. A not-for-profit association of parents, educators, students, and other
citizens active in their schools and communities, PTA is a leader in reminding
our nation of its obligations to children.
This page was last updated on: May 14, 2007.
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