Tag Archives: children coping with loss

How do Child-life Specialists Help Children Cope with Illness and Death?

A conversation with Kelsey Mora, a child-life specialist who empowers children and adolescents to better understand and cope with life's most challenging events, Part One
Posted on January 26, 2019 by Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)

In this first part of a two part interview, SevenPonds speaks with Kelsey Mora, a certified child-life specialist (CCLS) at Advocate Health in Chicago and chair of their system-wide pediatric and perinatal bereavement support group. Her work as a CCLS  … Continue reading →

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Our Weekly Tip: Explaining Death To Children

Remember to take developmental stages into account when talking about death with youngsters
Posted on January 23, 2016 by Ellary Allis (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Our Tip of the Week: Our cultural taboo against talking about death means that we often don’t know how to talk to our children when a loved one dies. Talking to young children about death is a delicate matter, and some … Continue reading →

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”Maybe Death is Like a Light” by Greg Lundgren

Maybe Death is Like a Light shines the way for kids to view death in a truly new light
Posted on August 21, 2015 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

Greg Lundgren, both designer and handmade cremation urn provider, has written and illustrated a coloring book to help a child coping with death view his or her experience in a new light. The book, Maybe Death is Like a Light, walks … Continue reading →

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