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When something significant happens in a family, the entire family is affected. Even though death or divorce appears to be only a grown-up problem, it does have a profound effect on the children that it touches. If a parent dies or a divorce occurs, not only do the parents grieve, the children do also. Because of their age and short life experience, children find it extremely difficult to verbalize those feelings.
RAINBOWS FOR ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
is a peer-support program designed to help students from kindergarten through eighth grade deal with initial grieving and on-going coping in their particular situations.HOW DOES IT WORK? Students meet with small groups of children of their own age level, together with a trained adult, in an atmosphere of confidentiality. As they share experiences and feelings, group members discover that they are not alone in their situation, nor are they responsible for it. As they support and help one another, each one grows in self-esteem and self-confidence.
PLEASE NOTE:
This is NOT a counseling or therapy program. Be assured, also, that CONFIDENTIALITY in this context is explained to the children as "privacy". They are free to tell about what they said or did but not about what another group member said or did. Confidentiality also applies to the adult facilitators. | For further information, contact Mrs. Daniels. |
| The following links may be helpful to parents as they help their child cope with a loss: |
| www.beyondindigo.com/children |
| harbpress.com |
| www.growthhouse.org/childgrv.html |
