Now that we have completed NEOEA day training for schools, we are instilling new energy in our S.T.A.R.S support groups for children. S.T.A.R.S (Supporting Tears, Anger, Remembrance and Sadness) if offered both in the schools and the in community. For our six-week community S.T.A.R.S, while the children are meeting, there is an adult support group to assist family members in dealing with their own grief. In the schools, we tailor and modify the curriculum so that it is developmentally appropriate for pre-school through high school. There is no parent component and the groups usually last 8 weeks.
The
goals of S.T.A.R.S include:
Coping with Feelings
Support for Remembering Loved Ones
Peer Support
One of the comments I remember the most is when a nine year said to me, "I am so relieved. I thought I was going crazy. Now I know there are others just like me."
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