Traumatic Loss Resources
For Children, Teens and Families
Maryland Crime Victims Support Groups
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Homicide Survivors Advocacy Program
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The Wendt Center, Washington, D.C, - Adult Grief and Trauma Counseling
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Washington, D.C. Burial Assistance
Metropolitan DC Police Department Homicide Family Liaison Unit
For Homicide Survivors
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National Center for Victims of Crime
Information and resources for those who have had a loved one murdered.
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National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
1757 Park Rd., Washington, DC 20010
Phone (202) 232-6682 or (800) 879-6682. Email info@trynova.org
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POMC (Parents of Murdered Children)
POMC’s vision is to provide support and assistance to all survivors of homicide victims while working to create a world free of murder.
For Grieving Children and Teens Themselves
Tips for Teens Who are Grieving
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How to Support a Grieving Friend
Childhood Traumatic Grief. Youth Information Sheet
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For Caregivers of Grieving Youth
Supporting Children and Teens After a Murder or Violent Death
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How to Help Children and Teens Grieving a Violent Death (podcast)
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The Private Grief of a Public Death (podcast)
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Helping Children Cope With Fear After a Death (podcast)
Tips For Supporting Teens After The Death of a Close Friend
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Power of Parenting: Helping Your Child After a Homicide Loss
Suffocated Grief and Black Youth Coping with Loss
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Presenter: Tashel C. Bordere, PhD, CT
CaringMatters was honored to host Dr. Tashel C. Bordere, a well-respected,nationally-known expert in the field of children's bereavement, for this important webinar. This interactive presentation is designed to contextualize the multidimensional components that characterize loss, trauma, and suffocated grief for youth and families from marginalized backgrounds with focus on Black youth and families. Research, theory, and case examples will be integrated as we examine systemic inequities in loss and coping and some practices that are essential to culturally relevant support of bereaved Black youth.
Objectives:
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Describe patterns of loss, bereavement and suffocated grief among youth and families of marginalized backgrounds with focus on Black youth
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Examine coping in multiple contexts (social, familial, education systems)
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Discuss culturally relevant, evidence-based approaches to supporting bereaved children, teens and families socially located from positions of marginality
Presenter: Tashel C. Bordere, PhD, CT
Tashel C. Bordere, PhD, CT is an author, internationally-known speaker, and grant-funded researcher at the Center for Family Policy and Research at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is Vice-President of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief and serves on the Board of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and Advisory Council of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). Dr. Bordere is a former Forward Promise Fellow (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) and has received numerous awards including the Ronald K. Barrett National Award (ADEC) and 2022 Excellence in Engagement in Outreach Award at the University of Missouri. Her research, publications, consultations, and trainings focus on cultural trauma, stigmatized loss (homicide loss), Black youth and family bereavement, suffocated grief (a term she coined), and culturally relevant research and practices. She has a co-edited/co-written book - Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief (Routledge).