Understanding and Managing Grief, July 1 - July 7, 2012

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• 10 Ways to Get Your Anger Out, http://buff.ly/OwZDrt | Esdeer
  
  
• Using Failure as Feedback When Mourning, http://j.mp/N4SsDC
  
  
• Useful article collection on Life After Loss, http://j.mp/LDyBLG ‪| Psychology Today
  
  
• Powerful message: Second Chances, http://j.mp/LT6uuQ ‪| Grief Digest Magazine
  
  
• Answer Coping After Bereavement‬ survey; receive free booklet, 5 Steps to Navigate Grief, ‪http://conta.cc/griefcoping3 | Storybooks for Healing

Deadline Extended: Nationwide Poll of Grieving Families

Originally intended to close the end of July, The National Alliance for Grieving Children has extended its groundbreaking Nationwide Poll of Grieving Families through September 30, 2011.  Bereaved families with children still living at home are invited to participate, including

• parents whose spouse or partner has died (married, unmarried, divorced and LGBT families are welcome)

• parents whose child has died 

• children (ages 3 to 19) whose parent has died 

• children (ages 3 to 19) who had a sibling who died

Each survey takes about 30 minutes to finish, but must be completed all in one session.  Participation in this nationwide survey is completely voluntary and strictly confidential.  Results will be compiled only in the aggregate; specific responses will never be linked to any individual or family.

For further details, see Nationwide Poll of Grieving Families

Nationwide Poll of Grieving Families

This letter comes to us on behalf of the
National Alliance for Grieving Children: 

Dear Families:

We are writing today to ask for your help with an important initiative that will help the millions of kids and families coping with the loss of a parent or sibling. As you may be aware, the National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC) is the nation’s leading network for bereavement centers. Its mission is to help centers serve kids and families in grief. To that end, the NAGC and the New York Life Foundation have embarked upon a groundbreaking national poll of recently bereaved families regarding their grief experience.