Grief Support Groups
Building stronger, more resilient school communities
Good Grief Groups builds on the work we have been doing since 2004 by equipping educators with training and curriculum to deliver grief support groups in the school setting. This program supports K-12 students who have experienced the death of an important person in their life – a parent or caregiver, sibling, grandparent or friend. Students meet in small groups to explore topics including processing loss, developing healthy coping skills, self-advocacy, emotion regulation, and peer support.
Good Grief Groups meet once per week over a nine-week period, and can be delivered virtually or in person. The program includes a curriculum with facilitator scripts, group activities, and student worksheets.
Our Grief Support Groups are designed to meet these goals:
Increase educator competency and confidence to support grieving students
Reduce student social isolation and withdrawal
Increase student self-help seeking and self-advocacy behaviors
Improve student coping and other adaptive behaviors
Enhance student empathy and connectedness among peers
We transform classrooms into grief-informed spaces where students thrive:
93% of students reported learning words to describe their grief feelings
90% reported learning strategies to take care of themselves
86% reported learning ways to seek support for themselves
93% reported learning how to be more empathic to others facing loss
95% of educators trained would recommend the program to their students
