Downloadable Grief Brochures
Helping someone find their way through the changes and often painful emotions that arise during the days, weeks and months that follow a death can be difficult. Our printable brochures will be a welcome gift for someone you love.
The brochures on this page are made available free of charge by our friends at the National Association of Loss and Grief (NSW) Inc and Sesame Workshop.
They are a series of quick-to-read, informative educational pamphlets that will help you take positive steps - either in your own grief or to help someone else who is bereaved. The France family and staff believe one of our most important roles is that of community educator. We share these resources, confident they will help you and those for whom you care as you find your way through grief.
The brochures on this page are made available free of charge by our friends at the National Association of Loss and Grief (NSW) Inc and Sesame Workshop.
They are a series of quick-to-read, informative educational pamphlets that will help you take positive steps - either in your own grief or to help someone else who is bereaved. The France family and staff believe one of our most important roles is that of community educator. We share these resources, confident they will help you and those for whom you care as you find your way through grief.
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This brochure lists examples of significant losses and the grief reactions associated with loss together with some strategies for helping someone who is grieving.
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Children, Young People and Adolescents
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This brochure explores the difference in a child’s response to loss from an adult. It provides guidelines for talking to children about death and ways of helping the child through the grief.
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Though children have the same sorts of feelings as adults they show them differently. This brochure explores the grief reactions for children following a disaster and offers coping strategies for helping a child through trauma following a disaster.
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Many emotions occur for the young grieving person including shock, guilt, anger and extreme sadness. Young people, unlike children, are more likely to understand that death is final and permanent. This brochure explores the grief reactions for young people and the changes in behaviour that are likely to occur. The brochure also offers ways of talking to young people about the loss and ways to support a young grieving person.
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This brochure explores the feelings associated with grief and adolescents. It answers the common questions asked by adolescents when they have experienced a loss and provides coping strategies that may be helpful.
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Trauma, Sudden and Unexpected Death
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Trauma is any sudden event that causes a person intense emotion can be classified as trauma. Traumatic events can include any form of accident; a hold up; and sudden or unexpected loss or dealing directly with an unpleasant event.
This brochure explores the reactions likely to occur following trauma and offers coping strategies for the person affected and hints for what to watch out for if you are supported a person following a trauma. |
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For many, because sudden or unexpected deaths are the sort of deaths more often linked with more traumatic ways of dying, a sudden death can catch people out and test what resources they have on hand for coping. This brochure explores the grief reactions associated with sudden or unexpected death such as there being no time for goodbyes and offers self care hints and ways to say goodbye.
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Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Death of Baby
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The loss of a pregnancy at any stage can have a big impact on you and your partner, and the family. This brochure explores the grief reactions associated with miscarriage and offers coping strategies for you, your partner and for returning home.
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When you know your baby will be stillborn
This brochure explores the grief reactions and stages when you know your baby will be stillborn. The brochure discusses the feelings likely to be present during and after delivery. |
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Grief reactions associated with elective termination of pregnancy
Deciding what to do about an unplanned pregnancy can be difficult and can result in many mixed feelings. This brochure explains the likely grief reactions associated with the decision to terminate a pregnancy and ways of coping. |
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Grief reactions associated with termination of pregnancy for medical reasons
No-one who conceives a pregnancy expects to have to terminate it for medical reasons and for what would normally be a happy event to become one of sadness. This brochure explores the grief reactions associated with the termination of pregnancy for medical reasons and offers strategies for coping. |
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Grief reactions associated with stillbirth and death of a baby
Pregnant couples usually expect birth to be a joyful event, not a sad one. The death of a baby brings many intense feelings. Parents often feel a strong desire to talk about their baby. Men also suffer after the death of a baby and children grieve for their baby sister or brother. This brochure explores the grief reactions associated with stillbirth and the death of a baby. |
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Supporting bereaved parents after the loss of a baby
Grieving the death of a baby or a miscarriage often takes much longer that those who have not experiences such a loss would expect. This brochure explores ways in which you can help support a bereaved parent following the loss of a baby and listst the needs for bereaved families. |
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Grief reactions associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
The death of a baby through Sudden Infant Death Syndrome happens out of the blue. The shock and grief can be intense for parents, remaining children, grandparents and other members of the family. This brochure explores the factors affecting how people grieve, ways of remembering the baby, and strategies for coping. |
Loss and Grief in the Workplace
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Coping in the workplace following a loss
These days we spend more and more time in the workplace. After a loss such a retrenchment, separation, divorce, deployment or death of a close relative or friends, the time taken from work is usually not sufficient for a person to recover sufficiently. This brochure explores the difficulties of returning to work, coping in the workplace after a loss and offers co-workers strategies for helping the grieving worker return to work. |
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Helpful hints for management following a death in the workplace
People go to work expecting “business as usual” and to go home at the end of the day to their families. The last thing they expect is for a co-worker to die in the workplace, from natural causes, or as a result of a tragic event. This brochure provides helpful hints for management and staff following a death or loss in the workplace. |
Drought
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Coping with loss, grief, stress and change in a rural crisis
Much attention is given to the drought’s impact on the environment – global warming, soil erosion, the risk of flood or fire. But what about the psychological costs? This brochure explores the grief reactions associated with drought and change in a rural crisis. |
Pet Loss
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Grief reactions associated with the loss of an animal
Pets and their human owners often share a special bond. The attachment can be similar to, and as strong as, the feelings we have for our family and friends, and many people see their pet as a member of the family. This brochure explores the grief reactions associated with the loss of a pet and offers strategies and helpful hints for coping. The brochure also touches on the aspects of destroying livestock and the grief reactions associated with such a difficult task. |
Later Life
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This brochure explores losses and change in later life. Loss of energy, fitness, memory, mental health, sexual attractiveness and desire, sight, hearing or chronic or life threatening illness. The brochure gives self help hints and hints for family and friends.
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Men's Grief
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When a mate needs a hand coping with loss and grief
Men and women can often express grief in very different ways, although both are normal. This brochure explores how men cope and what you can do to help a grieving man cope. |
Suicide
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Grief reactions associated with a death by suicide
Someone you love has chosen to end their life and you are left to deal with the consequences: the pain of unbearable sadness; dismay and confusion; empty feelings of abandonment; anger, guilt and the relentless persistence of unanswerable questions. This brochure explores the initial and later reactions associated with a death by suicide and explores the legal issues involved. |
Sesame Street presents "When Families Grieve"
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Gather pictures, clothes, or favorite things of your loved one. Then take turns telling stories or writing about each item to remind all of you of the good times you shared. You could also record stories on your video camera or mobile phone. Try downloading the "Memory Chain" and, as family, create a handmade remembrance of your loved one.
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Some children may not want to talk about what happened right away; other children may want to talk to everyone about their feelings. The truth is that every person in your family may have a different way of communicating their feelings. Create a time and place for sharing and talking. For example, you might sit with your children and say, "I'm feeling_______. How are you feeling?" You might also want to download the "Caring Cards" and use them with your children to find strength as a family.
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Using dolls and puppets, make up stories and act out feelings with your child. Drawing pictures could be a great way for younger children to communicate. For older children, writing in a journal may be helpful. Download the "Feelings Journal" and use it as a way to help everyone in your family express their emotions.
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A special guide for Families with information and strategies to help your family cope with grief.
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ABCTV Play School Beginnings and Endings Special Episode
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For the first time in 53 years Play School tackles the topic of death. More details on our blog.
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