Where to Turn for Help
Peer support is a really important part of the coping and grieving process. Students often want to be with their friends who “understand” them and are less likely, they think, to judge them. But students often need more than their friends to handle deep loss or a sense of overwhelming grief or anger or emptiness. A number of organizations focus on helping students and adults cope with tragedy.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)American Counseling Association (ACA)American Red Cross (ARC)Canadian Association of School Psychologists (CASP)American School Health Association (ASHA)Don’t forget to seek the help of teachers, school counselors, and local mental health professionals.