NYU Kids Health

This program is designed to support patients, families and staff through the end of life process and to provide them with follow-up bereavement services or refer them to the appropriate community resource.

	Memory Boxes These boxes are provided to parents after a loss, containing mementos of their baby.
	Family Resource Packets Packets containing information and support materials about the grief process and mourning (available in English, Spanish, and Chinese). A list of community resources is included.
	Children's Resource Packets Packets containing age-appropriate information, support materials and activity books for children of different ages to help them with their grief reactions.
	Support Group Program An ongoing support group for parents who have experienced a miscarriage, fetal demise/stillbirth/early neonatal loss, run by a senior social worker and nurse specialist. Soon, this program will include a support group for parents who have lost a child and a father's group.
	Children's Program This program is designed around a series of therapeutic activity groups for children 8-12 years of age. A corresponding networking group for parents/caretakers will be available.
	Straight Talk to Children A consultation service designed to assist parents and their families to help their children who are under the age of 18 to understand a sibling or adult family member's illness and death.
	Family Support Series A psychoeducational support program for families held three times a year. This year's topics will include Dealing with a New Loss, Coping over Time, and Handling Special Occasions.
	Family Resource Library Our library at NYU Hospitals Center contains relevant articles, videos, books, bibliographies, etc. For a list of books online for bereavement for parents, children and adolescents visit the NYU Kids Health Bookshop.
	Remembrance Services Services are held twice a year for families to return to the NYU Hospitals Center to remember their baby/child. Staff also attend.
	Sympathy Card A collectively signed card from the care team is sent to the family after their loss.
	Thinking of you cards Sent to families periodically.
	Community Advisory Committee This committee is made up of staff and individuals from the community who are sensitive to these types of losses. The purpose is to illicit feedback and input into program planning.

For more information, contact Dennis Sklenar, CSW, Department of Social Work at (212) 263-2966.

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