The following short guides are listed alphabetically by title. You can either click through to the relevant webpage, or you can download a print-friendly PDF version.

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Web page	Print-friendly PDF download
Building resilience in bereaved children	Building resilience in bereaved children
Children's understanding of death at different ages	Children's understanding of death at different ages
Delivering sad news: a guide to help education professionals, parents and carers tell a young person that someone has died	Delivering sad news: a guide to help education professionals, parents and carers tell a young person that someone has died
Explaining funerals, burials and cremation to children	Explaining funerals, burials and cremation to children
Explaining miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a newborn baby to young children	Explaining miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a newborn baby to young children
Explaining to young children that someone has died	Explaining to young children that someone has died
Grief and bereavement in Gypsy and Traveller families	Grief and bereavement in Gypsy and Traveller families
Helping yourself through grief	Helping yourself through grief
Holding a funeral when you cannot meet - ideas for families	Holding a funeral when you cannot meet - ideas for families
How children and young people grieve	How children and young people grieve
How you can help someone return to work after their baby or child has died: guidance for employers	How you can help someone to return to work after their baby or child has died: guidance for employers
How we grieve	How we grieve
Looking after yourself	Looking after yourself
Managing Christmas and other special occasions	Managing Christmas and other special occasions
Managing grief: A guide for education professionals and parents supporting bereaved pupils	Managing grief: a guide for education professionals and parents supporting bereaved pupils
Partners may grieve differently	Partners may grieve differently
Remembering: collaborative projects for the school community	Remembering: collaborative projects for the school community
Remembering	Remembering
Returning to work after your baby or child has died: guidance for employees	Returning to work after you baby or child has died: guidance for employees
Saying goodbye to your baby or child	Saying goodbye to your baby or child
Supporting bereaved children and young people with special educational needs	Supporting bereaved children and young people with special educational needs
Supporting bereaved childen and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder	Supporting bereaved children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Supporting bereaved children through difficult times	Supporting bereaved children through difficult times
Supporting bereaved children under 5 years of age	Supporting bereaved children under 5 years of age
Supporting children and young people after a frightening event	Supporting children and young people after a frightening event
Supporting children and young people bereaved by murder or manslaughter	Supporting children and young people bereaved by murder or manslaughter
Supporting children and young people bereaved by suicide	Supporting children and young people bereaved by suicide
Supporting children through difficult times	Supporting children through difficult times
The death of a grandchild	The death of a grandchild
Viewing a body with a child	Viewing a body with a child
What helps grieving children and young people	What helps grieving children and young people
When a child dies - a loss like no other	When a child dies - a loss like no other
When a grandparent dies - the impact on children and young people	When a grandparent dies - the impact on children and young people
When bereavement enters the workplace	When bereavement enters the workplace
When someone is not expected to live - supporting children	When someone is not expected to live
When someone may have died by suicide	When someone may have died by suicide
When you can't visit someone who is ill	When you can't visit someone who is ill
When your baby dies - a particular kind of grief	When your baby dies – a particular kind of grief