Teen Spotlight
Teen Volunteer Scholarship Awards
For high school seniors with 50 post-training hours of service as a Hospice of the Valley teen volunteer.
Teen Grief Program
Grief Speak
A program where teens experiencing grief and loss can find their voice.
A lot of teens have experienced the death of a family member or a friend and are learning to live with it. So just what is grief?
Grief is the experience you have when you have lost someone or something important to you. It can look and feel different for everyone and there is no magical timeframe for when it ends. Grief takes on different shapes, behaviors and attitudes such as anger, guilt, illness, worry, confusion and a drop in grades.
Some teens choose creative outlets for their grief, such as playing music. Some choose physical outlets like sports and some just need to feel as normal as possible or talk to someone who understands what they are going through.
Help and support are available:
Grief Speak has a new booklet and DVD produced by teens for teens. For more information, click here.
To read an article about Grief Speak in azTeen magazine that was written by Centennial High School students,
click here.
- Anticipatory Grief for Teens (PDF)
- What is Grief? (PDF)
- How Grief Affects You (PDF)
- Your Grief Your Way (PDF)
- Helping Your Teen Cope
with Grief (PDF) - Your Mind and Body for Teens (PDF)
- The Teen Mind and Body
for Adults (PDF) - Help at School (PDF)
- Sudden Death vs. Expected Death (PDF)
- Losing a Brother, Sister or Friend (PDF)
- Healthy Family Grief (PDF)
- Complicating Your Grief for Teens (PDF)
- Complicating Your Grief for Adults who Care for Teens (PDF)
- Getting Through the Holidays (PDF)
- Getting Through the Rest of Your Life (PDF)
- Books for Teens on Grief and Loss (PDF)
- New Song Center for Grieving Children (Phoenix, AZ)
