for grieving children & families
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for grieving children & families
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Welcome to Suncoast Kid’s Place!
We are excited to announce the opening of the Suncoast Kid’s Place – Center for Grieving Children and Families.
The Suncoast Kid’s Place provides support for children, teens and their families following the death of a loved one through peer support groups and education. Our goal is to offer support in a safe place where children, teens and families can share their experience as they move through their grief process.
Programming will start in a limited capacity during the week of June 2, 2008.
The grand opening will be the week of September 8, 2008.
About Us
After extensive research, the internationally known Dougy Center of Portland, Oregon, was selected as the model for the Suncoast Kid’s Place.
We are part of The Dougy Centers National Children's Grief Network.
Suncoast Kid’s Place is A Community Service of Van Dyke Church.
Our MissionThe mission of the Center is to provide support for children/teens from 3-18 years of age and their families, who have experienced the death of a parent, primary caretaker, brother, sister or teen friend, because of illness, accident, suicide or homicide…as an expression of the ongoing ministry of Jesus Christ.
Guiding Principles
The Suncoast Kid’s Place is founded on the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to grieve in a supportive and understanding environment. However, our society fails to understand or support the needs of a child and family in grief.
Based on these beliefs, the six principles of the Suncoast Kid’s Place are:
Suncoast Kid’s Place is committed to providing support for all of these components of the grief process.
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