Helping Children in Grief with Dr Korie Leigh

About this episode

Dr Korie Leigh discusses how to help children cope with grief and loss.

Grief is a complex thing, and can be difficult to approach with children. Dr Korie Leigh is one of the nation's leading experts on childhood grief & pediatric palliative care, a consultant to the Sesame Street Workshop, and the author of the new book "When Everything Changes: Parenting Through Loss and Grief." Today she shares principles to help children through the most difficult times, whether they are coping with loss or suffering from serious illness of their own. Follow her work and check out the book: www.korieleighphd.com The highlighted charity this month is the Coalition for Humane Rights for Immigrants. Go to www.chirla.org to support & share this important nonprofit.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Korie Leigh

Topics covered

• childhood grief
• pediatric palliative care
• supporting children
• loss and grief
• mental health
• nonprofit support

Keywords

• grief
• children
• palliative care
• loss
• mental health
• support
• nonprofit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sesame Street Workshop, Coalition for Humane Rights for Immigrants, CHIRLA

Products: When Everything Changes: Parenting Through Loss and Grief

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