What help and support is out there for children who have lost a parent?

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I've tried Cruze and can never get through. Referred to Winston's wish but it's been three weeks. Any other ideas?

Have you seen their GP about it?

Ds saw the school counsellor for a while. No idea if schools can still afford counsellors, this was 5 years ago, but it definitely helped to talk to school. They gave ds timeout cards and set up a corner of the art room for him with some materials just for him, where he could go and just draw if he wanted to. They were fantastic.

I didn't give him a choice about the first school counsellor session and just crossed my fingers that he would like her and would be OK with seeing her longer term. They met for about 18 months I think but not that often.

There is a grief recovery programme for children. The book "When Children Grieve" is excellent and finding a Grief Recovery Practitioner could be really useful. It isn't counselling, more about helping children to have some closure by writing and drawing and talking about their loved one.

Grief Encounter helped Simon Thomas's son when his mum died suddenly.

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