Our New Center

It has been 1-1/2  years since we permanently relocated to our new Children’s Grief Counseling  Center in  Hockessin.  Many exciting things have happened since that time. 

Our staff has expanded and now includes an office manager, Lynn Corbett, as well as two mental health therapists, Kristen VanDoren and Megan MacDonnell,  who provide evaluation, consultation and treatment services to bereaved children ages 2 to 22 and their families.  We also welcomed three new board members, Aaron Wheeler, Matt Schlitz and PJ O'Dwyer.

We held our first summer day program, teen movie night and will soon begin a unique bereavement program, Girl Power,  for high-risk  teenage girls in collaboration with the Adolescent Day Treatment  Center at Wilmington Hospital. 

We have also continued to offer our highly regarded  grief support program, Healing Pathways, which has been filled to capacity since the move.  The new center and playground  provide the perfect environment for specialized social gatherings to bring bereaved families together for fun, relaxation and   support, which is so critical to the healing process. 

Some Facts About the Children We Serve

·Since 1989, Supporting Kidds has served over 4,000 bereaved children and their family members. 

· Typically, the children referred to our programs have reacted to the death with anger, withdrawal from friends and family, depression, an inability to talk about the death, school problems and behavioral   issues both at home and at school.

· The most common loss experienced by children in our programs is the death of a father (53%), mother (24%) and sibling  (15%).

· The average age of the person who died is 40 and is usually a parent.

· The top causes of death experienced by the children  are violent death such as murder (30%),  sudden death due to illness such as heart attack (30%), terminal illness such as cancer (28%) and  accident such as car or boat (12%).