Resources and Downloads

For Healthcare Professionals

MISS Foundation
www.missfoundation.org
A national support and activism organization devoted to the support of families who have experienced the death of a child.
Local San Antonio chapter:www.alamocitymissfoundation.org

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
www.nilmdts.org
An organization that provides free professional photography services to families whose children are dying.

Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)
860-586-7503
www.adec.org

Compassionate Passages, Inc.
www.compassionatepassages.org
Provides a “Supportive Care Handbook” for professionals and families

Growth House, Inc.
www.growthhouse.org
Growth House, Inc., provides contentsyndicationservices for professionals working with death and dying issues. Health care providers may call415-863-3045for further information.

Additional Reading:

Caring for Dying Children and Their Families
Edited by Lenore Hill

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
By Deborah L Davis, Ph.D.

Grief, Dying and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers
By Therese Rando

Resources for Families and Friends

MISS Foundation
www.missfoundation.org
Online and in-person support provided for families. All resources also available in Spanish. The local, San Antonio chapter meets monthly.
www.alamocitymissfoundation.org

Allianceof Grandparents, A Support in Tragedy (AGAST)
www.agast.org
888-774-7437

The Compassionate Friends
www.compassionatefriends.org
877-969-0010

National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
www.nfcacares.org
800-896-3650

SHARE Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
www.nationalshareoffice.com
800-821-6819

Additional Reading:

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
By Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.

An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination: A Memoir
By Elizabeth McCracken

Finding Hope When A Child Dies: What Other Cultures Can Teach Us
By Sukie Miller, Ph.D.

For Those Who Live: Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Brother or Sister
By Kathy LaTour

When Children Grieve
By John W. James and Russell Friedman

Men Don’t Cry…Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief
By Kenneth Doka and Terry Martin