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 content syndication services for professionals working with death and dying issues. Health care providers may call 415-863-3045 for 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

Alliance of 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