Bereavement Support Services

Bereavement Support Resources

Guidelines and Standards

• Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs - The Unexpected Death of an Infant or Child: Standards for Services to Families (2001, reprinted 2004)
• Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs - Bereavement Counseling for Sudden infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Infant Mortality: Core Competencies for the Health Care Professional (2004)
• Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance - Practice Guidelines: Offering the Baby to Bereaved Parents
• Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance - Practice Guidelines: When Bereaved Parents Want to Hold Their Baby

Home Visits - see also Multimedia

• California SIDS Program - A Practical Guide to the SIDS Home Visit (2005)
• National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review & Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs - Fetal and Infant Mortality Review: A Guide for Home Interviewers (2002)
• Sudden Infant Death Network of Ohio - A Guide for the Sudden Infant Death Home Visit

Multimedia

• NSIDRC Multimedia Resources Online

Online Support

• The Compassionate Friends
• Griefnet.org
• The Hygeia Foundation
• M.I.S.S. Foundation - online forums and chat rooms
• The Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Program

Updated December 2010

Developed by the Program Support Center at First Candle with collaborative assistance from the Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Centers.