Helpful Resources for Family Members or Friends
Tips for talking to SuperSibs
Ways to brighten a SuperSib’s day
- Sometimes the best conversations start with a compliment
- Printable coupons to lift SuperSibs’ spirits
Keeping your SuperSib connected
- Keeping patients and siblings connected while separated for treatment
- Sibling information sheet for temporary caregivers
- Coordinate information with your SuperSibs’ school professionals
ALSF Services for Parents
Grief and Loss Support
Download the Grief and Loss Mailing Program Parent Toolkit
Organizations that specialize in grief support
All external links are provided for informational purposes only. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation does not endorse any of the services or opinions of the organizations listed and bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external website or their subsequent links. Please inform us if you find that a website is outdated, is no longer applicable to our purpose or has a broken link.
- Compassionate Friends
- The Dougy Center at the National Center for Grieving Children & Families
- Peter’s Place
Suggested Reading
- When Families Grieve (Sesame Street) (PDF)
- Death and Loss: Helping Children Manage Their Grief , Scholastic, by Bruce D. Perry MD, April 2006 (via Scholastic.com)
- “After a Loved One Dies —How Children Grieve and how parents and other adults can support them” by David J. Schonfeld, MD and Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, CHES. (PDF)
- WhatsYourGrief.com
Past Comfort & Care Mailings
Ages 4-7
- Playbook – Fall 2018
- Playbook - Fall/Winter 2018
- Postcard - New Years 2019
- Postcard - Valentine's Day 2019
- Playbook – Spring/Summer 2019
- Postcard - Summer 2019
- Postcard – Fall 2019
- Playbook – Fall/Winter 2019
- Playbook – Spring/Summer 2020
Ages 8-12
- Playbook – Fall 2018
- Playbook - Fall/Winter 2018
- Postcard - New Years 2019
- Postcard - Valentine's Day 2019
- Playbook – Spring/Summer 2019
- Postcard - Summer 2019
- Postcard – Fall 2019
- Playbook – Fall/Winter 2019
- Playbook – Spring/Summer 2020