Franciscan Health to Host Caterpillar Kids and Teen Grief Support Groups
The Franciscan Health Bereavement Support Team will be hosting Caterpillar Kids and Teen Grief Support, two separate grief support groups, over a four-week span in February at Christ Indianapolis United Methodist Church in Indianapolis.
Caterpillar Kids is a free support group that offers learning opportunities for children ages 6-12.
Sessions for children will include: crafts, games, music, snacks and therapy dogs. Video clips will be shown of other children sharing their story from when a loved one died and how they felt/coped. Small group chats will take place with topics including: what is grief, who has died, normal feelings, special memories, what is heaven, helpful tools to cope and hope ahead.
There will also be small group chats, touching on what is grief, who has died, normal feelings, special memories, helpful tools to cope and hope ahead.
A teen support group will also be available for those ages 13-17, who have experienced the death of a loved one. Teens will have their own curriculum and meet separately.
These groups offer a way for youth to begin the healing process with other children and teens.
An adult support group is optional and offered at the same time for adults who have kids or teens in these groups.
All support groups are free and four weeks in duration. The death does not have to be recent to participate in either support group. Groups meet at the same time and place each week, but in separate rooms. The classes will meet: February 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The theme for all three groups is: “I will always love you.”
Advance registration is required by contacting the Franciscan Health Bereavement Support Team at (317) 528-2636 or email, Bereavement@FranciscanAlliance.org.
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Christ Indianapolis United Methodist Church is located at 8540 U.S. 31 South in Indianapolis, just one mile north of Greenwood Park Mall.