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• Consultations with parents to help them support their child
in age-appropriate ways.
• Individual support for children anticipating a loss through
illness and death, or when a group is not currently available
for a bereaved child.
• Children’s grief camps - Grief camps at Avow provide a
safe and caring atmosphere for children to engage in fun and
therapeutic activities alongside peers who share similar loss
experiences. Day and overnight camps are offered at several
times and locations each year.

Avow’s new Children’s Bereavement Center has opened. The
beautiful Lyon Center for palliative, hospice and bereavement care,
opened its doors in January of this year and is home to Collier
County’s first dedicated children’s bereavement center.

• The center includes areas for play therapy, grief and anger
management, one-on-one counseling sessions and
program. The experienced and specialty trained counselors offer specialty group sessions.
support for children who are grieving the loss of a parent, sibling, • Parents/guardians will also be able to participate in
friend or relative through illness, accident, divorce/estrangement, support groups that meet during the same time their child
suicide or homicide. Services are offered free of charge and include: or teen is attending a group function.

• Children’s grief workshops held in Collier County schools Plans for additional programming are moving forward since
(public and private) during the school day for children of the number of new staff members have joined this dynamic child
similar ages and similar losses. focused team. There is always room for more area professionals who
• School assistance during times of crisis (for example, the wish to volunteer their time in support of the centers work. If you
death of a student or teacher). are that special person give Avow a call, they would love to speak
with you.
• Defusing sessions with children exposed to a traumatic
For more information about Avow’s programs for children and
event.
adults, call 239.261.4404 or visit www.avowcares.org.

The experienced
and specialty

trained counselors
offer support for
children who are
grieving the loss of

a parent, sibling,
friend or relative
through illness,
accident, divorce/

estrangement,
suicide or homicide.