Children, Teen and Family Program at The Gathering Place is comprehensive and designed to meet the needs of children and teens living with cancer. Family-centered programs provide age-appropriate support and psycho-educational activities provided for the whole family.
Group for parents, children and teens who have experienced a death of an adult loved one from cancer. Includes expressive, age specific, group activities and a concurrent support group for parents. Facilitator: Erin Rafter, CCLS, PhD
Learn about the developmental levels and responses to grief in children and how to support them, and yourself, when coping with the loss of a loved one to cancer. Facilitator: Erin Rafter, PhD, CCLS
Workshop for children and teens who have an adult family member with cancer. Utilizing art, play and discussion, children, teens and their parents interact with families in similar situations.
For children and teens who have been diagnosed with cancer. Siblings and parents are welcome to attend these creative, interactive and supportive sessions.