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THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION FOR KIDS AND TEENS COPING WITH GRIEF

Looking for a helpful counseling intervention for grieving teens and kids dealing with the loss of a loved one?  You’ll love our Coping with Grief Card Game.  The prompts invite players to reflect on and build coping skills, to express hard-to-talk-about feelings and thoughts about death and loss, and to remember and honor their relationship with the person who has died.

Ways You Can Use The Coping with Grief Game:

• Small Groups for Social Emotional Learning Support and Skills Practice
• Individual counseling sessions as an assessment tool.
• The actual act of playing the game provides insight into children’s social skills, decision-making process, frustration tolerance, level of respect for rules & boundaries, and problem-solving abilities.
• Playing also builds social skills.

Now Available in Both Print and Digital Game Formats

You now get to choose between playing the printable card game format or the digital Google Slides™ version.  So whether you are in person or need an interactive grief intervention for distance learning, teletherapy, or virtual small groups, we got you covered.

How to Play The Digital Coping with Grief Connect Game

Taking turns, players/teams choose a number based on the spot they would like to place their pawn. Then answer the corresponding question/prompt. Move game pawn to cover the number just answered. Players continue to take turns answering questions/prompts and moving their pawn pieces until the first player/team has completed a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line of either 4 or 5 in a row.

For a Free “Sample Example” of how the digital game works, please download my Conversation Starter Connect Game!

How to Play The Printable Coping with Grief Game

In the spirit of other popular shedding-type card games, the player to get rid of all their cards first by wins. Players try to “match” the top card in the discard pile, by either laying down the same number, color (or shape, if using the black & white set), or type of action card. If the card contains a question or prompt, that player shares their response. The player may choose to decline responding by using 1 of their 2 Pass Tickets. Actions cards add fun twists and turns to the game. Actions include:

•  TAKE 3: The next person in line must take 3 cards before taking their turn.
• ROTATE RIGHT / ROTATE LEFT: All players pass on, or “rotate,” their cards to either the left or right, so that everyone exchanges hands with each other.
• GO AGAIN: Player gets to “go again,” gaining an additional turn.
• FREE!: Player who discards a FREE card is “free” to choose a new color (or shape) for the discard pile and then discard an additional card based on the color (or shape) they changed it to.
• FREE + SPY!: Player who discards a FREE+SPY card can spy on one player by peeking at their cards and then is “free” to choose a new color (or shape) for the discard pile and then discard an additional card based on the color (or shape) they changed it to.

Make sure to check out our FREE What Grief Can Feel Like Poster.