About Courageous Kids


 Courageous Kids is a grief support program for youth (1st-12th grades), and their families who have experienced the death of a loved one. Since 1995, over 4000 people have participated in Courageous Kids' weekly support groups, theater troupes, and summer camps.

Adults sometimes want to protect children from the facts of a death, thinking children may become too upset. However, children and teens, who don't grieve the death of someone significant in their lives, can develop physical and emotional problems. The mission of Courageous Kids is to provide a developmentally appropriate, caring, and accepting atmosphere to normalize a child's thoughts and emotions related to grief and loss.

​Through art therapy, drama, sand play, and discussion groups, youths may give voice to thoughts and feelings, remember loved ones, and tell their stories. Courageous Kids activities emphasize ways for children and teens to give and receive support from each other. 

Courageous Kids programs also provide peer support and education about children’s grief for caregivers/parents.​
Courageous Kids' programming is funded through billing insurance, grants, and donations, making services free of charge to all families.

Upcoming Events

Courageous Kids has gone virtual!
Please call, 458.205.7474 for more information.

FYI

If you are looking for grief groups for children/teens/families. Here is a list of virtual groups that accept families from any location in the US (from jennylisk.com/pandemic):
 
The Christi Center
Austin, TX
512-467-2600
 
Mourning Hope Grief Center
Lincoln, NE
402.488.8989/402.486.0288
 
Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss
Mountainside, NJ
908.264.3100
 
Tamarack Grief Center
Missoula, MT 
406.541.8472  
 
Billy’s Place
Glendale, AZ
623.414.9838
 
 
If you're interested in more information about Courageous Kids programming, please call or email:
KJ Pfeiffer, MSW
Program Coordinator
458.205.7474
kpfeiffer@peacehealth.org
Courageous Kids Administrative Office
677 E. 12th Avenue Eugene, OR 97401