Willow House

In addition to those services listed above, debriefing and staff support, working with your crisis team to provide auxiliary services, development of plans and programs for those immediate service needs as well as assessments for need and development of services for longer term support are part of the Crisis Intervention services offered.

A death in school communities has become more likely over the past years for a number of reasons; in part, because of our aging population. With regard to parents - many women are having children much later in life and more frequent remarriages occur between "older" adults, especially fathers With regard to school communities, workers, including school staff, often remain on the job longer, retiring at a later age.

The percentage of students expected to experience the death of a parent as noted above is expected to rise. Additionally, this statistic does not include the deaths of students' siblings, friends, classmates, teachers, coaches and other members of the school community, all of which add to an ever greater need in school communities.

Please call 847.236-9300 to discuss how we can help you to better prepare for the needs of grieving students and staff in your school community.

University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration (SSA)..."Thank you so much for meeting with our school social work field instructors. The feedback has been wonderful and the information you provided was perfect. I hope we can do something like this again next year."