< Center for Good Mourning

Upcoming Events

Arkansas Programs

Good Mourning 30th Anniversary Workshop

"Forgotten Mourners" No More: Grief Support for Children, Families and Schools is a free, full-day workshop for all those interested in providing grief support to others. This workshop celebrates and honors 30 years of Good Mourning Grief Support Groups.

  • Friday, September 12, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m . | Arkansas Children’s Hospital | In-person and virtual options
  • Panel presentations by Good Mourning group leaders, parents of grieving children, adults who death as children, and school professionals dealing with death impacting their school community
  • Lunch provided for in-person attendees
  • Certificates of attendance provided for all attendees
  • No fees but registration is required
  • Register here
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Fall Good Mourning Grief Support Groups

Good Mourning Grief Support Groups are for any child or teen, ages Kindergarten through high school, who have experienced the death of a family member or friend. There are also support groups available for the adults in the family. There is no charge for the program, but a completed application is required for each child or teen. Each series goes for 8 weeks:

In-person series on Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., beginning September 30 with a Parent Orientation on Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m., September 23.  To request an online application, go to www.goodmourningcenter.org. For more information, call email goodmourning@archildrens.org or call 501-364-7000. 

Alliance for Grief and Loss

Alliance for Grief and Loss will be provided online in a video-conference format.

The Alliance for Grief and Loss is an informal coalition of helping professionals interested in grief and loss issues. Meetings will be on Zoom. “Business” will be at 11:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 11:45 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Live presentations will end at 1:00 p.m. and 90-minute webinars will end at 1:30 p.m. Zoom connection information will be sent prior to each meeting. Unless otherwise noted, meetings will be on the second Friday of the month. To be added to the email list, please email goodmourning@archildrens.org.

Please email goodmourning@archildrens.org for more information or to be added to the email mailing list for the Alliance for Grief and Loss.  

All are welcome.

International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day

Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Arkansas Children's Hospital Professional Building 1, Room 103

For adults who have experienced a family member or friend who died by suicide. Lunch provided and registration required. For more information, please use link below. Registration will be open later in the fall. https://afsp.org/international-survivors-of-suicide-loss-day/

Mount Eagle Grief Retreat

January 9-11, 2026

A retreat to help support and equip those in the helping professionals to be of service to others experiencing grief led by Greg Adams from the Center for Good Mourning at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Limited to 12 participants. For more information and to register, go to https://mounteagle.org/events/.

 

Online Education