School-Based Peer Support Groups

Recognizing that there are many families who cannot access our onsite services due to a variety of barriers such as distance, socioeconomic stressors or caregivers’ ability to participate, Peter’s Place brings support to children in their own schools.

Through our school-based program, students who have experienced the death of a significant person can discover their innate capacity to help and support each other (and themselves) as they navigate through grief. Students, counselors, social workers, and teachers report that the program allows participants to integrate their loss experiences into their lives in a meaningful way.

Peter’s Place School-Based Groups:

• Follow an 8-week curriculum
• Meet once a week for 45 minutes or one class period
• Host a minimum of 6 students, maximum of 10 students; for grades K-1, groups are comprised of four to five students
• Support students within two years of age (example 4-6, 9-11, etc.) using developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities
• School support professionals partner with Peter’s Place clinicians for group facilitation

For consideration in our program:

• Schools are asked to submit an Agreement Form
• Students will need to submit an Assessment Form and a Permission Form

To learn more about our program and to access these necessary forms please review the following documents.

• Program Overview 
• Caregiver Cover Letter
• Student Permission Form
• School Counselor Intake Assessment Form
• Child-Teen Questionnaire
• School-Based Services Agreement Form
• School-Based Group Flyer

Formularios En Español

• Carta de Presentaioń del Cuidado
• Formulario de Permiso de Estudiante

If you are interested in hosting a Spring group, forms must be submitted by March 11, 2024.

For more information, please contact Carla Levins at carla@petersplaceonline.org.

Who and Where We Serve 2022-2023

The map by county above represents the number of schools we served from our school groups.