North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center recently inaugurated its new Bereavement & Trauma Center, located on the headquarters campus of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center at 480 Old Westbury Road, Roslyn Heights.

This new facility houses the Schnurmacher Family Bereavement & Trauma Program which offers a multi-faceted array of special programs and services to assist children and families during times of grief or traumatic events.

Special support groups, led by trained professionals, are offered at low cost. Bereavement specialists are available to individuals, schools, and the community to provide crisis intervention, therapy and consultation.

As a Nassau County "First Response" facility, the center has provided crisis services following some of the most traumatic events experienced by the Long Island community in recent years. The center's clinical staff has been on site at such events as the Avianca plane crash, the LIRR massacre, the Lynbrook church murders, the Mepham abuse case, and the terrorist attacks of September 11. In the wake of such terrifying events, the need for these services has expanded.

The Bereavement & Trauma Center is also the new home of the center's very successful, ongoing programs for abuse prevention and treatment, and single parent programs and services.

As part of the many new initiatives into the community, special workshops will be held to address the very complex issue of bereavement and/or trauma. To have your name added to the center's mailing list or to obtain information about bereavement and trauma services, contact the center at: 299-5373, ext. 234 and ask for Linda Reilly and visit the center on the web at: www.northshorechildguidance.org.