Janet Arida, PhD, RN, LCSW, CT
Outreach and Education Coordinator; Child Grief Specialist
Highmark Caring Place, Warrendale
200 Warrendale Village Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086
The Highmark Caring Place is a community resource providing child-focused, family-based peer grief support to children and their families who have experienced the death of a loved one. Services are provided free of charge by professional clinicians as well as trained volunteers and include support groups, presentations and trainings, and consultations to support individuals, schools, healthcare providers, and community organizations. Our goal is to provide direct support to grieving families, to offer training and education to professionals and community members, and to elevate the conversation around children’s grief with the hope of creating more grief-informed environments. Janet Arida is a child grief specialist who facilitates and oversees peer support groups for children and families as well as working to heighten awareness of children’s grief through presentations and training in her role as the Outreach and Education Coordinator.