Traumatic Death Incidents

Pathways take a comprehensive of an approach to meet the needs of bereaved children,

Adolescents and their families who are suffering from the effects of sudden and traumatic death. Pathways strive to create a bridge between home, school, and the community, which has opened the door to many requests for assistance when tragedies strike.

Example of high profile critical incidents and traumatic death situations Pathways has responded to:

Drive-by shooting, Jordan High School
Baby hit by a car and killed while sitting in a stroller with her mother. Siblings attended Long Beach schools.
One bullet, two people. Jordan High School student while standing on the porch with her boyfriend.
Two Bancroft students killed in a car incident on the way to school.
Student at Cubberly Elementary School. Father was a L.A. Police officer killed in the line of duty.
Millikan High School Assistant Swim Coach killed in motorcycle incident.
Teacher at Tincher actively dying of cancer.
Teacher at Marshall Middle School whose son died suddenly-accident death due in part to a controlled substance.
Student at Bancroft committed suicide just before school started.
Lakewood student fatally shot while riding in the back seat of a friend's car en route to take another friend home.
A member of the Lakewood High School girl's volleyball team killed in a car incident.

These are incidents above and beyond the so-called "normal" deaths due to cancer, heart disease, etc. that affect students and families in our schools community.