Goals of Stepping Stones of Hope programs include:

1. Teach about four dimensions of grief:  physical, spiritual, mental and emotional.
2. Help participants build self-esteem.
3. Reduce feelings of guilt and anxiety about showing feelings of grief.
4. Teach skills to help diminish profound sense of isolation and loneliness.
5. Introduce healthy coping skills and appropriate ways to cope with anger.
6. Increase participant's understanding about causes of death.
7. Eliminate fears that loved ones will be forgotten.
8. Help participants understand that everyone's grief is unique.
9. Increase friendships with peers who share a common experience.
10. Introduce Worden's Four Tasks of Grief for adults, and Goldman's Four Psychological Tasks for children.

...So that children becomes healthy, well-adjusted adults; and the adults in a child's life learn skills to navigate their own grief journey as well as build and instill open dialogue and family cohesion.