A pervasive percentage of urban African American youth are loosing their peers to homicide, which greatly affects his or her inherent life. The grief process is depicted in the study but the imperative focus of the study consists of a specific intervention in which students can cope with the grief. Students can also freely attain help and cope with grief through peer support. However, peer based and art therapy intervention is not two variable components but one. The intervention pertains to a peer based art therapy implementation, which briefly highlights peer involvement and support. Accordingly, the study will focus on the student’s perceptions in regard to coping with the implementation of the peer based art therapy intervention not adhering
