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Coping With Traumatic Events
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School Personnel | Military Families | Parents | Media | Research
General
- Mental Health and Traumatic Events from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
This site contains information about mental health in times of trauma.
- Firstgov.gov
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Usgresponse.shtml
This site is the U.S. government's official web portal. It contains links to information about responding to traumatic events.
- The National Institute for Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
The National Institute of Mental Health, a division of the National Institute of Health, provides a wide variety of information on coping with different kinds of crises. This site contains articles on coping with disasters, depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder and a section for Spanish-speakers.
- Information About Coping with Traumatic Events from the National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/traumaticmenu.cfm
The National Institute of Mental Health conducts research not only on a wide range of mental health disorders, but also on the reactions that occur in a time of crisis or terror.
- The National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org/
The National Mental Health Association provides pages on dealing with terrorism in the work place, coping with the anniversary of September 11, drawing on your faith to cope with war, and many more topics.
- From anthrax to anxiety: A guide for uncertain times
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=MH00021&bucket;=staged
This resource from the Mayo Clinic provides information about managing your emotional health during times of war.
- Winning the Battle Vs. War Worries
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/62/71661.htm
War, with Iraq and against terrorism in general, weighs heavily on Americans' minds. On this site you can find tips from experts on how you can understand and conquer your fears in these troubling times.
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School Personnel
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://www.nctsnet.org
Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this network is designed to improve the quality, effectiveness, provision, and availability of therapeutic services delivered to all children and adolescents experiencing traumatic events. This network comprises 18 centers and represents a coalition of treatment centers nationwide.
- Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA)
http://www.fema.gov/kids/terrism.htm
This web site provides general guidelines for teachers and parents when talking with children about the threat of biological warfare or terrorist attacks.
- United States Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/september11/educators.html?exp=0
This web site offers tips for educators to help children feel safe and secure and provides on-line access to an extensive list of additional information and resources.
- National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/children_war.html (helping children)
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/specpop.html (helping children with special needs)
This web site provides school personnel and parents with detailed tips for helping children (including children with special needs) prepare for and cope with war and terrorism.
- National Education Association (NEA)
Crisis Communications Guide and Toolkit
http://www.nea.org/crisis/b4home.html
This guide and toolkit provides educators with resources for preparing to cope with crises in their school communities.
- Connect for Kids
Lesson Plans for Teachers
http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?doc_id=120823#Plans
This web site provides educators with on-line access to lesson plans that are designed to help children cope with fear, anger, grief, and the war on terrorism. The lesson plans were developed by education associations and education media.
- Talking With Kids Organizer's Toolkit
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/toolkit.html (toolkit)
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/first.html (10 tips)
This toolkit provides 10 tips on talking with children about tough issues and suggests events, activities, and tools to organize a Talking With Kids event. The toolkit is appropriate for schools, businesses, churches, families, and community organizations.
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Military Families
- United States Department of Defense
Enduring Freedom
http://www.mfrc-dodqol.org/Enduring_Freedom/
This Department of Defense web site provides on-line access to organizations, tool kits, discussion guides, and crisis intervention resources for military families, teachers, therapists, and others who work with children. The resources were originally compiled to help children and families recover from the September 11th terrorist attacks. However, the resources can also support military youth and their families during other traumas, including sickness and death.
- DeploymentLINK
http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/deploy/family/family_intro.shtml
This web site provides military families with on-line access to resources for preparing for and coping with deployments and locating service members. This site contains family support resources for each of the Armed Forces, as well as information for children and deployment entitlements.
- The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc. (TAPS)
http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp
TAPS is a national nonprofit organization made up of persons who lost a loved one while serving in the Armed Forces. TAPS offers grief counseling referral, case worker assistance, and crisis information. The heart of TAPS is its national military survivor peer support network, which is a forum for survivors of persons in the military. TAPS Links provide families with on-line access to an extensive list of grief information, support, and service resources.
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Parents
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://www.nctsnet.org
Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this network is designed to improve the quality, effectiveness, provision, and availability of therapeutic services delivered to all children and adolescents experiencing traumatic events. This network comprises 18 centers and represents a coalition of treatment centers nationwide.
- Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA)
http://www.fema.gov/kids/terrism.htm
This web site provides general guidelines for parents and teachers when talking with children about the threat of biological warfare or terrorist attacks.
- United States Department of Homeland Security
http://www.ready.gov/
This web site provides parents with three basic steps for protecting your families in the event of a terrorist attack.
- United States Department of Education
Talking and Thinking With Children About Terrorist Attacks
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/adults.html
This web site provides parents with tips for talking and thinking with children about terrorism.
- American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm
This web site offers advice to parents on how to communicate with children and adolescents during times of crisis.
- Connect for Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?doc_id=120823#Helping
This web site provides on-line access to organizations that provide parents with age-specific tips for helping children cope with terrorism.
- GriefNet.org
http://www.griefnet.org/
This web site represents an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss.
- How to Talk to Your Child About the News
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/news.html
This web site provides age-specific tips for parents when talking with children about current events.
- parentcenter.com
http://www.parentcenter.com/refcap/parenting/raising/34843.html
This web site provides specific tips to help parents talk to children ages 2 to 8 about terrorism.
- Talking to Kids About Terrorism or Acts of War
http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/war.html
This guide helps to answer some common questions and concerns of parents and professionals about talking to children about terrorism and war.
- Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/twk-news-terror-dom-tips.htm
This web site provides tips to parents for talking with children about terrorism.
- National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Terrorist Attacks and Children
http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_children_disaster.html
The National Center for PTSD offers research-based information specifically related to children and terrorism. The link above provides information on how to address disasters to young children, school-age children, and adolescents. It offers suggestions on whether or not children are in need or professional help.
- The National Council of Family Relations
http://www.ncfr.org
The National Council on Family Relations provides a list of the five best things and the five worst things parents can tell their children about war.
- A War in Iraq: Tackling Tough Issues with Kids
http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/war_iraq.html
Kids ask a lot of tough questions but questions about war are some of the hardest to answer. This site, sponsored by About Our Kids, provides some answers to common questions and concerns that parents have about talking to children about war.
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Media
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Children
- FEMA for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/teacher.htm
This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sponsors this site. It contains
tools, games, and links for children.
- Coping with Traumatic Events
Special Comments for Children and Youth
http://www.amhb.ab.ca/chmh/resources/page.cfm
This site presents children with a list of suggestions for dealing with their
feelings about traumatic events such as war.
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Research
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