Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Family Support Professionals in Times of War

Summary of Conference Call on "Using Online Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Family Support Professionals in Times of War: A Conversation with the Experts (April 17, 2003)"

Talking with Children about War and Terrorism

• Talking to Children About Terrorism and Armed Conflict

• Children and Terrorism

• Talking to Children When the Unexpected Happens

• Caring for Children in Troubled Times

• Talking to Kids About Terrorism or Acts of War

• Talking with Children During Tough Times

• How to Talk to Kids about Violence: A Response from Parenting Press

• Helping Our Children Deal with Shocking Events

• America at War: Children and Parents Under Siege

Classroom Resources

• ESR's (Educators for Social Responsibility) Suggested Lessons for Teachers Following the Attacks of September 11th, 2001and the Bombing of Afghanistan

• Facing Fear: Helping Young People Deal With Terrorism and Other Tragic Events

• Literature for Young People Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures, Kay E. Vandergrift (School of Communication, Information and Library Studies Rutgers University)

• Schools Helping Students Handle War Fears

• War, Peace, and Terrorism in Children's Literature

• Information and Stories About Islam and Muslims

Stress and Coping

• Caring for Children in Troubled Times

• Facing Fear: Helping Young People Deal With Terrorism and Other Tragic Events

• Fear and Courage

• Children may experience long term effects of disaster

• Disaster Recovery: Children's Needs

• Helping Children Cope with Stress

• American Red Cross Disaster Services

• Links on Coping with Terrorism

• Links on Grief

• Disaster Mental Health

• Coping with a National Tragedy

• America at War: Helping Children Cope

• America at War: Our Attitude Makes a Difference

• America at War: What the Average Person Can Do

• America at War: Rising Above Fear and Prejudice

• Helping Children After a Disaster

• Helping Children Cope with Terror

• Disasters and Terrorism

• Mental Health and Mass Violence: Evidence-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Victims/Survivors of Mass Violence. A Workshop to Reach Consensus on Best Practices (PDF)

Protecting children from Traumatic Media Exposure

• Terrorism, TV and Our Children

• How the Community May Be Affected by Media Coverage of the Terrorist Attack

• Your Child and Violent Media

Patriotism

• Embroider the American Flag

Related Organizations and Links

• Homeland Security

• EDEN: Extension Disaster Education Network

• The Military Family Resource Center

• On the Homefront: USA Freedom Corps – for people seeking to support our troops, their families, and their communities

• The Military Family Research Institute

Resources for Military Families

• Military Teens on the Move: An Internet Resource for Military Youth Facing Relocation

• Military Wives

• Uniting through reading

• Effects of Deployment Extend Beyond Military

• Strengthening Relationships During Deployment, Separation

• Extension/4-H Support For Military Youth And Family Programs

• Military Home Front, the official Department of Defense web site for reliable Quality of Life information

• Guard and Reserve Family Readiness Programs

Many state Cooperative Extension Services have materials dealing with similar issues on their web pages. Please check out your state's material at http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/state_partners.html.

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