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Children's Literature on Floods and Natural Disasters 
Description: This site provides information on books that allow children to understand what causes floods and talk about natural disasters in order to help children who have experienced a flood to communicate their feelings and fears.
Description: This site maintains an expert contact list on their website for mental health-related questions i.e. stress management, living with extended family, recognizing signs etc.
Family Financial Management - Interventions Following a Disaster
Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is to present some ways to deal with a financial crisis if it occurs. It will explain how to develop a financial plan, how to talk to creditors, and ways to make extra income. Financial hardship is difficult on families, so it is important to deal with financial stress. The best way to deal with financial stress is to take control and get help when needed. May be applicable for Gulf Oil Spill response or response to other catastrophic events such as flood, hurricane, earth quake, drought, wild fire, etc.
Family Financial Management - Planning for the Future
Description: Financial planning is important to maintaining a stable financial household. Good financial planning and achieving financial stability will also help to prevent financial crisis. Creating (and sticking to) a budget and spending plan will assist in attaining financial stability.
Managing Conflict Following a Disaster
Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is to help families develop skills in conflict resolution, especially at times when they are experiencing stressful situations during a disaster. This unit will introduce a model for understanding conflict: origins of conflict, responses to conflict, and outcomes of conflict. Families will also learn four steps to successfully resolving conflict. May be applicable for Gulf Oil Spill response or response to other catastrophic events such as flood, hurricane, earth quake, drought, wild fire, etc.
Understanding Depression Following a Disaster
Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is to help families who are experiencing stressful times during a disaster develop an understanding about depression: what it is, what causes it, what are the symptoms, and how is it treated? May be applicable for Gulf Oil Spill response or response to other catastrophic events such as flood, hurricane, earth quake, drought, wild fire, etc.
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10 Tips for Talking with Kids About the News
Description: This tip sheet offers parents suggestions for helping their children deal with frightening news events.
10 Tips for Talking with Kids about Tough Issues
Description: This article offers tips on how parents and other caregivers can talk with young children about sensitive topics.
Description: The 4-H National Headquarters and Land Grant Institutions across the nation partner with the Army, Air Force and Navy to provide predictable, quality 4-H programs and educational experiences to Military Children and Youth wherever they live. In addition, land grant university faculty and staff provide technical assistance and training to the military services in the areas of youth development and technology. Through the 4-H Military Partnerships, Military Children and Youth participate in 4-H Clubs on installations around the world and in their local communities. Military Children and Youth attend a variety of camp programs focusing on developing life skills and increase their awareness of the world around them.
After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Description: This site provides information on helping and understanding children from preschool to adolescence who have been through disasters.
After a Disaster: Self-Care Tips for Dealing with Stress
Description: This site provides information on understanding and coping with stress after a disaster.
Description: This website provides articles associated with agrosecurity and floods.
America at War: Helping Children Cope
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Sam Quick; Brian Fitzpatrick; Alex Lesueur
Description: This special media article provides suggestions for parents on talking with their children and helping them cope with the fears and uncertainties of war.
America Supports You: Our Miltary Men and Women
Description: "America Supports You," a nationwide program launched by the Department of Defense, recognizes citizens' support for our military men and women and communicates that support to members of our Armed Forces at home and abroad.
Are You Ready: Recovering from Disaster
Description: This article provides information on recovering from a natural disaster.
Caring for Important Papers After a Flood/El cuidado de documentos dañados durante una inundación
Description: Valuable documents should be protected from any disaster. If, however, they are damaged in a flood you can save them using the instructions in this fact sheet. English and Spanish versions are available.
Children and the Aftermath of Katrina: From fear to hope
Description: This site provides information about the effects of natural disasters, such as Katrina, on children and how to help them cope.
Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Author: Myers-Walls, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides a guide on how children may be affected by Hurricane Katrina and recommendations to support both children and families.
Conversaciones con los ninos sobre el terrorismo
Author: Myers-Walls, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This Spanish language fact sheet provides tips on how to talk with young children about acts of terroism and help them deal with associated fears and anxieties.
Coping with Violence and National Tragedy
Author: CYFERNet Team, (12 more by this author)
Description: The primary role of parents is to protect children. Young children do not need to be told about traumatic events that they have no way of understanding. Here are some recommendations and resources to help children deal with violence and tragic events.
Crisis Nursery Services: Responding to Ongoing Family Crises
Author: Landdeck-Sisco, Jeanne (1 more by this author)
Description: Discussion of the need for planned crisis nursery services to assist families with chronic or ongoing crises. Points out programmatic and staffing considerations for such service as well as the need to build a relationship with child protective services.
Description: After a disaster, con artists will be eager to take advantage of people's pain and suffering.
Dealing with Disaster: Be Watchful of Con Artists
Description: After a disaster, con artists will be eager to take advantage of people's pain and suffering.
El cuidado de documentos dañados durante una inundación
Description: Valuable documents should be protected from any disaster. If, however, they are damaged in a flood you can save them using the instructions in this fact sheet.
Encouraging Family Communication After a Disaster
Description: This site is meant to inform readers of the importance of family communication after a disaster.
Environmental Hazards for Children in the Aftermath of Wildfires
Description: Comprehensive fact sheet on the ways in which wildfires pose hazards to children and pregnant women. Includes recommendations for returning to an area impacted by wildfires.
Extension Disaster Education Network
Description: The New York Extension Disaster Education Network (NY EDEN) is a collaborative educational network based at Cornell University, dedicated to educating residents about preventing, preparing for and recovering from emergencies and disasters that could affect their families and communities. NY EDEN is affiliated with both the national USDA EDEN network and with Cornell University Cooperative Extension. NY EDEN works to link the emergency preparedness resources of New York agencies and organizations with the community networking and outreach capabilities of Extension throughout the state.
Description: University of Missouri Extension has created a disaster plan template to guide families through the development process. Creating a plan begins with a family meeting to discuss and decide how the family will respond to a disaster. Use this template to guide the process.
Family Financial Management - Interventions Following a Disaster
Description: This factsheet was developed to provide information on financial difficulties that may occur following a disaster.
Family Financial Management - Planning for the Future
Description: This site provides information on financial planning in order to prevent financial crisis.
Family Support in Times of Tragedy
Author: CYFERNet Team, (12 more by this author)
Description: Resources on CYFERnet that may be of assistance for those of you working with the children, families, survivors, and communities impacted by community /military shootings, violence and terrorism.
Fires In Residences Eliminated (F.I.R.E.) Toolkit
Description: This toolkit from the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Injury Prevention and New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control includes a collection of resources related to the prevention of home fires and fire-related deaths and injuries.
Getting Through Tough Times: Helping Children Cope
Author: Danes, Sharon (20 more by this author)
Description: One of a 17 fact sheet series on getting help, making financial decisions with less, dealing with stress, figuring out how to do more with less, and talking to children about tough times. "Helping Children Cope" discusses how losing a job or income affects all members of the family. Adults can become so preoccupied they can sometimes forget that tough times have an emotional, as well as a financial impact on their children and their sense of well-being and with their security. May be applicable for Gulf Oil Spill response or response to other catastrophic events such as flood, hurricane, earth quake, drought, wild fire, etc.
Guía para la Supervivencia Familiar: Si su Niño Desaparece
Description: This resource is a Spanish version of the article “Missing Children: Family Survival Guide” from the Department of Justice.
Health Risks of Wildfires for Children: Acute Phase
Description: Comprehensive fact sheet on the ways in which wildfires pose hazards to the health of children and pregnant women.
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do
Description: This booklet describes what parents can do to help children and adolescents cope with violence and disasters.
Helping Children Cope With a Disaster
Description: This fact sheet provides tips parents can use to help their children cope with a disaster.
Helping Children Cope with the Impact of Hurricane Katrina
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Kay Bradford, Ph.D.; Alex Lesueur, Jr.
Description: This fact sheet was developed to help educators work with families affected by Hurricane Katrina, but is suitable for all natural disasters. Includes links to other resources about coping.
Helping Our Children Deal with Shocking Events
Author: Wipfler, Patty (2 more by this author)
Description: In the aftermath of September 11, this article provides suggestions on what parents can do to help their children deal with traumatic events.
Helping Our Children Deal with Shocking Events
Author: Wipfler, Patty (2 more by this author)
Description: This tip sheet offers parents suggestions for helping their children deal with frightening news events.
Author: Hellevang, Kenneth
Description: A web site that is continuing to grow with extensive information related to moisture problems in homes and associated topics such as mold. Includes links to information on coping with natural disasters and publications regarding a family's emotional well-being and stress levels.
How Families with Children Can Prepare for Disaster
Description: This document provides advice on how families with children should prepare for a disaster.
How Families with Children Can Prepare for Disaster
Description: This document provides advice on how families with children should prepare for a disaster.
Description: This Zero To Three fact sheet discusses how stress affects parents and their children. It offers suggestions for parents on how to cope and help their children cope after traumatic events, such as natural disasters.
Description: This brief fact sheet from ZERO TO THREE provides coping strategies and suggestions parents can use to help their young children cope with traumatic events.
Managing Conflict Following a Disaster
Description: This site was designed to provide families with methods of conflict resolution for situations of high stress such as disasters.
NASW Responds to Hurricane Katrina
Description: This site provides information from the National Association of Social Workers on the Katrina hurricane.
Description: This website is provided as an educational resource concerning PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and other enduring consequences of traumatic stress, for a variety of audiences.
Preparing for Deployment in the 21st Century
Author: Varcoe, Karen (1 more by this author); Holly Gifford; Nancy B. Lees
Description: This presentation covers issues that families face both at home and away in communicating and working together when one member is deployed on military service.
Promoting a Family's Physical and Mental Health and Well-Being
Description: This factsheet was created to inform families on staying healthy while undergoing a stressful time.
Description: This factsheet was meant to provide a better understanding of disaster and its impact on families.
Ready or Not - Emergency Preparedness
Description: Are you ready for an emergency? Planning ahead can often save lives when disaster arrives unexpectedly.
This Hot Topic focused on resources to help individuals, families and communities prepare for emergencies.
Recovery After Disaster: The Family Financial Toolkit
Description: This Recovery After Disaster: The Family Financial Toolkit discusses strategies and provides tools that can help you move along the road towards financial recovery. The tools provided in this toolkit are designed to help families make decisions that are best for their family. This toolkit is designed so that those financially impacted by a disaster can utilize the individual units or use the entire toolkit as their situation requires.
Resources for Disaster Preparation and Response
Description: Below are some resources on CYFERnet that might be useful for you in your work with communities, youth, and families struggling to cope with effects of natural disasters.
Includes resources for Community Disaster Response, for working with Children, and resources in Spanish
Restoring Emotional Balance After a Disaster
Description: This article provides information on dealing with stress after a natural disaster.
September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance
Description: September 11 has been designated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. To mark the 10-year anniversary of the attack, millions of Americans will participate in community service efforts to honor the sacrifice of those who were lost and pay tribute to those who rose in response, as well as those military families who continue to serve our country. These CYFERnet resources provide research-based information to help parents and others talk with children about the difficult issues and feelings raised by the 9/11 anniversary.
Sesame Workshop: Let's Get Ready! Planning Together for Emergencies
Description: The "Let's Get Ready! Planning Together for Emergencies" resources include fact sheets and coloring books in English and Spanish and a very positive-message DVD that covers the basics that children should know. The DVD is approximately 16 minutes long with Grover as the main character.
Stress Management After a Disaster
Description: This article provides information on the management of stress after disasters.
Supporting Children and Youth Following a Disaster
Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide families with ways to support children during times of stress
Talk to Kids About Disturbing Events
Description: This tip sheet offers parents suggestions for helping their children deal with frightening news events.
Talking to Children About Violence: Information for Parents and Educators
Description: This fact sheet from the National Association of School Psychologists offers suggestions to parents and school personnel to help children feel safe by establishing a sense of normalcy and security and talking with them about their fears, triggers by violence or tragedy, particularly in schools.
Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions on how to talk with and help children exposed to or dealing with school violence.
Talking to Children When the Unexpected Happens
Author: Mader, Sharon (3 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides parents with suggestions on how to talk with their children during stressful times and help them deal with frightening situations or news events.
Talking to Kids About Terrorism or Acts of War
Author: Goodman, Robin
Description: Kids ask lots of tough questions but questions about acts of terrorism or war are some of the hardest to answer, especially when the news provides immediate and graphic details. Parents wonder if they should protect their children from the grim reality, explore the topic, or share their personal beliefs. This guide helps answer some common questions and concerns parents and professionals have about talking to children about terrorism and war.
Talking with Children When the Talking Gets Tough
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions for talking with children during challenging periods of conflict, stress, or about difficult topics.
Tips for Parents: Helping Children Concerned About Loved Ones Affected by the Hurricane
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Kay Bradford, Ph.D.; Alex Lesueur, Jr.
Description: This fact sheet was originally developed to help parents help their children cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Includes steps for coping with other hurricanes and disasters. Adapted with permission from the fact sheet, Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina, by Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D.
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Tips for Parents: Helping Children Cope with the Impact of Hurricane Katrina
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Kay Bradford, Ph.D.; Alex Lesueur, Jr.
Description: This fact sheet is aimed at helping parents of young children cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Includes steps for coping with other hurricanes and disasters. Adapted with permission from the fact sheet, Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina, by Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D.
Author: Lesueur, Alex; Carole A. Gnatuk, Ed.D.; Kay Bradford, Ph.D.
Description: This article presents a summary overview of how educators can help families and their children cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Includes steps for coping with disasters. Adapted with permission from the fact sheet, Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina, by Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D.
Tips for Talking to Children After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Description: Natural disasters can leave children feeling frightened, confused, and insecure. Whether a child has personally experienced trauma or has merely seen the event on television or heard it discussed by adults, it is important for parents and teachers to be informed and ready to help if reactions to stress begin to occur. This fact sheet from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration offers suggestions for parents and teachers to help children affected by trauma/disasters.
Tips for Talking to Children and Youth After Traumatic Events: A Guide for Parents and Educators
Description: This fact sheet helps parents and teachers recognize and address problems in children and teens affected by the trauma after an act of violence. Describes signs of stress reactions that are common in young trauma survivors at different ages, and offers tips on how to help.
Understanding Depression Following a Disaster
Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is to help families who are experiencing stressful times during a disaster develop
an understanding about depression: what it is, what causes it, what are the symptoms, and how is it treated?
Understanding the Impact of Disasters on the Lives of Children and Youth
Description: This factsheet was designed to provide information on how natural disasters impact the lives of children and youths.
United We Serve: September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance
Description: Beginning in 2002, family members who lost loved ones in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and support groups began to seek a forward-looking tribute to honor the sacrifice of those who were lost and pay tribute to those who rose in service in response to the tragedy. This site provides suggestions on ways of paying tribute and providing community service.
Author: Jakes, Susan (21 more by this author)
Description: This resource provides a summary of an interactive telephone training designed to help participants learn more about the resources we have posted about helping your communities cope with the war in Iraq. Topics include: Talking with Children about War and Terrorism, Classroom Resources, Stress and Coping, Protecting children from Traumatic Media Exposure,Patriotism, Related Organizations and Links and Resources for Military Families.
Description: Everyone needs to be personally prepared to survive at least 96 hours without help. Here is what you need. Don’t forget the special needs of each family member. And remember: Kits are “living objects”. Rotate food, water, and other perishable items such as medications.
Your Guide to Preparing for Emergencies
Description: This website is aimed at helping families prepare for an emergency. This handbook organizes many of the factsheets found on this website in a handbook for easy use.
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Children’s Health in the Aftermath of Floods
Description: This website provides a series of articles relating to children’s health in the aftermath of a flood.
Helping Children After A Disaster
Description: During and after a disaster, it is important to support children and allay their fears. If fears are not addressed carefully, they may continue long after the disaster has passed. Young children are particularly at risk during these times because of their vulnerability, their lack of understanding, and their difficulty in communicating their feelings. Older children may be frightened of how the disaster might affect their future.
Parents and other adults can make a great difference in how children deal with stress. Love and support can carry children over the rough spot. It helps to understand some normal reactions that children may have to disaster.
National Preparedness Coalition
Description: This site provides information on emergency and disaster preparedness. Sponsored by FEMA.
National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities
Description: The National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities was developed by the Drexel University School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equality with support from the HHS Office of Minority Health. It provides information, resources and training related to emergency preparedness.
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Author: Telg, Ricky; Abbe R. DeGroat; Nick Place; Tracy Irani
Description: This study examined how well University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension faculty were prepared to deal with professional demands, job expectations and clientele needs, while coping with personal hardships as a result of the 2004 hurricane season. Results indicate that respondents were not well prepared to deal with professional challenges and the emotional symptoms of clientele during the hurricane season. Respondents reported needing training in disaster preparedness, in applying subject matter expertise in disaster situations, and in assisting coworkers to cope with stress.
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Description: The 4-H National Headquarters and Land Grant Institutions across the nation partner with the Army, Air Force and Navy to provide predictable, quality 4-H programs and educational experiences to Military Children and Youth wherever they live. In addition, land grant university faculty and staff provide technical assistance and training to the military services in the areas of youth development and technology. Through the 4-H Military Partnerships, Military Children and Youth participate in 4-H Clubs on installations around the world and in their local communities. Military Children and Youth attend a variety of camp programs focusing on developing life skills and increase their awareness of the world around them.
Description: Dear Neighbors: A Course on Helping is a noncredit "conversational" course available at no cost to visitors to The WonderWise Parent. It is also used as a foundation training strategy in the Dear Neighbors program. This resource is a "generic" helping skills course that can apply to any context in which someone we know is suffering. Applications of the course to specific organizations are described in the links.
A National Tragedy: Helping Children Cope
Description: This fact sheet from the National Association of School Psychologists offers suggestions to parents and teachers on how to help children feel safe by establishing a sense of normalcy and security and talking with them about their fears, triggers by violence occurring in schools.
A National Tragedy: Helping Children Cope
Description: Provides information to help parents, school personnel, mental health professionals, and others to assist children as they cope with the aftermath of national tragedy.
America at War: Helping Children Cope
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Sam Quick; Brian Fitzpatrick; Alex Lesueur
Description: This special media article provides suggestions for parents on talking with their children and helping them cope with the fears and uncertainties of war.
Caring for Your Family in Disaster: Being Prepared
Description: This article discusses how to develop a family disaster plan.
Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Author: Myers-Walls, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides a guide on how children may be affected by Hurricane Katrina and recommendations to support both children and families.
Children May Experience Long Term Effects of Disaster (Flood Fact Sheet)
Author: Powell, Joyce (5 more by this author)
Description: This is a fact sheet on understanding that children need time to heal from traumatic events. Studies of children following natural disasters have shown that children may experience emotional and behavioral effects for months, one year or even two years following the disaster.
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters
Description: Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters from the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service is a set of resources for teachers and other child-care or youth workers that helps prepare them for working with children who have been through a disaster. These resources include: A Guide for Teachers, information that describes what children might experience during and after a disaster, how they might react to a disaster, and what teachers can do to help students during the recovery period; and School Activities for Teachers, suggestions for activities that teachers can use in their classrooms after a disaster, lists of curriculum guides on disaster-related topics, a bibliography of children's literature on floods and natural disasters, and a list of resource material that are available from the American Red Cross.
Conversaciones con los ninos sobre el terrorismo
Author: Myers-Walls, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This Spanish language fact sheet provides tips on how to talk with young children about acts of terroism and help them deal with associated fears and anxieties.
Coping with Disasters and Strengthening Systems: A Framework for Child Welfare Agencies
Author: O'Brien, Mary; Angela Herrick; Sarah Webster
Description: This publication is designed to help managers think through what they might put in place to cope with disasters, and to highlight how taking these steps can improve systems for serving children and families.
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Creating a family plan (and a family communication plan)
Description: This resource outlines what to include in a disaster preparedness plan.
Author: Myers-Walls, Judith (3 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet by Judith Myers-Walls, Purdue University Extension Specialist in child development and family studies, presents an overview to children's reactions to wars and disasters and offers advice for helping children cope with the terrorist attacks, and their aftermath.
Description: This fact sheet from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offers tips for coping with stress after a disaster.
Author: Black, Lynette (2 more by this author)
Description: Names of important people and resources, contact information and other information to help you respond to an emergency, locate a family member, seek help.
Getting Involved with Pandemic Planning
Author: Stevens, Debbie (1 more by this author)
Description: Brochure that reviews how 4-H youth and clubs can participate as an active asset in their communities to promote emergency and disaster planning, including pandemic planning,
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Helping Your Grandchild Deal with the Death of a Parent
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions for grandparents raising their grandchildren, with tips for understanding the grieving process, and how children understand death.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: What You Need to Know about Abuse and Neglect
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions for grandparents raising their grandchildren who are faced with dealing with the aftermath of child abuse and/or neglect.
Helping Children Cope with the Impact of Hurricane Katrina
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Kay Bradford, Ph.D.; Alex Lesueur, Jr.
Description: This fact sheet was developed to help educators work with families affected by Hurricane Katrina, but is suitable for all natural disasters. Includes links to other resources about coping.
Helping Children Understand Death
Author: Schultheis, Mary (2 more by this author); Judith Myers-Walls
Description: This fact sheet explains how children understand death as they grow older and provides parents with suggestions for helping their children talk about death.
How to Help Children Cope with a Crisis
Description: In the wake of the bombing at the Boston Marathon, parents, teachers, grandparents and other caregivers are very concerned about how dramatic images of and discussion about the tragic event will affect the emotional well-being of their children. They are looking for advice on how to communicate with children.
How to Talk to Children about School Shooting
Description: WebMD talked to Leslie Garrard, PsyD, a child psychologist at Miami Children's Hospital, and Melissa Brymer, PhD, director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. This is a summary of their best suggestions on what parents and others can do to help children cope with tragedy.
Living in the New Normal: Supporting Children Through Trauma and Loss
Description: Sparked by concerns about military children dealing with illness, injury, or death of a parent, the Living in the New Normal or LINN initiative was developed through collaboration with experts in the fields of trauma and grief, resiliency, health care, and child development.
LINN encourages families to ensure their children have the tools to weather life's storms, fosters homefront efforts to support military children, and provides educators and other concerned adults with information to help them support children during times of uncertainty, trauma, and grief.
Managing the Stress of War and Terrorism: Guidelines for Families
Author: Smith, Suzanna (5 more by this author)
Description: This resource covers the signs of stress overload in adults, in children, and in families coping with the stresses of war and terrorism.
Managing the Stress of War and Terrorism: Guidelines for Families-13 part series
Author: Smith, Suzanna (5 more by this author)
Description: This resource covers the signs of stress overload in adults, in children, and in families coping with the stresses of war and terrorism.
NY EDEN: Emergency Preparedness
Description: The New York Extension Disaster Education Network (NY EDEN) is a collaborative educational network based at Cornell University, dedicated to educating New York residents about preventing, preparing for and recovering from emergencies and disasters that could affect their families and communities.
Preparing for Deployment in the 21st Century
Author: Varcoe, Karen (1 more by this author); Holly Gifford; Nancy B. Lees
Description: This presentation covers issues that families face both at home and away in communicating and working together when one member is deployed on military service.
Description: This comprehensive site from Purdue University is geared to educators interested in helping parents and children in their explorations and understanding of war, terrorism and peacemaking.
Description: This section of Purple Wagon is geared to parents and contains articles about parents attitudes about war and peace, and also ideas and information about how to talk to children about these issues.
Purple Wagon: Educators, Teachers and Childcare Providers
Description: This section of Purple Wagon is geared to educators, teachers and childcare providers. It contains classroom activities and links about how to talk to children about war, terrorism and peacemaking.
Purple Wagon: Resouces for Military Families
Description: This section of Purple Wagon provides several fact sheets for military families and their children. There are also a number of resources for teachers who may have the children of military parents in their classrooms.
Description: The NEA Health Information Network, through a generous grant from the Sprint Foundation, created The School Crisis Guide in order to foster the creation of crisis teams with the ideas, tips, tools, and, resources that spur effective leadership and crisis management.
Sesame Workshop: Let's Get Ready! Planning Together for Emergencies
Description: The "Let's Get Ready! Planning Together for Emergencies" resources include fact sheets and coloring books in English and Spanish and a very positive-message DVD that covers the basics that children should know. The DVD is approximately 16 minutes long with Grover as the main character.
Surviving Tough Times: Identifying Sources of Support and Friendship
Author: Bland, Judy (2 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides tips and suggestions on the importance of having a support network during major life stresses, such as the loss of a job, divorce or death in the family.
Talking to Children When the Unexpected Happens
Author: Mader, Sharon (3 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides parents with suggestions on how to talk with their children during stressful times and help them deal with frightening situations or news events.
Talking to Kids about Violence, Terrorism, and War
Description: This fact sheet is geared toward helping educators facilitate children's understanding of violence, terrorism, war and other world events. Offers suggestions for talking with children and responding to changes in behavior.
Talking with Children about Terrorism
Description: The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon captured the attention of the nation, and many struggled with how to explain terrorism and war to children. Children need the help of parents, teachers or other caring adults to explain these topics and help them cope with fear. This fact sheet provides suggestions for such discussions.
Talking with Children When the Talking Gets Tough
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions for talking with children during challenging periods of conflict, stress, or about difficult topics.
Terrorism and Children: When War Is In the News
Author: Myers-Walls, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This updated site contains information for teachers and parents about how to talk to children about terrorism.
The Child Advocate: Helping Children Cope After a Disaster
Author: Petersen, Christopher
Description: This site provides links and resources aimed at helping children cope after a disaster.
Tips for Parents: Helping Children Concerned About Loved Ones Affected by the Hurricane
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Kay Bradford, Ph.D.; Alex Lesueur, Jr.
Description: This fact sheet was originally developed to help parents help their children cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Includes steps for coping with other hurricanes and disasters. Adapted with permission from the fact sheet, Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina, by Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D.
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Tips for Parents: Helping Children Cope with the Impact of Hurricane Katrina
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author); Kay Bradford, Ph.D.; Alex Lesueur, Jr.
Description: This fact sheet is aimed at helping parents of young children cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Includes steps for coping with other hurricanes and disasters. Adapted with permission from the fact sheet, Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina, by Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D.
Author: Lesueur, Alex; Carole A. Gnatuk, Ed.D.; Kay Bradford, Ph.D.
Description: This article presents a summary overview of how educators can help families and their children cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Includes steps for coping with disasters. Adapted with permission from the fact sheet, Children as Victims of Hurricane Katrina, by Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D.
Author: Jakes, Susan (21 more by this author)
Description: This resource provides a summary of an interactive telephone training designed to help participants learn more about the resources we have posted about helping your communities cope with the war in Iraq. Topics include: Talking with Children about War and Terrorism, Classroom Resources, Stress and Coping, Protecting children from Traumatic Media Exposure,Patriotism, Related Organizations and Links and Resources for Military Families.
What a World - Enhancing Conversations with Children
Description: This PowerPoint presentation, by Dr. Karen DeBord, addresses how parents and educators can help children who may be experiencing stress in the wake of disaster or trauma, either natural or man-made. It discusses the power of play, strategies for teachers and outreach, as well as a discussion of adult stressors.
Your Guide to Preparing for Emergencies
Description: This website is aimed at helping families prepare for an emergency. This handbook organizes many of the factsheets found on this website in a handbook for easy use.
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Description: This comprehensive overview of the literature on children and disasters argues that scholars and practitioners should more carefully consider the experiences of children themselves. As the frequency and intensity of disaster events increase around the globe, children are among those most at risk for the negative effects of disaster. Children are psychologically vulnerable and may develop post-traumatic stress disorder or related symptoms; are physically vulnerable to death, injury, illness, and abuse; and often experience disruptions or delays in their educational progress as a result of disasters. Children have special needs and may require different forms of physical, social, mental, and emotional support than adults. However, children also have the capacity to contribute to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery activities. In order to promote children’s resilience to disasters, we must improve their access to resources, empower them by encouraging their participation, offer support, and ensure equitable treatment.
Author: Telg, Ricky; Abbe R. DeGroat; Nick Place; Tracy Irani
Description: This study examined how well University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension faculty were prepared to deal with professional demands, job expectations and clientele needs, while coping with personal hardships as a result of the 2004 hurricane season. Results indicate that respondents were not well prepared to deal with professional challenges and the emotional symptoms of clientele during the hurricane season. Respondents reported needing training in disaster preparedness, in applying subject matter expertise in disaster situations, and in assisting coworkers to cope with stress.
Five Years After Katrina, Report Reveals 38 States Unprepared to Protect Children During Disasters
Description: This report addresses the level of disaster preparedness in states following Hurricane Katrina.