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This guide explores the connection between anti-racist organizations and trauma-informed care, highlighting the importance of both due to the prominence of current and historical anti-Black racism. It provides a detailed explanation of the importance of trauma-informed care and identifies how organizations can ensure their trauma-informed approaches address the needs of all communities, especially those who have experienced trauma due to racism.
View ResourceThis tip sheet highlights actionable principles that child-serving service provider organizations and systems are advised to implement to provide anti-racist and trauma-informed services. It includes strategies for implementing these principles wholistically, from provision of services to staff support and leadership development.
View ResourceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers numerous resources related to disasters and pregnant people and people with newborns. This web page features information and links for mental health and public health officials.
View ResourceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers numerous resources related to disasters and pregnant people and people with newborns. This web page features information and links for mental health and public health officials.
View ResourceCreated for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander families, this guide provides detailed steps for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a disaster event. It includes an emergency supplies checklist families can use, emergency plan considerations, and strategies for coping after a disaster.
View ResourceThis web page explores community violence data, including data surrounding youth and vulnerable populations, to highlight the important preventive strategies communities can pursue. It provides community members with resources, including databases and technical guides, to encourage the continued collection of data and strategies for building community resilience.
View ResourceThis tip sheet provides strategies for parents and caregivers supporting children as they cope with collective traumas. The resource offers strategies for coping for both the affected adults and children in an effort to promote healthy healing and resilience.
View ResourceCreated for parents and caregivers by a pediatrician, this website provides tips for communicating information about climate change and its effects to youth of various ages. The page breaks down recommendations by age ranges and offers caregivers opportunities to instill resilience and foster climate advocacy in children.
View ResourceThis part of the SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline website describes tornadoes and discusses the signs of emotional distress that people may experience after a tornado or severe storm. It identifies populations at greater risk for emotional distress after a tornado and sources of information and support for individuals in disaster-related distress.
View ResourceThis part of the CDC’s website presents an overview of hurricanes, as well as suggestions for preparing for a hurricane and staying safe after a hurricane. This website section also includes links to materials for families, health and mental health professionals, and other disaster responders.
View ResourceThis webinar explores the importance of trauma-informed systems supporting children and families to ensure community resilience and healing. It features a state-level organization in Tennessee to provide an example of an effective trauma-informed system that highlights strategies related to organizational collaboration, framework implementation, and staff self-care.
View ResourceThis web page gives an overview of the impact tornadoes can have, including injuries and damages. It also gives general safety tips for avoiding injury during cleanup after a tornado. Lastly, it provides information on children’s needs after a tornado and suggestions for helping them with their anxiety or fear.
View ResourceLaunched in 2003, Ready is a national public service advertising campaign designed to educate Americans to help them prepare for and respond to emergencies. This section of the Ready website provides information about what to do before, during, and after a tornado.
View ResourceThis recorded webinar features experiences from five expert trauma therapists who reflect on their work with children and families who have experienced trauma. The experts discuss complex topics, such as race, ethnicity, culture, and identity, and their impact on reception to treatment.
View ResourceThis tip sheet provides guidance on communicating with the media for responders serving communities affected by disasters that involved the death of many people. The tip sheet emphasizes the importance of preparation and of identifying a set number of people who will provide information to the media. It also offers tips specifically for media interviews.
View ResourceThis document provides information on understanding grief and the grieving process after the death of a pet. It reviews different ways to grieve and includes tips for coping with grief experienced when a pet dies.
View ResourceThis fact sheet provides tips and a checklist to help people with disabilities, such as SMI, to prepare for sheltering in place or evacuation. Checklist items help to assess needs, create a medical needs summary, collect important documents, and build a survivor kit.
View ResourceThis online article provides information about children’s reactions to disasters and suggests ways for parents to help children cope with their feelings.
View ResourceThese fact sheets from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network discuss challenging financial circumstances and economic hardships that can negatively affect youth, families, and communities. The series offers practical ways to address the challenges during economic hardships by improving a sense of safety, calming, self- and community efficacy, connectedness, and hope.
View ResourceThis web page provides recommendations and resources for supporting children during the COVID-19 pandemic, recognizing the effects this event can have on the emotional and mental well-being of youth. It explains possible reactions, highlights the importance of a responsive caregiver, and provides tips for self-care for adults and youth.
View ResourceThis guide provides the details of the psychological first aid model, which uses an evidence-informed approach for assisting children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of disaster and terrorism.
View ResourceThis fact sheet provides information on disasters, including the phases in which individuals and communities experience disasters, and the effects of disasters on families. It features a list of resources to help families cope with disasters and their aftermath.
View ResourceThis web page provides information for farmers and families of farmers to help them recognize signs of stress. It also lists resources for coping with stress and depression and preventing suicide.
View ResourceAt this web page, the American Red Cross describes tornadoes and associated hazards and presents general safety tips; explains how a tornado watch and warning are different; and lists steps to take before, during, and after a tornado. Also provided are links to information about emotional recovery and home cleaning and repair.
View ResourceThis web page from NAMI gives an overview of how mental health conditions may affect a person’s life, as well as how to begin recovery. It also provides information on a comprehensive list of mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. For each condition, it provides information on treatment, support, and discussion groups and resources.
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