Designed for youth, this resource provides information on community violence, how it can affect the daily lives of people in communities with high levels of violence, and what to do for support. It also helps youth to understand their reactions and offers tips for safety.

These 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.

In this app designed for children in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, participants help cities prepare for four types of natural disasters (earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcanoes).

This tip sheet provides information for religious leaders about common stress reactions to a disaster and suggests ways they can cope, and help others cope, with these reactions. The tip sheet also provides information on referring people for mental health services.

This tip sheet describes briefly how a tornado may have affected teens and their communities. It offers ways for teens to help themselves and others recover from emotional reactions after a tornado.

This tip sheet describes briefly how a disaster-affected community may look in the immediate aftermath of a tornado. It identifies feelings teens may have soon after a tornado, and it offers teens ways to help themselves and those around them with coping.

This site, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH), was created to help girls (ages 10-16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face. It focuses on health topics about which girls are concerned and helps motivate them to choose healthy behaviors by using positive, supportive, and nonthreatening messages.

This website explains actions the general public can take to remain safe and healthy in the event of an earthquake.

These 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.

This tip sheet discusses ways to cope with the psychological effects of a drought and the difficult decisions it can cause and provides guidance in family decision-making related to drought.

This fact sheet identifies emotions, feelings, and physical symptoms that young people may experience after a disaster and offers ways to reduce stress and begin the healing process.

Developed for caregivers, this web page explains how traumatic events such as disasters can affect children and explores how children at different age ranges may react to traumatic events. It includes a fact sheet that provides tips for caring for a child’s well-being before, during, and after a disaster, as well as an activity sheet for children focused on stress management and coping.

This toolkit features videos and interactive tools for children and youth experiencing stress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource features an optional survey that individuals can complete which will direct them to resources tailored to their needs; a frequently asked questions section focused on stress management; and two sets of tools, one for younger children and their parents, and another for teens.

Developed for caregivers, this web page explains how traumatic events such as disasters can affect children and explores how children at different age ranges may react to traumatic events. It includes a fact sheet that provides tips for caring for a child’s well-being before, during, and after a disaster, as well as an activity sheet for children focused on stress management and coping.

This website from Kids Health presents basic pandemic influenza information that parents or other caregivers can review with Children and Youth DBHIS.

This brochure provides information regarding the emotions one might experience after the death of a pet. It reviews the stages of grief, discusses the difficult decision regarding whether or not to get another pet, and provides guidance on remembering the pet.

HHS is the U.S. Government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

This tip sheet provides guidance for parents and youth about how to talk to journalists about civil unrest in their community. It covers parent's and children's rights and lists signs of a good reporter, to help readers know what they should expect.

This 1-page tip sheet from the NCTSN describes how talking with journalists may affect youth who have survived an incident of mass violence. It lists the rights that youth and families have (for example, they have the right to ask what the interview questions will be in advance of agreeing to an interview). It also identifies signs that reporters are doing their job well, so that readers know what to expect.

This guide offers strategies for teens to develop their own resiliency.

This children’s book tells the story of a boy named Jeremy who is experiencing childhood traumatic grief (CTG) after his father’s death. The story highlights signs and symptoms of CTG that Jeremy experiences and traces his acceptance of his loss and beginning of recovery.

Launched in 2003, Ready is a national campaign designed to educate Americans and help them prepare for and respond to emergencies, including natural and human-caused disasters. This section of the Ready website features information and games for children, family preparedness tools for parents and other caregivers, and tools and a curriculum for teachers to make schools safer and educate children and teens about emergency preparedness.

The American Red Cross offers a variety of disaster preparedness apps on topics such as floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and an all-inclusive emergency app that monitors 35 different severe weather and emergency alerts. The apps provide alerts, as well as a check-in system to let your loved ones know you are safe. There is also an app for children to teach them preparedness for real-life emergencies.