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Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series Resource Center
The SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) provides various resources and useful information for those in the disaster behavioral health field.
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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.
This web page offers a collection of free, downloadable resources for adolescents and young adults focusing on substance misuse, coping with disasters, and other traumatic events. The highlighted resources are listed by age groups including middle school youth, high school youth, and college students.
Developed for mass violence event survivors and their families, this web page features a collection of resources for victims. It includes helpline information, information regarding victim compensation programs, referrals to victim support organizations, and links to relevant resources such as tip sheets and mobile apps.
This web page highlights resources that explore incidents of gun violence. It includes relevant books for adults and children, podcast episodes, news articles, and other resources that highlight strategies for coping with acts of terror, planning for emergencies, and building resilience.
This resource is developed for children with parents or guardians who only speak Spanish to provide them with steps to help their parents during emergencies and cope with stress. It provides guidance for alerting parents and guardians of an emergency, how to be a helper, and how to ask for help if they are feeling anxious or scared.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
Available for iOS and Android devices, this app is a game that teaches children ages 711 about preparedness for disasters and other emergencies. Children take on the roles of different monsters in navigating through various scenarios. Through the app, children can learn about putting together a family emergency kit, preparing in other ways for natural disasters, and coping with stress.
The NDMC helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought, stressing preparedness and risk management rather than crisis management. Their website includes a section to help children better understand drought.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s activity book follows a young penguin named Pedro and his friends as they cope with their feelings and reactions after experiencing an emergency event. The activities included teach children skills for managing their emotions and coping with stress or fear.
This children’s storybook follows a young penguin named Pedro as he moves to a shelter after an emergency occurs in his neighborhood. The story follows Pedro as he meets new friends and helpers in the shelter.
This children’s storybook follows a young penguin named Pedro as he moves to a shelter after an emergency occurs in his neighborhood. The story follows Pedro as he meets new friends and helpers in the shelter.
This children’s storybook follows a young penguin named Pedro as he moves to a shelter after an emergency occurs in his neighborhood. The story follows Pedro as he meets new friends and helpers in the shelter.
This children’s storybook follows a young penguin named Pedro as he moves to a shelter after an emergency occurs in his neighborhood. The story follows Pedro as he meets new friends and helpers in the shelter.
This children’s storybook follows a young penguin named Pedro as he moves to a shelter after an emergency occurs in his neighborhood. The story follows Pedro as he meets new friends and helpers in the shelter.