This tip sheet for parents and other caregivers and teachers explains how to help children cope with the emotional aftermath of a disaster and includes information on common reactions according to developmental stage.

Developed for survivors of traumatic events and disasters, this web page provides healthy strategies for coping with the effects of stress and trauma before, during, and after a disaster. It includes links to resources that provide more information regarding general disaster response and recovery, incidents of mass violence, and stress management for first responders.

This guide provides information to help schools respond effectively to a range of school crises and disasters that affect school communities. The links provided offer strategies to potentially prevent violent school-based tragedies, identify students who may be at greatest risk of violent behavior, and address the emergent needs of students during times of crisis.

The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at the USC Suzanna Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is dedicated to helping schools support their students through crisis and loss. They offer crisis response resources, educational materials, and consultation and training, and they conduct childhood bereavement and disaster preparedness research. Many of the resources they offer are free; however, the books may require purchase.

The American Indian Institute brings together specialists from North American Indian tribes and bands representing such diverse areas as education, human services, sociology, psychology, history, economics, research, and evaluation to provide leadership and strategies related to complex social and human problems and challenges including substance abuse.

This tip sheet provides prevention, preparedness, and proper conduct guidelines for religious leaders to use during an active shooter crisis. The sheet also includes information on how to help the congregation recover from such an event.

This publication is designed to help community members feel more prepared for active shooter situations. The resource explains strategies for identifying an active shooter, responding when an active shooter is in the area, preparing for and managing an active shooter situation, recognizing potential workplace violence, and managing the consequences of an active shooter situation.

This video features Dr. Paramjit Joshi, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, DC, who offers guidance for teachers and counselors in supporting children in processing and coping after a school shooting or other traumatic event.

At this part of its website, NASP provides information and resources about natural disasters, terrorism, suicide, trauma, and violence prevention. Materials on these topics are also offered in languages other than English, including Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Kurdish, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

This website contains resources collected by the Virginia Tech Cook Counseling Center and the American Psychological Association as part of the ongoing support and recovery efforts in response to the anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings.

The Yale Childhood Violent Trauma Center operates a clinic, runs a program to help First Responders respond more effectively to children and families who have been exposed to violence, and provides training in the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention. The center also provides consultation to agencies and communities affected by disasters.

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. WHO is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.

The goal of this 50-minute podcast is to help parents, caregivers, teachers, and other school staff to identify common reactions of Children and Youth DBHIS to disaster and trauma. It can also help adults determine when a child or youth exposed to a disaster may need mental health services.

This half-hour webcast provides information for disaster responders and their families to prepare for the stress of responding to a disaster or traumatic event. It also provides tips for responders to reintegrate into normal work and home routines following their deployment.

This 60-minute webcast identifies types and sources of stress that disaster behavioral health responders may face, as well as methods of self-care. It also covers ways that supervisors and managers of disaster behavioral health responders can support their teams in coping with stress.

This guide offers information and suggestions to help emergency managers, planners, and responders include individuals with disabilities in disaster planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

The SAMHSA Store offers free publications and tip sheets, many of which can be downloaded, on topics such as substance misuse and disasters.

This resource offers tips for parents and other caregivers to help them talk with their children about a shooting, recognize certain reactions as common in children who have witnessed a shooting, model coping strategies, and know when to seek professional mental health assistance for their child.

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 fact sheet provides information for college students on coping after disasters or other traumatic events. It reviews common reactions survivors may be experiencing and provides helpful resources for survivors who may need additional information and support.

This tip sheet provides information for parents and other caregivers about how media coverage of a violent incident may affect children, teenagers, and families, as well as how they can help their children and teens manage media exposure and cope with their feelings about what they see in the media. The tip sheet also offers suggestions for families directly involved in a violent incident in working with reporters and setting limits if needed.

In this post to the Healthy Minds Healthy Lives blog, the author provides tips for talking with children after a school shooting or another traumatic event. The post was created after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. It provides tips for supporting children and modeling healthy coping, and it identifies signs that children may need professional mental health assistance. [Author: Fassler, D.]

This web page provides a summary of TF-CBT and includes reviews of relevant research findings on this model, which is used with children who have experienced a wide array of types of trauma.

This fact sheet identifies common reactions to a disaster or other traumatic event. It provides tips for reducing stress and for following up if you feel overwhelmed by stress and lists resources for additional support.