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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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Part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, this handout provides parents with tips for how to respond to an adolescent child after a disaster. The document includes adolescents’ possible reactions, how parents can respond, and examples of what parents can do and say.
Part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, this handout helps parents understand how infants and toddlers may be feeling after disaster. It also lists ways for parents to help their young children cope with disaster. PFA is an evidence-informed, modular approach anyone can use to assist disaster survivors.
This handout provides information for parents including reactions and/or behavior they may notice in preschool-age children after a disaster and suggestions for what to say and do once the disaster is over. This resource is part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, which helps people provide PFA, an evidence-informed, modular approach for assisting disaster survivors.
This document offers information on how school-age children commonly react to disasters and how parents can respond. It is part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, which prepares people to deliver PFA, an evidence-informed, modular approach anyone can use to assist disaster survivors.
This story was developed to help young children and their families talk about feelings and worries they may have after they have experienced an earthquake. The story describes children’s reactions and talks about how their parents help them to express their emotions and feel safer. In the back of the booklet, there is a parents’ guide that suggests ways that parents can use the story with their children.
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 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 fact sheet provides disaster survivors with strategies for evaluating and managing their emotional health and disaster reactions. It provides information on possible reactions, steps for coping, and guidance for seeking additional support.
This fact sheet explains the emotions and physical signs and symptoms that individuals may experience after a disaster and offers some ways to reduce stress and begin the healing process.