Children and Traumatic Stress

Check here for resources on cultures, ethnicities, religions (Anti-Bias / Multicultural Education)
Check here for alternative news sources, religion, social justice links (Steven Schroeder)
Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention
Mental Health, Child Abuse & Neglect

About Our Kids New York University Child Study Center
Talking with Children

AACAP American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry American

AAP American Academy of Pediatrics

American Arab Anti-Defamation Committee
Advice to Arab American parents

APA Anerican Psychological Association

Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Talking to children in times of tragedy with Jim Greenman, Diane Levin

CYFERNET Children, Youth, and Families - Extension Resources

Purple Wagon Judith A. Myers-Walls, Purdue University

Children Now Media and public policy advocacy

David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages

Educators for Social Responsibility
Morningside Center New York

Family Education - The Learning Network
Talking about conflict and war Alvin Poussaint, M.D. & Susan Linn, Ed.D.
Talking with children about war - Pointers for parents Alvin Poussaint, M.D. & Susan Linn, Ed.D.
Helping kids cope in a time of crisis and fear Katy Abel

Iowa State University Extension

Mister Rogers / Family Communications, Inc.

NAEYC National Association for the Education of Young Children

NMHA National Mental Health Association

NASP National Association of School Psychologists
School safety and crisis resources

National Center for PTSD National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

National Child Traumatic Stress Network NCTSN

NCELA

National Center for Children Exposed to Violence Yale University
In the aftermath of terrorism

NEA National Education Association
Crisis communication guide and tool kit

NECA Network of Educators on the Americas
Good links for teaching ideas, alternative media, etc

North Carolina State University Extension
Disaster Response and Recovery

Rethinking Schools
Resources on Sept 11th

University of Illinois Extension
Disaster resources

Zero to Three
Disaster Relief and Trauma


US government sites
FEMA
FEMA for Kids

NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
Coping with Traumatic Events

US Department of Education

US Department of Heath and Human Services
Disaster Mental Health Services