Lists
- Helping Children Cope With Fears (Awesome Library)
Provides sources of information to help children cope with their fears, especially fear of terrorism. 10-01
- Helping Your Children Cope with the News of Reported Terrorist Attacks (US Department of Education)
Provides sources of information to help children be less fearful from the the terrorist attack on September 11th. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- How to Talk to Children About War and Terrorism (National Center for Children Exposed to Violence)
Provides guides and articles to assist parents, teachers, and professionals with talking to children about exposure to warfare and violence. 4-03
Materials
- Helping Young Children Deal With Scary News (PBSKids)
Provides suggestions, including some short video clips from Mister Rogers, to help young children feel safer. 9-01
Papers
- Children's Understanding of Death at Different Ages (National Education Association)
Summarizes the understanding of death that children often have at different ages. 11-01
- Coping With Unexpected Disasters (American Red Cross)
Describes different emotional and physical reactions to a disaster. Suggests how to deal with reactions. 9-01
- Framing Discussions of Terrible Events (Coalition of Essential Schools)
Provides provocative questions for children to discuss about what causes terrible events. 9-01
- Helping Children Cope With Traumatic Events (National Association of School Psychologists)
Provides suggestions for helping parents and teachers handle traumatic events, particularly the September 11th attack against the United States. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Helping Children Cope With the September 11th Disaster (Sesame Street)
Provides aged-based suggestions on how to talk to toddlers and children of various ages. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Helping Children Cope With the September 11th Tragedy (CNN - Mitchell)
Provides an interview with an expert on helping people deal with traumatic events. Suggests that children need reassurance and normality in their daily lifes and that young children should not see the tragedy repeatedly. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Helping Children Cope with Trauma (American Red Cross)
Provides suggestion on what to say to children by age level, as well as recommending what to do. Suggests when professional assistance may be needed. 9-01
- Helping Students Cope with Terrorist Attacks (US Department of Education)
Provides suggestions to teachers and principals to help identify students having difficulty with the events of September 11th and suggestions actions to take. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Helping Toddlers (0 - 3) Cope in a Time of Crisis and Fear (ZerotoThree.org)
Provides suggestions on what to say to Toddlers, especially at the bottom of the page. Toddlers generally cannot handle this type of information well and should be protected from it as much as possible. If they are exposed to it or ask, then honesty and strong reassurances are recommended. 9-01
- Helping Traumatized Children - Guide for Caregivers (ChildTrauma.org - Perry)
Provides suggestions for helping children talk about traumatic events. 9-01
- Helping Your Children Cope in a Time of Crisis and Fear (FamilyEducation - Abel)
Provides suggestions on what to say to children by grade level. For example, it is good for older children to be able to participate in helping in some way, such as writing letters of condolence to families of victims. 9-01
- Helping Your Children Cope with the News of Reported Terrorist Attacks (drSpock - Dr. Jana)
Provides several suggestions to help children be less fearful. Suggestions include
a. emphasizing that members of the immediate family were not hurt (hopefully, this is true for you),
b. maintaining a regular structure,
c. keeping the television off while young children are in the room (or, if the television must stay on, stay near them and talk to them about what they are seeing),
d. letting your children know that people in charge are taking care of the danger,
e. reassuring them that it is very, very rare that planes crash or buildings collapse,
f. making sure that if you are upset or sad that your children are assured that they did not cause it.
In addition, the author warns that young children may become fussy or throw tantrums as a way of dealing with the stress, which is a natural reaction. The author reminds parents that they need to take care of their own stress also, and work with their network of friends and relatives. 9-01
- Letter from Mrs. Bush to School Children (USNewswire.com)
Provides a letter of reassurance from the First Lady to middle and high school students and a second letter to elementary school students. 9-01
- Parents - Helping Children Cope With Traumatic Events (Alberta Mental Health Board - Perry)
Provides suggestions to teachers for helping their children handle traumatic events, particularly the September 11th attack against the United States. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Discusses symptoms and treatments related to PTSD. Visitors sometimes misspell as post traumatic or post tramatic. 10-01
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (American Psychiatric Association)
Discusses symptoms and treatments related to PTSD. Visitors sometimes misspell as post traumatic or post tramatic. 10-01
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (National Institutes of Mental Health)
Describes post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD), a potentially strong reaction to experiencing or even witnessing a traumatic event. "About 30 percent of the men and women who have spent time in war zones experience PTSD." 9-01
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (National Institutes of Mental Health)
Describes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a potentially strong reaction to experiencing or even witnessing a traumatic event. "About 30 percent of the men and women who have spent time in war zones experience PTSD." Visitors sometimes misspell as post traumatic or post tramatic. 9-01
- Talking to Children About Violence (CNN - Marans)
Provides an opinion on how to talk to children about what happened in New York City. 9-01
- Talking to Your Kids About Terrorism (Tolerance.org)
Provides an interview with two leading experts on talking to kids about terrorism. 9-01
- Teachers - Helping Students Cope With Traumatic Events (Alberta Mental Health Board - Perry)
Provides suggestions to teachers for helping students handle traumatic events, particularly the September 11th attack against the United States. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Teens - Coping With Traumatic Events (Alberta Mental Health Board - Perry)
Provides suggestions for helping teens handle traumatic events, particularly the September 11th attack against the United States. Tells them what might occur for them and how to deal with each type of reaction. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
Projects
- How Children and Teens Can Help With the September 11th Disaster (Red Cross)
Provides specific ways children and teens can help families of those affected by the September 11th disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11.9-01
- How Children and Teens Have Helped With the September 11th Disaster (Red Cross)
Provides stories of young people contributing to help families of those affected by the September 11th disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- How Kids Can Help With the September 11th Disaster (LibertyUnites.org)
Provides examples of projects for kids to contribute to the healing from the disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- How Youth Can Contribute (Constitutional Rights Foundation)
Provides activities for youth to contribute to those who have helped with the September 11th disaster or who have been overlooked. Examples of people who may have not received much assistance include people who were displaced from their homes and have had little or no time to return for their belongings, people working at airports and airlines who have suffered emotionally or have lost jobs, and people who live alone and have no one to talk to about what happened. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
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