A National Tragedy: Helping Children Cope Whenever a national tragedy occurs, such as terrorist attacks or natural disasters, children, like many people, may be confused or frightened. Most likely they will look to adults for information and guidance on how to react.
| Coping with Crisis - Helping Children with Special Needs Tips for School Personnel and Parents from the National Association of School Psychologists
| Dealing with Crisis Parenting and child health resources from the Women's and Children's Health Network
| Tell Me A Story (TMAS) The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) TMAS program empowers military-connected children by using literature and children’s own stories in a way that fosters skills for resilience, strong peer and parent connections, a sense of pride and accomplishment, and a caring community. The MCEC believes that stories have the capacity to open family discussions on potentially difficult topics, such as family separation, deployment, moving, grief, and crisis. |
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