Resources to support children and families during times of war and Threats

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Great respources.

Heidi

The National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health E-net for Chapters and State Organizations

March 20, 2003

Dear Federation Chapters and State Organizations:

The following resources may be helpful to you is supporting children and families during these times of war & threats of terrorism.

A database of resources are being catalogued and described on the web site of the National Collaboration for Youth. There are only a few listed there now, but it will be growing over the next week, so keep watching it.

www.NYDIC.org click on the top right hand box

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has a paper called "Talking to Children about War and Terrorism"

www.NCTSNet.org

The NYU Child Study Center tackles tough questions about how to talk to children about the war with Iraq:

www.aboutourkids.org/articles/war_iraq.html

National Association of School Psychologists offers advice on helping children cope with fears of war and terrorism:

www.nasponline.org/NEAT/unsettlingtimes.html

The American Red Cross has age-appropriate information for use with children:

www.redcross.org/disaster/masters/facingfear/

The National Mental Health Association has posted 3 papers, "Helping Our Children Deal With War"; "Waiting for War - Dealing with the Stress of it All"; and "Helping Your Employees Cope With the 9/11 Anniversary".

www.nmha.org

A lot of disaster preparedness information and talking to your children about war tips are on the web site:

www.aap.org/terrorism/index.html

Educators for Social Responsibility provides guides and curricular suggestions to help teachers address national and global issues:

www.esrnational.org/sp/we/world.htm

The United Nations offers a curriculum on peace education:

www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/index.asp

As mentioned on this list serv yesterday, Helping America Cope is a great handbook of resources for families. It includes parallel pages for parents and children. There is information about this publication at www.7-dippity.com. We have some copies of this in the national office. If you call us, we could likely send you a copy. And, please check the Federation's web site for our 1-page checklist of suggestions for families and schools. Just above it, you will find the Board of Director's Proclamation against war.

www.ffcmh.org/whatsnew.htm#War

I hope these are helpful to you all. I also wish you all safety and peace in the days ahead.

A. Elaine Slaton

Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

1101 King Street, Suite 420

andria, VA 22311

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