The following is a list of web sites that could be useful to school psychologists and others searching for suggestions on coping with the recent tragedies in New York and Washington, DC.
National Association of School Psychologists: www.nasponline.org. This site is updated regularly with crisis intervention and response suggestions. It also includes links to many other web sites.
National Education Association: www.nea.org. The three links on its front page include "Tips for Caregivers," NEA's crisis guide and a special message board.
Public Broadcasting System: www.pbs.org/americaresponds/. This comprehensive, continually updated web site ties together a number of resources for educators, parents, and families from many programs and sites. Access lesson plans for various grade levels, advice on talking to your children about the events, broadcast schedule and more.
National Association for the Education of Young Children: www.naeyc.org. Includes discussing the news with 3-to-7 year olds and helping children cope with violence.
American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org
"Helping Children Deal with Scary News," from Mr. Rogers' Family Communications, Inc.: www.misterrogers.org/families
After a Disaster: Steps You Can Take to Cope with a Stressful Situation: www.wright.edu/sopp/cps/traumaticstress.html
Center for Mental Health in Schools: www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/resource.htm#crisis
The Child Survivor of Traumatic Stress: www.users.umassmed.edu/Kenneth.Fletcher/kidsurv.htm.
Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov/kids/terrism.htm
Helping Children After a Disaster: Facts for Families from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: www.aacap.org
Managing Traumatic Stress, American Psychological Association: www.apa.org
NASP National Emergency Assistance Team: www.nasponline.org/neat
National Center for PTSD: www.ncptsd.org
National School Safety and Security Services: www.schoolsecurity.org/terrorist_response.html
National Victim's Assistance Organization: www.try-nova.org
PrepareRespondRecover.com: www.PrepareRespondRecover.com/childrensneeds
Psychological First Aid Kit (George Mason University) www.gmu.edu/departments/psychology
Purdue Extension -- Knowledge to Go: www.ces.purdue.edu
Tolerance.org -- A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center: www.tolerance.org
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (military service focus) www.taps.org
U.S. Government: www.firstgov.gov
A list of trauma related links: www.sourcemaine.com/gift/
American School Counselor Association: www.schoolcounselor.org
California Association of School Counselors, Inc. : www.ca-schoolcounselor.org/
California Association for Counseling and Development: www.cacd.org
National Association of Social Workers California Chapter: www.naswca.org/
California School Nurses Organization: www.csno.org/
A heartfelt thank you : www.geektools.com/mirror/coldleaf.org/thankyou.htm