Helping Children Understand the Terrorist Attacks
This Department of Education web page has a number of useful links to resources and sensible advice, despite occasionally lapses into rhetoric.
Go to: http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/
Letter to Elementary Schoolchildren
First Lady Laura Bush wrote a very appropriate letter to schoolchildren, with the touch of a talented elementary school teacher.
Go to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/connection/letter2.html
Helping Children Cope with Tragedy
From The National PTA.
Go to: http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/tragedy/index.asp
Tips to Help Adults Cope with Disaster
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Helping Children Handle Disaster-Related Anxiety
From The National Mental Health Association.
Go to: http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/adulttips.cfm
Go to: http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/children.cfm
Helping Kids Cope in a Time of Crisis and Fear
From The Learning Network. Includes grade-by-grade suggestions for explaining the crisis to kids.
Go to: http://familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,20-25598,00.html?ecu09141
CNN's Talking With Kids
An entire site devoted to talking to children and youth about tough issues.
Go to: http://www.publiceducation.org/news/trauma_resources.htm
What We Can Do About the Tragedy
From Youth Noise, a list of ways that teens can help. Most suggestions are limited to how to remember the events and how to help raise money or make other contributions.
Go to: http://www.youthnoise.com/site/CDA/CDA_Page/0,1004,309,00.html
Message Board
The National Association of Secondary School Principals has created a special message board on its for discussion of these events and idea exchange on how to help students cope. Participants have to log in but otherwise it is open.
Go to: http://www.nassp.org/
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) has an excellent listing of articles and links for crisis management, including dealing with violence in schools and grief management in the aftermath of violence. Most references are to articles or sites accessible online; some materials are ASCD products available through ASCD.
Go to: http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/resources.html
