Crisis Resources Online

Compiled by Nevin Dolek

Non-Profit Organizations

http://www.un.org/: The United Nations. 

http://www.who.int/: The World Health Organization.

http://www.ifrc.org/: The International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies.

http://www.projhope.org/: Project HOPE: Project HOPE’s mission is to achieve sustainable advances in health care around the world by implementing health education programs, conducting health policy research, and providing humanitarian assistance in areas of need.

http://www.unicef.org/: UNICEF.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child - http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm
UNICEF Activities - Research and Evaluation - http://www.unicef.org/reseval/
UNICEF Activities - Programs - http://www.unicef.org/programme/
UNICEF Activities - Emergencies - http://www.unicef.org/emerg/
UNICEF Global Partnership for Children - http://www.unicef.org/gmfc/
UNICEF Puppets with a Purpose - http://www.unicef.org/puppets/

http://www.childrensdefense.org/: Children’s Defense Fund.

http://www.amnesty.org: Amnesty International.

http://www.childrensdefense.org/safe-start.htm#violenceprev: The Children’s Defense Fund Youth Violence Resource Center.

http://www.fema.gov/: FEMA -Federal Emergency Management Agency - Multi-Hazard Safety Program for Schools.

FEMA for Kids - http://www.fema.gov/kids/k2k.htm

http://www.try-nova.org/: National Organization for Victim Assistance.

    * NOVA-National Community Crisis Response -
                  http://www.trynova.org/Victims/find_help.html
    * NOVA Resources for victims and survivors -
                 http://www.trynova.org/Victims/help_after_victimization.html                 

National Institute of Mental Health - Helpful information after traumatic events (also in Spanish).

http://www.nasponline.org/: National Association of School Psychologists.  

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jbeebe/orgs.html: Professional organizations relevant to school psychology.

http://www.apa.org/practice/drnindex.html: American Psychological Association - Practice Directorate, Disaster Response Network.

 
http://www.apa.org/practice/ptsd.html:  APA - Warning Signs of Trauma Related Stress.

http://www.psych.org/: The American Psychiatric Association.  

http://www.suicidology.org/: American Association of Suicidology.

http://www.naswdc.org/: National Association of Social Workers.

http://www.nvoad.org/: National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster.

http://www.giftfromwithin.org: Gift From Within - An international organization for survivors of trauma and victimization, providing educational materials, articles and resources related to trauma and PTSD.

http://www.ncptsd.org/: National Center for PTSD. 

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/: National Institute of Mental Health A wide array of information about mental health issues for the public, clinicians, and researchers.

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cfigley/research.html: THE Traumatology Institute.

http://greencross.20m.com: The Green Cross Projects (GCP) is a humanitarian service organization originally started by the Traumatology Institute in response to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. The goal of GCP is to provide immediate trauma intervention to all areas of the world when a crisis occurs. This includes assistance in the most recent world disasters, the issue of violence in the media, the crisis in Kosovo and discussions on other events, such as the tragedy in Littleton, Colorado, USA.

http://www.istss.org/: International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. A membership organization providing a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns and theoretical formulations on trauma in the United States and around the world.

http://www.issd.org/: International Society for the Study of Dissociation. A nonprofit professional organization promoting research and training in the identification of dissociative states.

http://www.childtrauma.org:The Child Trauma Academy, an organization based in Houston, Texas. The mission of the Academy is to help improve the lives of traumatized and maltreated children and their families.

http://www.aaets.org/: The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. 

http://www.schoolcrisisresponse.com/: Book - A practical guide for crisis response in our schools.

http://www.icisf.org/: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

   http://www.multiple-personality.com/: Survivors’ Art Foundation. A nonprofit organization dedicated to encourage healing through the arts; the site features an online art gallery for visual, literary, and performing artists.  

http://www.ctsn-rcst.ca/: Reseau Canadien du Stress Traumatique - Canadian Traumatic Stress Network.

http://www.ccep.ca/: Canadian Center for Emergency Preparedness - CCEP’s mandate is to assist communities, governments and private business to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from man-made natural disasters.

Crisis Intervention /Response in Schools

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed405535.html: Crisis Intervention: An opportunity to change. ERIC Digest. Describes crisis intervention and summarizes steps a worker can use for assessment.

 

http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000024/p0000024.asp: Youth Suicide Prevention Programs: A Resource Guide. U.S.A. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. A valuable resource on youth suicide. Also includes information on School Gatekeeper Training/Overview and Rationale School Gatekeeper Training/Overview and Rationale.

http://telehealth.net/articles/email.html: E-mail as a Modality for Crisis Intervention. By Joseph Polauf.

 

   

Crisis Planning and Management in Schools

http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan: Dealing with Terrorism - School Crisis Plans. A new website from the U.S. Department of Education, designed to provide school leaders with information they need to plan for any emergency, including natural disasters, violent incidents and terrorist acts.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/crisis/responding.htm: NASP School Crisis Planning:
Questions answered.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/safety/: Safe Schools and Violence Prevention Office. Crisis Management and Response .California Department of Education.

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/model.html: Model School Crisis Management Plan. Resource Guide for Crisis Management in Schools.

http://www.osba.org/hotopics/crismgmt/cmgmthb.htm: Crisis Management Plan: Steps for schools to take in a crisis. Oregon School Boards Association.

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/info/emergency/resources/mentalhealth/index.cfm: Mental health resources designed to help students, families, and staff cope with stress and uncertainty,  developed by school system psychologists, pupil personnel workers, and guidance counselors, in collaboration with the Montgomery County Crisis Center and the Mental Health Association of Montgomery County.

http://www.uakron.edu/education/safeschools/security/security.html: Crisis management and school security. By Duane Covrig.

http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/lichten95book.html: How to prepare for and respond to a crisis, by Robert Lichtenstein, David J. Schonfeld, Marsha Kline, and Dee Speese-Lineham.

http://nettleton.crsc.k12.ar.us/crisis.htm: Crisis Response Plan of Nettleton Public Schools- Excellent example of school crisis response plan.

Trauma and Treatment

http://www.trauma-pages.com/perrykid.htm: Principles of working with traumatized children: Special considerations for parents, caregivers, and teachers by Bruce D. Perry. 

 http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/effects.asp: The effects of traumatic events on children. Materials for caregivers, by Bruce D. Perry.

http://www.ncptsd.org/publications/cq/v2/n1/copyofhy.html: Secondary prevention with high risk children in elementary schools, by Bruce Hiley-Young and Steve Giles.

http://www.counseling.org/consumers/children.htm: Article - Crisis Fact Sheet: 10 ways to recognize Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, provided by the American Counseling Association.

http://www.sidran.org/trauma.html: Articles on trauma and PTSD provided by the Sidran Foundation.

http://www.healing-arts.org/tir/n-r-diehl.htm: Article - Psychobiology of trauma, by Emily Spence Diehl.

http://www.istss.org/publications/jts.htm: Journal of Traumatic Stress - articles.

http://www.shpm.com/articles/trauma/index.shtml: Articles on traumatic stress provided by Self Help & Psychology Magazine.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/articles.htm: Articles on trauma provided by David Baldwin. Translation to Spanish is available.

www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_children_disaster.html: A National Center for PTSD fact sheet, by Jessica Hamblen.

http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_riskfactors.html: A review of the empirical literature on risk factors for adverse outcomes in natural and human-caused disasters

http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/treatment/fs_seeking_help.html: Seeking help for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet.

http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/treatment/fs_treatment.html: Treatment of PTSD. A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet.

http://www.nwc.net/personal/babette/artsafe.htm: Article - Making trauma therapy safe: The body as resource for braking traumatic acceleration, by Babette Rothschild.

http://home.earthlink.net/~hopefull/: Articles by Hope E. Morrow. Includes links and articles on debriefing services/debriefing handout/trauma & memory/EMDR.

http://www.icisf.org/inew_era.htm: Article: A primer on critical incident stress management (CISM), by George S. Everly, Jr. and Jeffrey T. Mitchell.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/johndweaver/: Defusing and debriefing, by John D. Weaver.

http://www.dstress.com/guided.htm: Basic guided relaxation: Advanced technique. Article by L. John Mason.

http://www.dstress.com/p-a.htm:Panic/anxiety control program. Article by L. John Mason.

http://www.dstress.com/10-tips.htm: Self-care/stress: Ten timely tips. Article by L. John Mason.

http://www.emdr.com/: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/art_of_healing.asp: The Art of Healing: The Healing Arts Project, by Leilani Miranda.

http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/assess.asp: Interdisciplinary Assessment - An effective model for understanding maltreated children, by Christine Ludy-Dobson.

http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/cccc_paper.asp:The Children’s Crisis Care Center Model. A Proactive, Multidimensional Child and Family Assessment Process, by Bruce D. Perry, et.al.

http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/index.shtml#top: Program guidance crisis counseling and mental health treatment similarities and differences. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch. 

http://www.tipnational.org: Trauma Intervention Programs is a non-profit organization founded in 1985. Volunteers provide support to emotionally traumatized citizens immediately after tragedy strikes.

Coping with Disasters

http://www.naspweb.org/center/safe_schools/safeschoold_disasterpl.html: Disasters -  Developing a crisis response plan: Guidelines for school personnel, by Debby Waddell and Alex Thomas. 

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/facts/emotion.html: "Emotional reactions to disasters." University of Illinois, Cooperative Extension Service.

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/facts/kidcope.html: Helping children cope with a disaster.

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/help.html: How to help disaster victims.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/chld-res.htm: Children's reactions to disaster. 
Spanish translation is available.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/aacap.htm: Helping children after a disaster, by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Spanish translation is available.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/chldcop.htm: Helping children cope with disaster/ earthquakes/tornadoes/fires/floods/hurricanes/hazardous materials spills. By FEMA and the American Red Cross. Spanish translation is available.

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/after.html: What to do after a disaster - Fact sheets on different aspects of disaster recovery.

http://www.naspweb.org/advocacy/neat_cultural.html: Cultural Perspectives on Trauma and Critical Response. Adapted by Kris Sieckert, NEAT Central Region Facilitator.

http://helping.apa.org/daily/tassey.html: Coping with the aftermath of a disaster: John Tassey answers your questions.

http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_helping_survivors.html: Helping survivors in the wake of disaster: At the disaster site or in shelters/relief centers. A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet, by Julian Ford and Bruce H. Young.

http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_natural_disasters.html: Survivors of Natural Disasters. A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet.

http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_turkey.html: The August 1999 Earthquake in Turkey and Post-Traumatic Stress. A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet.

http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_taiwan.html: The September 1999 Earthquake in Taiwan and Post-Traumatic Stress. A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet.

http://www-soc.kwansei.ac.jp/tatsuki/papers/PresentationPapers/ISTSS97.htm: Family centered eco-system model of traumatic stress and coping: Structural equation modeling and their clinical/policy implications. By Shigeo Tatsuki. This is a report of relief activities following the 1995 Kobe Earthquake and subsequent practice/research on post-traumatic stress management.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/famcope.htm: Family coping strategies, by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. Spanish translation is available. 

http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/EmergencyServices/ccp_pg01.asp: Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP). This webpage provides the reader with a sample of groups identified as special populations by past CCPs and innovative approaches to providing services. One of the most consistently targeted special populations discussed in the reports for all of the past CCPs is children. School programs engaged children through role-playing, poster contests, art play and crafts, psychodrama and presentations. Community programs for children included childrens' workshops, camps, a city-wide celebration and an after-school respite program.

http://www.moia.gov.il/pirsumim/pikud_en.pdf: "In the event of a genuine alert" - Information on civil defense for the family. Brochure sent out to the entire population in Israel in March, 2003, by the Civil Defense unit of the Home Front Command.
Click here to read a summary of the psychological aspects of preparation. 
The text is also available in Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian: http://www.moia.gov.il/english/publication/civil.htm

Crisis Resources in Spanish from NASP

School Violence

http://helping.apa.org/warningsigns/: An APA guide

http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/KEN-01-0092/default.asp: After disaster: What teens can do.

http://www.mentalhealth.org/schoolviolence/initiative.asp: School Violence Prevention Initiative. A preview of the new CMHS school violence prevention program: Enhancing resilience.

http://www.mentalhealth.org/specials/schoolviolence/5-28Resilience.htm: Resilience - Status of research and research-based programs.

http://www.mentalhealth.org/schoolviolence/bildingresilience.asp: Enhancing Resilience (ER) Examples of exemplary and promising programs.

http://www.air-dc.org/cecp/guide/annotated.htm: Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools. The full text of this public domain publication is available at the Department’s homepage at:  http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/Products/earlywrn.html

http://education.indiana.edu/~extrela/spring99/TOC.HTM: School Violence: Strategies for Safe Schools, by Ceci Jones. 

http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/safety/: California Department of Education, School Safety and Violence Prevention Office. Crisis Management and Response.

http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/violence/6003.html: What to do in a violent crisis. National Education Association.

http://eric.uoregon.edu/trends_issues/safety/selected_abstracts/programs.html: Trends and Issues: School safety and violence prevention. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/grieve/welcome.html:  Working with grieving children after violent death: A guidebook for crime victim assistance professionals, by Marlene A.Young.

http://cecp.air.org/school_violence.htm: Violence prevention programs from the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice.

www.nccev.org: The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence, an organization dedicated to finding solutions to the complex issues that face children, families and communities exposed to violence.

 

Children Coping With Death and Grief

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/child_loss.htm: A child’s loss: Death, grief and mourning. How caregivers can help children exposed to traumatic death, by Bruce D. Perry and Jana Rubenstein. Spanish translation available.

http://www.kidsource.com/sids/grief.html:Children and death, kid grief. 

http://sids-network.org/sibling/sibsupport.htm: Some normal grief reactions for children and adolescents.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/child_loss.htm:The Child’s Loss: Death, Grief and Mourning .How caregivers can help children exposed to traumatic death, by Bruce D. Perry and Jana Rubenstein. Child Trauma Academy, Parent and Caregiver Education Series, Volume 3, Number 1, August, 1999.

http://www.isis.csuhayward.edu/ALSS/soc/NAN/dd/6800jt/jamie.htm: A sociological analysis of children in relation to death, dying, grief, and bereavement, by Jamie Taylor.

http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/506750.html#10_CHILDRENANDGRIEF: Loss, grief, and bereavement provided by the National Cancer Institute.

http://www.barrharris.org: The Barr-Harris Children’s Grief Center in Chicago, Illinois is dedicated to helping children facing the pain of death, divorce, separation, or abandonment. This web site has an excellent bibliography of professional and personal resources for this issue.

http://www.beyondindigo.com: Grief and loss support.

http://www.barrharris.org/barbooks.html: Recommended books about death and grief for children and adolescents. Reviewed by Benjamin Garber, Barr-Harris Children’s Grief Center, Chicago, Illinois. 

http://www.leeanne.com/grief/: Children coping with grief and dying, Books about death, loss, illness, and hope for children and their caregivers. Collected by Lee Anne Phillips.

http://www.hospicenet.org/html/talking.html: Talking to children about death. Compiled from keynote addresses, by J. W. Worden.

http://www.hospicenet.org/html/teenager.html: Helping teenagers cope with grief, by Alan Wolfelt. Hospice Net.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/grieve/welcome.html: National Organization for Victim Assistance: Working with grieving children after violent death: A Guidebook for crime victim assistance professionals, by Marlene A. Young.

http://www.grief.com/Children.htm: On understanding and helping children process death, by Martin John Lawson.

http://www.ces.purdue.edu/terrorism/helpingchildren.html: Helping children cope with stress, by Joanne Samarzija and Judith A. Myers-Walls.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/perrylos.htm: The Child’s Loss - Death, Grief and Mourning. General guidelines for caretakers of children experiencing death, by Bruce D. Perry. 

http://www.madd.org/victims/0,1056,1980,00.html: Helping children cope with death, by Janice Harris Lord, Therese McNeil and Stephanie Frogge.

http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/hyg-fact/5000/5165.html: Young children’s understanding of death, by Joyce A. Shriner.

www.ispaweb.org/documents/helping_children_deal_with_tragic_events.htm: Helping children deal with tragic events in unsettling times: Tips for parents and teachers. A NASP handout in February, 2003 with reference to current events.
 

Youth Suicide

http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq317suicideqa.html: Questions and answers on suicide prevention in the schools, by Scott Poland and Richard Lieberman (members of NSAP's NEAT team.) From the NASP Communique, May 2003.

http://www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/: The USA Surgeon General's national strategy for suicide prevention.

http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.children.html: Depression in children and adolescents. A list of good links to topics of depression among children who suffer from various disorders. Resources and articles on suicide and suicide prevention.

http://members.tripod.com/~LifeGard/links.html: The Suicide Paradigm Guide. Selected sites on suicide and suicide loss.

http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/depress/depressbook.html: Depression and suicide . Wide-ranging collection of links from the ERIC/CASS Virtual Library.

http://www.baltimorepsych.com/Suicide.htm: Suicide and the school .Recognition and intervention for suicidal students in the school setting by Carol Watkins.

http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/depress/1044.html: Internalizing disorders overlooked in schools, by Nathan Seppa. American Psychological Association Monitor.

http://www.afsp.org : Checklist from "American Foundation for Suicide Prevention."

http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0031525/m0031525.asp:Programs for the prevention of suicide among adolescents and young adults, by Patrick W. O’Carroll and Lloyd B. Potter, (CDC).

http://www.crisishotline.org/: Crisis Hotline: Having a Crisis?...How to help people in crisis… Crisis Response…Teens - Get in Gear!.. SOS (Survivors of Suicide).

http://www.aap.org/policy/re9928.html: Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents. Pediatrics, Volume 105, Number 4, April 2000. American Academy of Pediatrics, Policy Statement.

http://www.apa.org/releases/peergroup.html: Group interventions for troubled adolescents can backfire, say researchers. Peer influence found crucial for motivating delinquent behaviors. APA News Release.

http://www.save.org/whattodo.html: What to do if someone you know becomes suicidal, by Elizabeth Lofgren. From an article that appeared in the Minnesota Depressive and Manic-Depressive Newsletter, March, 1992.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/338/6/373: Suicide after Natural Disasters, by Etienne G. Krug, et.al. The New England Journal of Medicine, February, 1998, Vol. 338, No. 6.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/flm01/FS09.html: Suicide is a threat among adolescents and young adults. Ohio Coalition for Suicide Prevention. 

http://www.psrla.org/guns-suicide.htm: Firearms and suicide - selected abstracts.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/n/x/nxd10/adolesce.htm: Psychosocial problems of adolescents - Articles.

http://www.1000deaths.com/: 1000 Deaths. A site for survivors of suicide loss. 

http://www.dangerousbehaviour.com/Disturbing_News/Survivors%20of%20Suicides.htm: Survivors of suicides.

http://members.tripod.com/~LifeGard/links.html#: How to help a survivor heal.

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Pierson1.html:Explaining suicide to children, by Tracy Pierson. SA/VE - Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education.

http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/depress/1009.html: What to do if a friend has depression. A Guide for Students. SA/VE - Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education.

http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr/ruralsoc/v4n3p7.htm: What about us? The legacy of suicide, by Mary Fraser. Australian research report on families coping after suicide.

http://www.unicef.org/pon96/insuicid.htm: Youth Suicide League. Some international data on suicide among young people.

http://members.tripod.com/~echina/index.html: Youth suicide: The problem and prevention strategies - Peace on Earth.

http://www.suicide-parasuicide.rumos.com/: Suicide & Parasuicide: The Suicidology Website.

http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/ptsd.htm: Post-Traumatic Stress & Suicide. PTSD’s role in the suicide disease process.

http://www.focusas.com/Suicide.html: Teen suicide. Information and resources from Focus Adolescent Services.

http://www.ctfphc.org/Full_Text/Ch40full.htm: Target the general population not just those at high risk. Prevention of suicide. Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Report, chapter on suicide.

http://members.tripod.com/kittn/: Help in the fight against teen suicide.

http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/depress/1036.html: Guidelines for clinicians working with gifted, suicidal adolescents, by Thomas E. Bratter. Mental Health Infosource, January 1997, Volume 3, Number 2. ©1996 Indiana University, The Center for Adolescent Studies.

http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/depress/1033.html: Preventing teen suicide. Prepared by Gary Hansen, Extension Specialist in Sociology. Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.

http://www.student.oulu.fi/~bfahnric/suicide.htm: Reflections on suicide among adolescents in Finland and Germany, by Bastian Fahnrich.

http://www.sums.ac.ir/IJMS/9912/toobaei9912.html: Suicidal causes among 15- to 30-year olds in Shiraz, Southern Iran, by S. Toobaei, A. Loghmani, and R.Yoosefian. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences.

http://nzhta.chmeds.ac.nz/prevent_yth_suicide.htm: Youth suicide prevention by primary healthcare professionals. A critical appraisal of the literature by P. Hider - New Zealand Health Technology Assessment (NZHTA).

http://www.nmisp.org/dep/depfaq.htm: Frequently Asked Questions about depression.
 

Children in War

http://www.trauma-pages.com/bombing.htm: What to tell children about terrorist bombings, by Eitan D. Schwarz. Spanish translation is available.

http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/papers&reports/Kosreport.htm: The children and armed conflict unit; Report on the impact of armed conflict on children in Kosovo.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~mtrapman/handb.htm: Programs for refugee children. Suggestions on the structuring of games and activities for Suncokret. This homepage by Marc-Jan Trapman contains a handbook full of games and activities, originally developed for children in Croatian refugee camps.

http://www.unicef.org/sowc96/intro.htm: UNICEF: Children in War.

http://www.un.org/rights/impact.htm: UNICEF - The impact of armed conflict on child development.

http://www.unicef.org/sowc96/16relief.htm: War relief for children. Describes UNICEF’s practical responses to the problems of children displaced, disabled and traumatized by war.

http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/warhome.html: UNICEF -Voices of Youth - Children and war.

http://www.unicef.org/sowc96/14zones.htm: Children as zones of peace: Working with young children affected by armed violence.

http://www.unicef.org/sowc96/7trauma.htmM children were traumatized by the fighting in the former Yugoslavia. This Unicef report looks at howthey are being cared for in the aftermath.

http://www3.oup.co.uk/refuge/: Journal of Refugee Studies - Online Services.

http://www.warchild.org/home.html: War Child’s Aims, War Child Projects, War Child Kosovo appeal.

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/: Medecins Sans Frontieres, dealing also with children.

Crisis Responders/Helpers

http://www.oregoncounseling.org/Crisis/CompetentCrisisEmergProf.htm: What is a competent emergency and crisis intervention professional? By Michael G. Conner.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/arcwrk.htm: Emotional health issues for disaster workers by the American Red Cross. Translation to Spanish is available.

http://www.ace-network.com/cfspotlight.htm#cfmenu: Compassion fatigue. The stress of caring too much.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/arcwkfm.htm: Emotional health issues for families of disaster workers, by the American Red Cross. Translation in Spanish is available.

http://griefnet.org/library/howclose.html: How close is too close? How far is too far? The establishment and maintenance of personal boundaries between therapists and trauma survivors, by Cendra Lynn. Griefnet Library, Professional Articles on Grief and Loss.

http://www.iusb.edu/~jmcintos/therapists_mainpg.htm: Therapists as survivors of patient suicides.

Resources For Teachers

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/teacher/csndact7.html: Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters - School activities for children: Examples of activities that promote the sharing of experiences and expression of feelings.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/Columbine_Killing.htm: Columbine, Killing and You, by Bruce D. Perry. Use this to talk with your adolescent about violence.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/child_loss.htm: The Child’s Loss: Death, Grief and Mourning, by Bruce Duncan Perry and Jana Rubenstein.

http://ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/depress/1045.html: Suicide: A teacher's experience, by Joyce Carnes. Indiana University, The Center for Adolescent Studies.

http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/KEN-01-0093/default.asp: ter a Disaster - A Guide for Parents and Teachers.

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/resource.html: Information Resources-University of Illinois-Disaster Resources for Educators.

http://www.theteachersguide.com/schoolviolence.htm: Articles and resources for teachers on how to deal with violence in the school.

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/teacher/teacher.html: Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters from the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service is a set of resources for teachers and other child-care or youth workers that helps prepare them for working with children who have been through a disaster. 

http://www.teachers.8m.com/p_ncp.htm: Teaching and Learning Proforma - Natural Catastrophic Phenomena. Teacher’s Guide.

http://quake.ualr.edu/schools/elem.htm: Resources for Kindergarten and Elementary School Students and Teachers on Earthquakes - Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer (ACEETT), College of Science and Engineering Technology/Virtual Field Trips/Activities-Coloring Books and Pages.. FEMA/American Red Cross publication …Earthquake Learning Plan…Online slide-style lesson on earthquakes with color diagrams and photographs ….Earth Science Teacher’s Materials…Listen to earthquakes/Locating Earthquake Epicenters …Three activities and a simulation from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services …earthquake survival game lesson plan …Seismology Resources for Teachers…Tuition Free FEMA Courses for school personnel responsible for courses on earthquake science and the safety of students and facilities before, during, and after an earthquake.

http://quake.ualr.edu/schools/index.htm: Earthquake edion and preparedness for schools - Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer (ACEETT), College of Science andneering Technology.

http://www.realtydisclosure.com/ready.html: Earthquake preparedness: ready to ride it out?

http://www.fsu.edu/~trauma/v6i1a5.html: Traumatology. Volume 6, Issue 1, Article 2: Classroom teachers’ ratings of the acceptability of in-class crisis intervention services. By Charles M. Jaksec III, Robert F. Dedrick, & Richard B. Weinberg.

Updated  December, 2005