Resources for Responding to and coping with Hurricane related events

Responding To Students

• Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Information for Schools (from NASPONLINE)
  
• Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Helping Students Relocate and Supporting Their Mental Health Needs (from NASPONLINE)
  
• Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Helping Children Cope (from NASPONLINE)
  
• Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Understanding Reactions of Children and Youth (from NASPONLINE)
  
• Responding to Natural Disasters - Helping Children and Families: Information for School Crisis Teams (from NASPONLINE)
  
• Helping Children After a Natural Disaster: Information for Parents and Teachers (from NASPONLINE)
  
• Hurricane Experiences Provide Lessons for the Future (from NASPONLINE)
  
• Emergency Rules for Helping Katrina’s Victims (from Connect for Kids)
  
• What to expect after trauma…possible reactions of students (from APA)
  
• Disaster Resources (from EMSC)
  
• Student Support Service Resources for School Districts Recovering from the 2005 Hurricanes
  
• Hurricane Tips: Stress, Children and Teens
  
• Recovery: After a Hurricane
  
• Suggestions for Educators: Meeting the Needs of Students- U.S Department of Education
  
• Psychosocial Implications of Disaster or Terrorism on Kids: A Guide for Pediatricians
  
• Communicating with Children about Disasters- The American Academy of Pediatics
  
• Helping Young Children After a Disaster
  
• A guide to help children cope with the psychological effects of a hurricane: After the Storm
  
• Emergency Resources Index (from the Santa Cruz County Office of Education)
  
• The National Insitute for Trauma and Loss in Children
  
• Questions and Answers NCLB Federal Program Areas Providing Services to Children and Youth in Homeless Situations As a Result of Hurricane Katrina
  
• Hurricane Help for Schools
  
• Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
  
• Hurricane Resources (from the American School Counselor Association)
  
• A Format for Conducting Discussions Among Students about Hurricane Katrina
  

For Relief Workers, Planners and Health Professionals

• Matrix: Disaster Readiness & Response - Professional Resources for Service Providers During Disasters (from SAMHSA)
• Natural Disasters, Crisis Intervention, and School Psychology: Melding Human Needs and Professional Roles (from NASPONLINE)

• The following all can be linked to from the CDC site at: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/
  • Disaster Mental Health Primer: Key Principles, Issues and Questions New! Aug 30 Overview of general principles, reactions to disasters...
  • Disaster Mental Health for Responders: Key Principles, Issues and Questions New! Aug 30 Responders needs, reactions, symptoms in a disaster...
  • Disaster Mental Health for States: Key Principles, Issues and Questions New! Aug 30 What should happen in the first four weeks, roles, reaction in a disasters...
  • Coping With a Traumatic Event – For Health Professionals
  • Information to help health professionals deal with the mental health both of themselves & of their patients during & after a traumatic event Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters Resources from SAMHSA, HHS
  • Self-Care Tips for Emergency and Disaster Response Workers Resources from SAMHSA, HHS
  • Surviving Field Stress for First Responders Webcast. Describes stress, coping with field related stress, and information for families of responders......
  • Traumatic Incident Stress: Information for Emergency Response Workers Developed by the National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOSH), CDC
  • Stress Management for Health Care Providers PDF (79.4 KB/1 page) Developed by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University School of Health

• Disaster Psychiatry: How to Cope (from the American Psychiatric Assoc.)
  
• Information for Families and Caregivers (from AACAP)
  

A Few Other General Resources

• APA Help Center
  http://www.apahelpcenter.org/

• Disasters & Emergencies (DHHS)
  http://www.hhs.gov/emergency/index.shtml#post

• Emergency Planning- U.S. Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/index.html
  

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  http://www.fema.gov/tab_education.shtm
  

• Hurricane Evacuation Checklist
  http://www.redcross.org/static/file_cont4470_lang0_1577.pdf
  

• Hurricane-Related Distress
  http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cfigley/HurricaneRelatedDistress.htm
  

• National Center for Homeless Education
  http://www.serve.org/nche/