Anxiety in Children and Teens: How to Find Calm and Courage During Anxiety - What All Parents need to know - Anxiety in children and teens can make everyone feel helpless. It can come from anywhere and nowhere, and often it makes no sense at all. This is because anxiety is a primitive, instinctive response, not a rational one.
Child Mind Institute: Helping Children Cope With Grief - Parents, caregivers and educators wondering how they can help will find many answers to their questions in the following guide, which has been assembled with advice from several experts in the area of child and adolescent grief.
Helping children cope: Tips for talking about tragedy (Mayo Clinic) - After a tragedy, you might feel helpless — but your child needs your support. Here's help knowing what to say.
How to Strengthen Children & Teens Against Anxiety After News of a World Trauma - As the important adult in their lives, the power you have to strengthen them and move them through trauma is profound.
Resources for Schools:
Addressing Grief: Tips for Teachers and Administrators - National Association of School Psychologists - School-based support and increased understanding are essential when a student experiences the death of a friend or loved one.
How Trauma Affects Kids in School - An article from Child Mind Institute about the signs of trauma and tips for helping kids who've been traumatized
General Resources::
Grief Speaks Traumatic Loss Coalitions (TLC) - an interactive, statewide network that offers collaboration and support to professionals working with school age youth.
healingSPACE - sexual violence resource center for all of Bergen County. We provide a confidential 24/7 hotline to survivors of sexual assault and abuse, their families and friends.
Trauma-Related Resources by The Parent Center Club - The National Center for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) can tell you--and connect individuals, friends, families, and veterans with a network of professionals to help.
Multi-Language Trauma Resources - Free, multilingual downloads of Child Mind Institute resources to help communities in the wake of tragic events
Trauma and and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Toolkit - The Road to Recovery: Supporting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma
Warning Signs and Risk Factors for Emotional Distress - Learn about the common warning signs and risk factors for emotional distress that children, adults, and first responders often experience.
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