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HELPING
YOUR CHILDREN DURING THIS TIME
Helping
Children After a Wildfire: Tips for Parents and Teachers
contributed by National Associaiton of School Psychologists
www.nasponline.org
Natural
disasters can be traumatic for children and youth. Experiencing
a dangerous wildfire can be frightening even for adults, and
the devastation to the familiar environment (i.e., home and
community) can be long-lasting and distressing. Often an entire
community is impacted, further undermining a child’s
sense of security and normalcy. Wildfires present a variety
of unique issues and coping challenges, including the need
to relocate when home and/or community have been destroyed,
the role of the family in lessening or exacerbating the trauma,
emotional reactions, and coping techniques. click
here for entire article |
Helping
Children Handle Disaster-related Anxiety
contributed by Mental Health Assocation of San Diego
www.mhasd.org
Children
sense the anxiety and tension in adults around them. And,
like adults, children experience the same feelings of helplessness
and lack of control that disaster-related stress can bring
about. Unlike adults, however, children have little experience
to help them place their current situation into perspective.
Each child responds differently to disasters, depending
on his or her understanding and maturity, but it’s
easy to see how an event like this can create a great deal
of anxiety in children of all ages because they will interpret
the disaster as a personal danger to themselves and those
they care about. click
here for entire article |
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