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Web Sites by TopicTrauma and CrisisWhen children suffer from trauma, the ability to achieve their academic potential is often dramatically affected. Trauma occurs in reaction to any event that is exceptionally distressing, such as death, injury, violence, disasters, or the threat of such. Symptoms of trauma may include nightmares, recurrent and intruding thoughts, anxiety, fear, sadness, and difficulty with appetite/sleeping/concentration, among other symptoms.
CIVITAS describes how trauma and maltreatment impact learning(http://www.civitas.org/trauma.html). American Psychological Association (APA) describes children’s reactions to trauma and disaster. What to Expect After Trauma: Possible Reactions in Elementary School, Middle School, and High School Students is one example (http://www.apa.org/practice/ptguidelines.html). APA’s Help Center offers information on managing traumatic stress, how to become resilient in the face of general adversity, trauma, tragedy, and threats (http://www.apahelpcenter.org/), and how to assist children and teens to become or remain resilient during military deployments of parents (http://www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/).
American School Counselor Association (ASCA) provides a variety of Webinar (short, web-based seminars using a Web browser and telephone) and school-based training opportunities for ASCA members on topics such as bullying prevention, conflict resolution, and aggression. Its online store sells items on coping mechanisms and cope with death/grieving (http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?pl=325&sl=129&contentid=129).
AID-NJEA is a 24-hour telephone helpline (866-AID-NJEA) and support system co-sponsored by NJEA and University Behavioral Healthcare-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). This free and confidential program is available to educators, staff members, and families either in distress or assisting others in distress and affiliated with New Jersey school systems. The helpline is staffed by active and retired educators and school mental health professionals trained to counsel and offer support (http://ubhc.umdnj.edu/specialty/aid_njea.htm).
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has resources for parents, children, and educators to reduce child sexual exploitation as well as child abductions and how to comfort families with an abducted child. It runs a cyber tipline to report offenders anonymously and sponsors a minority outreach program. The AMBER Alert Plan and Megan’s Law are described (www.missingkids.com).
The National Trauma Consortium has a strong mental health-substance abuse focus. It provides consultation, training (ranging from 3 hours to 2 days), and information about recovering and healing from trauma (http://www.nationaltraumaconsortium.org).
Talking with Kids about Tough Times offers practical, concrete tips and techniques for talking with young children about issues such as TV news and world events, violence, drugs, sex, and HIV/AIDS. It has teamed up with NBC's “The More You Know” campaign in a national initiative to support parent-child communication (http://www.talkingwithkids.org/).
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress is a multidisciplinary network of specialists in trauma. Copies of A Practical Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools (http://www.schoolcrisisresponse.com/) are available along with a traumatic stress library (http://www.aaets.org/articles.htm) and acute traumatic stress management documents (http://www.atsm.org/download.htm).
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the prevention and mitigation of disabling stress through the provision of education, training, consultation, and support services. It publishes articles on topics such as crisis intervention, family recovery from trauma, responding to mass terrorism attacks, and children’s reactions and needs after disaster (http://icisf.org/articles/).
Gift from Within disseminates material to survivors of trauma and victimization and those who care for traumatized individuals. It maintains a network of peer support (www.giftfromwithin.org).
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