Family Recovery

Child - Family - Financial

Child

• The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) gives tips for parents on how to talk to their children about disaster and signs of anxiety and distress to look for in different ages of children. Helping children handle disaster-related anxiety:
  http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/children.cfm
  
  
• The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homepage for kids is where they can learn more about disasters, hear what other kids have to say about disasters, and submit their artwork, essays, and poems to tell their disaster story. Kids can become a FEMA Disaster Action Kid and receive a certificate and belong to an email list. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for kids:
  http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm
  
  
• The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) gives tips to young adults on how to cope with disaster and lists some common responses they may have after a disaster. Coping with disaster-young adults:
  http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/youngadults.cfm
  
  
• The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) gives tips to college students on how to cope with disaster and lists some common responses they may have after a disaster. Coping with disaster--college students:
  http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/collegetips.cfm
  
  
• The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) database search of children and youth disaster fact sheets. EDEN-children and youth:
  http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/eden_database/search_results.asp?
  keywords=Children&sstate=&rtype=&ttype=&dtype=&imminent=0
  &online=0&txtMonth=1&txtYear=00&updated=all&title=&author=
  
  
• The University of Illinois Extension gives parents tips on how to help their children cope with stress. Discusses the principles of good family communication. EDEN-Illinois-Getting through tough times, Helping children cope:
  http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/ruralroute/helpingchildrencope.pdf
  
  
• The University of Illinois Extension gives children tips on how to help their parents cope with a stressful situation. Gives specific ways children can help. EDEN-Illinois-Getting through tough times, How you can help mom or dad:
  http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/ruralroute/howyoucanhelpmomordad.pdf
  
  
• The University of Illinois Extension provides examples of how children may act after a disaster and how parents can help them cope. EDEN-Illinois-Getting through tough times, Helping children cope with a disaster:
  http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/PDF/cope2.pdf
  
  
• The University of Illinois Extension provides links for teachers and other child-care/youth workers to prepare them for working with children who have lived through a disaster. Also contains activities and of bibliography for children. EDEN-Illinois-Children, stress, and natural disasters:
  http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/teacher/teacher.html
  
  
• The University of Minnesota Extension presents information about how to support distressed young people and helping them understand the cause of their distress. EDEN-Minnesota-Supporting distressed young people:
  http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE2786.html
  
  
• Penn State Children's Hospital presents a web page about helping children cope with stress after a disaster. Gives unique factors that may affect how children react and symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Helping children cope after a disaster web page:
  http://www.childadvocate.net/disasterweb page.pdf
  
  
• The University of Illinois Extension talks about what stresses adolescents out, how they cope with stress and what adults can do Helping Young Adolescents Cope with Stress:
  http://www.nncc.org/SACC/sac42_adolesc.stress.html#anchor81764
  
  
• Purdue University Extension gives tips on how to talk to children when stressful events occur. Also gives ideas about activities children can do to reduce stress. Talking with children when the talking gets tough:
  http://www.cyfernet.org/talkchild.html
  
  
• The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides a list of changes in their children's behavior that parents should be on the lookout for in times of stress. Helping children after a disaster:
  http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm
  
  
• North Carolina Extension presents developmentally appropriate guidelines on how children may be displaying signs of stress Recognizing stress in children:
  http://www.preparerespondrecover.com/childrensneeds/

Family

• Homepage for the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Includes general information about PTSD, research and literature on PTSD, and information on assessment for adults and children. National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
  http://www.ncptsd.org/
  
  
• The Red Cross provides a list of things to do and watch for after going to an area where there was a wildfire. Additional precautions to take when returning home after a wildfire. What to do after a wildfire:
  http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/wildfire.html#after
  
  
• The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) gives tips to adults on how to cope with disaster and lists some common responses they may have after a disaster. Coping with disaster-adults:
  http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/adulttips.cfm
  
  
• The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) gives tips to older adults on how to cope with disaster and lists some common responses they may have after a disaster. Coping with disaster-older adults:
  http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/olderadulttips.cfm
  
  
• The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) is a searchable disaster resource database that connects extension members across the US from various disciplines. Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN):
  http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/
  
  
• The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) database search of family disaster fact sheets. EDEN-family:
  http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/eden_database/search_results.asp
  ?keywords=Family&sstate=&rtype=&ttype=&dtype=&imminent=0
  &online=0&txtMonth=1&txtYear=00&updated=all&title=&author=
  
  
• The University of Illinois Extension discusses the merits of a support system in stressful times and gives tips on how to identify supportive people. EDEN-Illinois-Getting through tough times, Identifying sources of support and friendship:
  http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/ruralroute/identifyingsourcesofsupportandfriendship.pdf
  
  
• The University of Minnesota Extension discusses how healthy communication can help families in stressful situations. EDEN-Minnesota-Family communication in times of stress:
  http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE2465.html
  
  
• The University of Minnesota Extension defines crisis and displays the stages of a typical response to loss. EDEN-Minnesota-Change, crisis, and loss in our lives: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE2466.html
  
  
• The University of Wisconsin's disaster handbook talks about fire prevention, and what to do during and after a fire. It has specific information relating to farm issues. EDEN-Wisconsin-Disaster Handbook, Fire:
  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/news/info/fire.pdf
  
  
• Life Extension Foundation has information about stress, anxiety, and other mental health problems that could be caused by stressful situations. There is also information about medication and other treatments. Anxiety and stress:
  http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-011.shtml
  
  
• University of Nevada Extension provides general information about the dangers of fire and a guide to fire prevention techniques for the homeowner. Also information about what to do when wildfire approaches. Living with fire, A guide for the homeowner:
  http://www.unce.unr.edu/Fire/default.html
  
  
• The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gives the public ideas of how to help after a disaster, such as volunteering, donating food, clothing, and financial aid. How the public can help after a disaster:
  http://www.fema.gov/hazards/public.shtm
  
  

Financial

• Montana State University Extension provides a suggested list and guide for how to gather and prepare your important papers prior to an emergency or evacuation. The guide describes an efficient system for safeguarding essential family paperwork.
  Your Important Papers: What to Keep and Where:
  http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9611.html
  
  
• The Red Cross provides steps to recovering financially after a disaster strikes. Recovering financially after a disaster:
  http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/afterdis/recover.html