The following list of links contains resources that will be helpful to educators who are addressing needs of children after terrorist attacks and other traumatic events.

David Baldwin’s Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder), whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. Go to www.trauma-pages.com/.

The Community Stress Prevention Centre was founded in 1981 in Kiryat Shmona with the aim of helping providing a response to security problems facing the inhabitants living along Israel's northern border. This comprehensive website consists of dozens of resources on how to deal with stress-related situations including articles, how-to guides, exercises, and theraputic stories. Go to http://icspc.telhai.ac.il/main.html.

The Secondary Heads Association page includes this page which includes suggestions on what schools can do in response to the American catastrophe of September 11, 2001. Go to www.sha.org.uk/news/usacatastrophe.htm.

Hospice Foundation offers resources that focus on grief after sudden and traumatic loss. Go to http://www.hospicefoundation.org/griefAndLoss/facing.asp.

US Department of Health & Human Services Disaster Mental Health Services, http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/topics/explore/disaster/, a variety of resources, including tips for talking about disasters, information on bioterrorism, etc. A children's mental health checklist is available for teachers and parents is available here.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has a resource page for coping with disasters, including a readiness kit. preparedness materials. Go to http://www.aap.org/terrorism/index.html.

Psych Central, Dr. Grohol's Mental Health Pages is a portal to other web resources., this is a portal to other resources. All links are annotated. psychcentral.com/resources/Attack_on_America/.

About.com has a page that acts as a portal to information and resources to help young children who have experienced trauma or are experiencing grieving or loss. All links are annotated. About.com - Children Trauma and Disaster.

Developed by an expert on young children, there are broadcast-quality sound bytes along with an updated handout and other links. Go to www.ces.purdue.edu/terrorism/children/audio.html.

Linda Goldman, an educator who now runs a private grief therapy practice, has designed a website with resources for teachers and children. http://www.childrensgrief.net/ includes suggestions for helping children deal with trauma.

The Red Cross page gives suggestions on how to help children dealing with trauma. The page contains a brief description of the children’s reactions in addition to outlines of activities that may help them. Go to www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/childtrauma.html.

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