War & Trauma
Resources for Providers and Parents Talking to Children
(Child Trauma Resources from National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
- Talking to Children about War
- Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event
- Assisting Parents/Caregivers in Coping with Collective Trauma
- Talking to Children: When Scary Things Happen
- Talking to Teens: When Scary Things Happen
- Creating Supportive Environments: When Scary Things Happen
- Psychological First Aid for Displaced Children and Families
- Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Children: Tips for Current Caregivers
- After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal
- Understanding Refugee Trauma: For School Personnel, For Mental Health Professionals, and For Primary Care Providers
- Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for Parents, Youth, and School Personnel
- Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tip for Educators
- Helping Children with Traumatic Grief: Young Children, School-Age Children, and Teens
Education for adults:
From the Red Cross - a one page PDF that therapists can give clients to remind them of basic ways to take care of your emotional health after a disaster
For people to know negative effects of watching violent news coverage on mental health:
The Disaster Distress Helpline is a toll-free, multilingual crisis support service available 24/7
- via telephone (1-800-985-5990) or SMS (text TalkWithUs to 66746)
For providers:
APA resources on disaster response
For providers talking to clients about how consuming media about violence increases mental distress:
How to Promote Well-being for providers
Greater Good Science Center; How to Keep your Empathy Switched On. How empathy works in the brain and why we should resist the urge to turn away from suffering.
War Anxiety & how EMDR therapists can help:
