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Administration for Children and Families from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/sept11/public.htm
Multilingual site for adults to help children cope with national tragedy.
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm Advice on communicating with children about tragedies with links to other documents about traumatic loss.
American Psychological Association
http://helping.apa.org/daily/terrorism.html
Access to fact sheets, articles, and brochures for use after psychological trauma including terrorism.
Connect for Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org/usr_doc/copingWithGrief.htm
Links to internet sites of information and resources for parents and teachers to help children cope with tragedy.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
A child oriented site to explain disasters, help children prepare to prevent disasters, and protect the family from preventable trauma.
National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html
Tips for dealing with suicide, terrorism, war and grief available in English, Spanish and several other languages.
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.org/index.html
An agency created within the Veterans' Administration to address the needs of military-related PTSD. Includes facts and research from qualified professionals in the field.
National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org/reassurance.cfm
Tips for dealing with trauma with differing age groups and includes a confidential depression screening test and has links to bookstore.
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/schools/trauma.htm Links to websites, resources and publications for parents and teachers about terrorism, stress, mediation and conflict resolution with national and state organizations and academic sites.
Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/parent_intro.html
Provides brief guide to developing a child's coping strategies for an unsure world.

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