eBranch Blog

September 08, 2005

Coping

- Krist Samaritan Center for Counseling & Education - Counseling for Katrina victims, irregardless of ability to pay. 281-480-7554 for nearest location and hours.

- Children, Stress and Natural Disasters

- Coping in Unsettling Times - Advice from the National Association of School Psychologists on helping children cope in unsettling times. Includes a section on coping with natural disasters.

- Coping with Disaster - Tips for young adults

- Deployment Handbook - A military handbook on dealing with separation and stress.

- Disaster: Helping Children Cope

- Disaster: Mental Health Handouts - For adults, families & children, disaster workers and their families.

- Helping Children After a Disaster - From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Behavior changes to watch for.

- Helping Children Handle Disaster Related Anxiety - Tipis for pre-schoolers, school age children, and adolescents. From the National Mental Health Association

- National Network for Child Care - Has several entries on helping children cope with the hurricane:
* Children as vitims of Hurricane Katrina
* Talking with Children When the Talk gets Tough
* After the Strom: The Psycological Effects of a Hurricane