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Talking With Children About the Haitian Earthquake and Other Disasters

Guidelines for parents to discuss the tragedy in a way that can teach children empathy and even empower them.

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Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do
May 6, 2008

Tips for Talking to Children in Trauma
March 20, 2008

A Guide to Children's Grief: By Kenneth Doka
April 20, 2008

A Teacher's Guide to Grief
June 4, 2008

The Children of 9/11: Living Through a Public Tragedy
September 23, 2008

Research Study Examines Impact of Parents' Anxiety on Children
February 3, 2009

A Mom's Story of Survival
March 17, 2009

Grief & Renewal.com
April 21, 2009

Helping Children Understand and Cope With the Disaster in Haiti
January 19, 2010

9/11 Exposure Linked to Behavior Trouble in Kids
May 6, 2008

City Treating Children for Possible 9/11 Ailments
June 16, 2008

Terrorist Attacks and Children
April 9, 2009

Trauma in Children: An Expert Interview With Susan Coates, PhD
May 16, 2009

Children Uniting Nations Sponsors 3rd Annual Conference "Keeping Promise to Our Children"
FOS11 Board Members Present Children and Families Committee Policy Recommendations

The Aftermath of Disaster: Children in Crisis
By Donna A. Gaffney APRN, SC, DNSc, FAAN

Good Grief
Helping Children Cope with Loss

High Rate of Psychiatric Woes in Children Bereaved by 9/11
Study looks at psychiatric illness among children who lost a parent

Trauma and PTSD in Children
An article from FOS11 Advisory Board Member, Julian Ford, Ph.D.

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FOS11 Board members and many of our Advisory Board of experts are involved with programs and projects that further understanding of children and trauma. Learn more about who they are and what they are doing.

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Former Gov. Kean talks with educators about teaching 9/11
July 3, 2008

Professor Kay E. Vandergrift's Webpages For Those Interested in Literature For Children and Young Adults
March 5, 2009

Support for Students Exposed to Trauma: The SSET Program
June 30, 2009

Curriculum on 9/11 and Global Terrorism to be Tested in NJ Schools
September 10, 2009

Teaching 9/11 in the Schools
FOS11 Letter to Schools 2007
Raising Awareness About the Need to Support Students, Staff, and Families in Times of Crisis and Loss

National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
NCSCB helps students, staff and families at times of crisis and loss.


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America's Camp
Currently enrolling boys and girls, ages 7-15, for its August 2009 session.

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