Supporting Children in the Aftermath of Disasters

Child Care Aware of America. 11/28/2017 This one-hour, 14-minute webinar, part of the Child Care Disaster Response and Recovery Webinar Series, shares practical suggestions on how to identify common adjustment difficulties in children in the aftermath of a disaster, and to promote effective coping strategies to mitigate the impact of the disaster, as well as any associated bereavement and secondary stressors. It discusses how disasters have the potential to cause short- and long-term effects on the psychological functioning, emotional adjustment, health, and developmental trajectory of children. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - December 8, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news