Kristi House is a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, our nation’s pre-eminent national source for child trauma. The NCTSN has put together best practice resources for helping parents with their children understand and cope with the incident, and their exposure to media about it.
These resources include tip sheets on:
- The Psychological Impact of the Recent Shooting
- Tips for Parents on Media Coverage
- Tip Sheet for Youth Talking to Journalists about the Shooting
- Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth after the Recent Shooting
- Talking to Children about the Shooting
- Helping Young Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping School-Age Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Restoring a Sense of Safety in the Aftermath of a Mass Shooting: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping Youth After a Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
- After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal
- Guiding Adults in Talking with Children about Death and Attending Services
For Children and Families Who Were Injured:
The NCTSN also has resources on Psychological First Aid (PFA). PFA is an early intervention to support children, adolescents, adults, and families impacted by these types of events. Many of our materials have been translated into numerous languages, including Spanish. An online training course for PFA is available on our NCTSN Learning Center.
To access these resources and others, go to:
http://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/terrorism and http://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/traumatic-grief/what-childhood-traumatic-grief
Available from the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed Services University:
- Funerals and Memorials: a Part of Recovery
- Grief Leadership: Leadership in the Wake of Tragedy
- Leadership Communication: Anticipating and Responding to Stressful Events
For those that are needing technical assistance or additional resources, please don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Melissa Brymer at mbrymer@mednet.ucla.edu