CRISIS RESOURCES

HOMELAND SECURITY/WAR RESOURCES

Facing Fear
Facing Fear was developed to address a demand by educators and caregivers of children for materials to help children cope in uncertain times.

• Description
• Curriculum Components
• National Standards Alignment
• Ordering Information
• Downloadable version

When Disaster Strikes
Helping children cope with life at its worst

Emergency Plannning
As schools and communities across the U.S. prepare and develop plans for responding to potential emergency situations, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige has unveiled this new web resource to help. It is designed to be a one-stop shop that provides school leaders with information they need to plan for any emergency, including natural disasters, violent incidents and terrorist acts.

School Emergency Plans – What Parents Can Do
Regardless of which school system your child attends, there are some things school officials say all parents can do to help.

How Teens Prepare for War
How do you talk to a teenager about Iraq? How do you discuss a possible (imminent?) attack of Iraq with your teenage son or daughter?

Deployment Issues
ASCA has pulled together some resources and web sites about how to help kids deal with the deployment of a loved one including "Understanding Reactions to Separation in Children"

Responding to Tragedy
An annotated list of Web sites