The links below represent just a few examples of the numerous publicly available resources for caring for students and families after a traumatic experience such as gun violence. The resources were identified by technical assistance centers which receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education. You can learn more about them and other resources for fostering safe and welcoming school communities here.
Resources in English:
- Talking to Children about the Shooting
- Helping Youth After a Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
- Talking to Children: When Scary Things Happen
- Talking to Teens about Violence
- Tips for Talking to Students about Violence
- Coping After Mass Violence (for adults)
- For Teens: Coping After Mass Violence
- Helping School-Age Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping Young Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Guiding Adults in Talking to Children about Death and Attending Services
- After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal
- Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event
- Once I Was Very Very Scared (a children’s book for young children)
- After the Injury (a website for families with injured children)
- Health Care Toolbox (a website for pediatric health providers working with injured children)
- Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN) to Promote Wellbeing (for responders)
- Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Recursos en español:
- Recursos por La Red Nacional para el Estrés Traumático Infantil
- Guía para los padres para ayudar a los jóvenes después de un tiroteo reciente
- Cómo ayudar a los niños a lidiar con un evento traumático
- Señales de trauma en niños
- Ayuda para jóvenes después de un trauma comunitario: consejos para los educadores
- Hablando con niños cuando sucede la violencia
- Hablando con adolescentes cuando sucede la violencia
- Para los adolescentes: cómo afrontar los efectos de la violencia masiva
- Ayuda para los niños en edad escolar con duelo traumático: consejos para los cuidadores
- Ayuda para los adolescentes con duelo traumático
- Ayuda para los niños pequeños con duelo traumático: consejos para los cuidadores
- Una vez tuvo mucho mucho miedo (Un libro para los niños pequeños)
- Pausa – Restablecer – Nutrir (PRN) para promover el bienestar (para respondedores)
- Primeros Auxilios Psicológicos Guía de Operaciones Prácticas
NOTE: These links represent just a few examples of the numerous reference materials currently available to the public. These resources were identified by technical assistance centers which receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The inclusion of resources should not be construed or interpreted as an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any private organization or business listed herein. To recommend additional resources, email edpartners@ed.gov.