Talking with Kids After a Disaster for Parents and School Professionals
These resources highlight a variety of tools available in PPN’s Resource Central for families and school professionals to support children and adolescents after a disaster.
Search the Resource Central website for more resources with keywords "mental health" for more information.

Child Life Disaster Relief: Floods
This webpage describes how families can support children before, during, and after floods by preparing together and using play and art to cope.

Children and Disasters
This webpage explains how families can prepare children for disasters, helping them cope and build resilience through planning, understanding reactions, and providing support.

Children and Natural Disasters: How to Talk to Your Kids
This webinar discusses how natural disasters affect children and provides resources to help them cope, ensuring their safety and emotional well-being during such events.

Children, Distress, and Disaster: How Adults Can Help
This article describes how adults can help children cope with distress after disasters, offering practical tips and resources to support their emotional well-being.

Disaster Mental Health for Children: Mental Health Tips and Tricks for Kids
This document describes ways to support children's mental health during disasters, offering practical tips and resources for parents and caregivers to help kids cope.

Disasters and Scary Events: Helping Children Cope
This document, also available in Spanish, describes ways parents can help children feel safe and cope with disasters or scary events, including signs of stress and when to seek help.

Child Life Disaster Relief: Floods
This webpage describes how families can support children before, during, and after floods by preparing together and using play and art to cope.

Children and Disasters
This webpage explains how families can prepare children for disasters, helping them cope and build resilience through planning, understanding reactions, and providing support.

Children and Natural Disasters: How to Talk to Your Kids
This webinar discusses how natural disasters affect children and provides resources to help them cope, ensuring their safety and emotional well-being during such events.

Children, Distress, and Disaster: How Adults Can Help
This article describes how adults can help children cope with distress after disasters, offering practical tips and resources to support their emotional well-being.

Disaster Mental Health for Children: Mental Health Tips and Tricks for Kids
This document describes ways to support children's mental health during disasters, offering practical tips and resources for parents and caregivers to help kids cope.

Disasters and Scary Events: Helping Children Cope
This document, also available in Spanish, describes ways parents can help children feel safe and cope with disasters or scary events, including signs of stress and when to seek help.