Resources for Disaster Preparation and Response

Below are some resources on CYFERnet that might be useful for you in your work with communities, youth, and families struggling to cope with effects of natural disasters.

Below you will find:

Resources for Community Disaster Response
Resources for Working with Children
Resources in Spanish

Resources for Community Disaster Response

Disaster Information Center
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/disaster/
Language: English
Publisher: NC Cooperative Extension
Description: A NC Cooperative Extension webpage devoted to providing resources for disaster preparation including information on food safety, storm-related pests, and how disaster impacts families.

University of Illinois Disaster Resources
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/%7Edisaster/guide/g_facts.html
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Extension
Description: A University of Illinois Extension webpage devoted to providing fact sheets related to disaster preparation and disaster response.

Coping with Disaster
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/information/get-info/coping-with-disaster
Language: English
Author: Direnfeld, Gary
Publisher: National Mental Health Association (2004)
Description: The National Mental Health Association has developed the Coping With Disaster fact sheet series to help people cope during crisis and loss. Contains information on coping with terrorism, hurricanes, natural disasters and war.

SAMHSA Disaster Kit
http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAMHSA-Disaster-Kit/SMA11-DISASTER
Language: English
Publisher: SAMHSA
Description: Arms disaster recovery workers with a toolkit on mental health awareness. Includes materials for responding effectively to the general public during and after a disaster and in dealing with workplace stress. Also includes materials for the general public.

Recover After A Disaster
http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=74e51a53f1c37110VgnVCM1000003481a10aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default
Language: English
Publisher: The American Red Cross
Description: The American Red Cross has gathered this information to encourage you take precautions to help keep you safe and speed your recovery after a disaster. You will also find ideas on what you can do to help make yourself and your home safer from future disasters.

Caring for Important Papers After a Flood
http://extensionenespanol.net/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=193
Language: English
Publisher: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Description: Valuable documents should be protected from any disaster. If, however, they are damaged in a flood you can save them using the instructions in this fact sheet.

Resources for Working with Children

Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/disaster/teacher/teacher.html
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Description: A set of resources for teachers and other child-care or youth workers that helps prepare them for working with children who have been through a disaster.

The Child Advocate: Helping Children Cope After a Disaster
http://childadvocate.net/help_children_cope.htm
Language: English
Author: Petersen, Christopher
Publisher: The Child Advocate
Description: This site provides links and resources aimed at helping children cope after a disaster.

After the Storm: A Guide to Help Children Cope with the Psychological Effects of a Hurricane
http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/alagreca/after_the_storm.pdf
Language: English
Publisher: 7-Dippity, Inc.
Description: A booklet created in response to a deadly hurricane in 2004, this resource is for parents and other caring adults. It provides activities and information for working with children following a disaster.

FEMA for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
Language: English
Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Description: FEMA's children's Web site teaches kids how to be prepared for disasters and about causes of disasters. There are games, quizzes, and stories and children can become a "Disaster Action Kid."

Helping Children After a Natural Disaster: Information for Parents and Teachers
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/naturaldisaster_ho.aspx
Language: English
Publisher: National Association of School Psychologists
Description: A fact sheet with tips for adults on how to help children and adolescents effected by natural disasters.

Psychosocial Issues for Children and Adolescents in Disasters
http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Psychosocial-Issues-for-Children-and-Adolescents-in-Disasters/ADM86-1070R
Language: English
Publisher: SAMHSA
Description: Offers practical suggestions, case studies, and a resource guide for those working with children in the wake of disaster.

Resources in Spanish

Recursos Para Cómo Enfrentar un Desastre
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/information/get-info/coping-with-disaster/coping-with-disaster-en-espanol
Language: Español
Author: Direnfeld, Gary
Publisher: National Mental Health Association (2004)
Description: The National Mental Health Association has developed the Coping With Disaster fact sheet series to help people cope during crisis and loss. Contains information on coping with terrorism, hurricanes, natural disasters and war.

El Estrés en su Niño: Lo que Padres Pueden Hacer
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/disaster/sp/fs-child-stress2-sp.html
Language: Español
Author: DeBord, Karen
Publisher: North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Description: This fact sheet discusses the effects of a natural disaster or traumatic event on children, describing sign of stress at various ages. (Note: This resource is also available in English as "Helping Children Cope With Stress")

Cuídese de los estafadores
http://extensionenespanol.net/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=194
Language: Español
Publisher: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Description: After a disaster, con artists will be eager to take advantage of people's pain and suffering.

Children and Disaster: Part 1 Ages and Stages/Los Niños y los desastres: Parte 1 Edades y etapas
http://extensionenespanol.net/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=314
Language: English and Español
This four-page publication outlines major types of disasters and how children of different ages may react.

Children and Disaster: Part 2 What Parents and Caregivers Can Say and Do/Los Niños y el desastre: Parte 2, Lo que los padres y cuidadores pueden decir y hacer
http://extensionenespanol.net/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=313
Language: English and Español
This four-page publication outlines children of various age groups react differently to disasters and how parents and caregivers can help them cope successfully.

Resources On Rebuilding Lives After Disaster