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Response Resources
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Helping Youth After a Community Trauma: Tips for Educators (En Español)
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Coping After Mass Violence: For Adults
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Helping School-Age Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers (En Español)
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Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers(En Español)
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Helping Young Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers (En Español)
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Guiding Adults in Talking to Children about Death and Attending Services
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Once I Was Very Very Scared – children’s book for young children
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After the Injury—website for families with injured children
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Health Care Toolbox—website for pediatric health providers working with injured children
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Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN) to Promote Wellbeing (En Español) (for responders)
Psychological First Aid
The NCTSN also has resources for responders on Psychological First Aid (PFA; En Español). PFA is an early intervention to support children, adolescents, adults, and families impacted by these types of events. PFA Mobile and the PFA Wallet Card (En Español) provide a quick reminder of the core actions. The PFA online training course is also available on the NCTSN Learning Center.
Additional PFA resources for schools include:
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Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) – Field operations guide
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Providing PFA-S: For Principals and Administrators – handout
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Providing PFA-S: For Teachers - handout
From the National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center
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Transcend (mobile app to assist with recovery after mass violence)
From the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed Services University
Disaster Helpline
SAMHSA has a Disaster Distress Helpline – call or text 1-800-985-5990 (for Spanish, press “2”) to be connected to a trained counselor 24/7/365.
Additional Resources
For those that are needing technical assistance or additional resources, please don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Melissa Brymer at mbrymer@mednet.ucla.edu.