Resources for Providers and Parents Talking to Children 

Child Trauma Resources from National Child Traumatic Stress Network

• Talking to Children about War
• Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event
• Assisting Parents/Caregivers in Coping with Collective Trauma
• Talking to Children: When Scary Things Happen
• Talking to Teens: When Scary Things Happen
• Creating Supportive Environments: When Scary Things Happen
• Psychological First Aid for Displaced Children and Families
• Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Children: Tips for Current Caregivers
• After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal

Understanding Refugee Trauma:

• For School Personnel, For Mental Health Professionals, and For Primary Care Providers
• Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for Parents, Youth, and School Personnel
• Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tip for Educators
• Helping Children with Traumatic Grief: Young Children, School-Age Children, and Teens

Education for adults:

Where to Seek Help if the Israel-Hamas War Is Impacting Your Mental Health

From the Red Cross - a one page PDF that therapists can give clients to remind them of basic ways to take care of your emotional health after a disaster

• Taking Care of Your Emotional Health After a Disaster

For people to know negative effects of watching violent news coverage on mental health:

• Negative Effects of watching news

The Disaster Distress Helpline is a toll-free, multilingual crisis support service available 24/7 

• via telephone (1-800-985-5990) or SMS (text TalkWithUs to 66746)

For providers:

Provider resources from International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (an extensive resource).

• War and Disaster Resources

APA resources on disaster response

• https://www.apa.org/topics/disasters-response

For providers talking to clients about how consuming media about violence increases mental distress:

• Talking to clients about negative effects of watching news

How to Promote Well-being for providers

• Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN) to Promote Wellbeing

Greater Good Science Center: How to Keep your Empathy Switched On. How empathy works in the brain and why we should resist the urge to turn away from suffering.

• How to Keep Your Empathy Switched On

War Anxiety & how EMDR therapists can help:

• War Anxiety: How EMDR Therapists Can Help - EMDR International Association

Thank you to the Rhode Island Psychological Association and the New Hampshire Psychological Association, and UPA Board Members for compiling this list and allowing us to share it with you.