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The following materials were compiled to aid parents, teachers and caregivers in discussing with children and teens the terrorist attacks that took place in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

*Edited April 2007 to remove dead links.

Helpful Web sites

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Helping Children After a Disaster
  http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Advice on Communicating with Children About Disasters
  http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm
  
• American Psychological Association Help Center
  http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/article.php?id=22
  
• Calm Young Children; Explain to Older Kids. (USA Today)
  http://www.usatoday.com/life/2001-09-12-talking-to-kids.htm
  
• Children, Stress and Natural Disasters: School Activities for Children (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
  http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/disaster/resource.html
  
• Connect for Kids: Aftershocks of a National Trauma: Helping Kids Cope
  http://www.connectforkids.org/usr_doc/CopingWithGrief.htm
  
• Cornell Expert Advises Parents on How to Help Children Cope with News of Terrorist Attacks
  http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Sept01/Garbarino.kids.bombing.lgk.html
  
• Disaster Handouts and Links
  http://www.trauma-pages.com/pg5.htm
  
• Disaster Recovery: Children's Needs (NC State University)
  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/humandev/disint.html
  
• Disaster Training International. After a Disaster: What You Can Do with Your Children
  http://www.disastertraining.org/
  
• Families Can Help Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety. (The Center for Mental Health Services)
  http://www.mentalhealth.org/
  
• The Grief Recovery Institute
  http://www.grief-recovery.com
  
• Helping America Cope
  http://www.7-dippity.com
  
• Helping Parents Talk to Their Kids About Violence: Resources for Parent Educators
  http://www.parentingpress.com/violence/intro.html
  
• Henepin (MN) County Library. Recommended books for children, parents and caregivers.
  http://www.hclib.org/pub/reader2reader/coping.html
  
• How to Talk to Children About Terrorist Attack. (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
  http://www.fema.gov/kids/terrism.htm
  
• National Association of School Psychologists.
  http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/index.aspx
  
• National Mental Health Association. Helping Children Handle Disaster-Related Anxiety
  http://www.nmha.org/index.cfm?objectid=E2A880AE-1372-4D20-C886E4E4AA69EEA1
  
• RAINBOWS
  http://www.rainbows.org
  
• Recognizing Stress in Children.
  http://www.preparerespondrecover.com/childrensneeds
  
• Talking to Children About Violence Against Kids. (Human Development & Family Life Education Resource Center at Ohio State University)
  http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/components/7414-05.html
  
• Talking with Kids About Violence.
  http://www.buildingbetterhealth.com/article/plainprimer/100234508
  
• Talking with Kids and Teens About Violence. (Allen County [Indiana] Public Library)
  http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/talking.html
  
• Tips for Talking to Your Child About Tragedy (Multnomah County [Oregon] Library)
  http://www.multcolib.org/kids/tragedy.html
  
• Tragic Times, Healing Words
  http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/advice/article/0,4125,49560,00.html
  
• What to Tell Children About Terrorist Bombings. (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago)
  http://www.trauma-pages.com/h/bombing.php
  

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