The following resources on School Shootings were developed by the NCTSN.
Offers parents guidance on helping their children after a shooting. This fact sheet describes common reactions children may have, how parents can help them, and self-care tips after an event.
Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.
Includes a 5-hour interactive course that puts the participant in the role of a provider in a post-disaster scene. This course is for individuals new to disaster response who want to learn the core goals of PFA, as well as for seasoned practitioners who want a review.
Offers strategies for supporting youth who recently experienced a shooting on how to cope with 4th of July celebrations.
Offers strategies to help parents and caregivers cope with collective traumas. This fact sheet also provides guidance on what parents and caregivers can do to care for their children as they cope. Updated May 2024.
Offers information on coping after mass violence. This fact sheet provides common reactions children and families may be experiencing after a mass violence event, as well as what they can do to take care of themselves.
Offers information for youth to help them understand the differences between grief and traumatic grief, the signs and symptoms of traumatic grief in children and youth, and what to do to feel better.
Aims to help survivors gain skills to manage distress and cope with post-disaster stress and adversity. This course utilizes skills-building components from mental health treatment that have been found helpful in a variety of post-trauma situations.
Offers information on why mental health providers are important for grieving children. This fact sheet outlines how children grieve, what Childhood Traumatic Grief is...
Provides information to parents and caregivers on Childhood Traumatic Grief.
Offers information on why school personnel are important for grieving students. This fact sheet outlines how children grieve, what Childhood Traumatic Grief is, who develops Childhood Traumatic Grief, what traumatic stress reactions in Childhood Traumatic Grief can look like, the signs a student
Provides information to the media on what to know about covering traumatic deaths for children and families.
Links
[1] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/parent-guidelines-helping-youth-after-recent-shooting
[2] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/age-related-reactions-traumatic-event
[3] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/psychological-first-aid-pfa-online
[4] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-youth-cope-with-4th-of-july-celebrations-after-a-shooting
[5] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/assisting-parents-caregivers-in-coping-with-collective-traumas
[6] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/coping-after-mass-violence
[7] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/childhood-traumatic-grief-youth-information-sheet
[8] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/skills-psychological-recovery-spr-online
[9] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/childhood-traumatic-grief-information-for-mental-health-providers
[10] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/childhood-traumatic-grief-information-for-parents-and-caregivers
[11] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/childhood-traumatic-grief-information-for-school-personnel
[12] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/childhood-traumatic-grief-information-for-the-media
[13] https://www.nctsn.org/print/920?page=1
[14] https://www.nctsn.org/print/920?page=2
[15] https://www.nctsn.org/print/920?page=3
[16] https://www.nctsn.org/print/920?page=4