Provides ways to navigate questions about death, funerals, and memorials for children. This fact sheet discusses this challenging, but manageable, task and includes sample questions and answers to help guide discussions.
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Offers parents and caregivers information to help support their children after the loss of a family member due to homicide.
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event. Translated 2022.
Describes common reactions to mass violence and provides tips for parents on how to care for themselves and their child. Updated March 2021.
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides parents with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to your adolescent.
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event.
Discusses Islamophobia and hate-based violence against Muslims with children. This fact sheet highlights, for parents and caregivers, strategies that can be used to facilitate effective conversations, age-specific guidelines, and actions families and communities can take before an event occurs.
Offers a glimpse into the diverse work that our Network members do. In this vein, we profile one of our long-time members, Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD, a child mental health pioneer, as well as Rebecca Frances Hoffmann, an active Affiliate member.
Offers parents guidance on helping their children after a mass violence event. This fact sheet describes common reactions children may have, how parents can help them, and self-care tips after a violent event.
Describes how school-age children may feel when struggling with the death of someone close and offers tips on what caregivers can do to help.