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PFA Mobile
Type: Mobile App
Lets responders review PFA guidelines and assess their readiness to deliver PFA in the field.
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Mass Violence Resources
The following resources on Mass Violence were developed by the NCTSN.
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PFA: Parent Tips for Helping Adolescents
Type: Fact Sheet
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.
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PFA: Parent Tips for Helping Infants and Toddlers after Disasters
Type: Fact Sheet
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 infants or toddlers.
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PFA: Parent Tips for Helping Preschool-Age Children after Disasters
Type: Fact Sheet
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 preschool-age child.
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PFA: Parent Tips for Helping School-Age Children after Disasters
Type: Fact Sheet
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 school-age child.
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PFA: When Terrible Things Happen
Type: Fact Sheet
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout offers information on immediate reactions that may occur, common negative reactions that may continue, reactions to the death of a loved one, ways to cope, and strategies that don't work.
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PFA-S: When Terrible Things Happen: For Students
Type: Special Resource
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) Field Operations Guide. This handout offers information on immediate reactions that may occur, common negative reactions that may continue, reactions to the death of a loved one, ways to cope, and strategies that don't work.
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A Decade of Growth: Reflections on What We Have Learned Since 9/11
Type: Webinar
Describes poignant moments in the response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. This webinar discusses the impact on first responders' work, the role of the NCTSN, and what has occurred in the last decade for the disaster mental health field.
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Sudden Death On a School Campus: Impact and Response
Type: Webinar
Discusses the impact of sudden death on children and the school community. This webinar provides best practices in the areas of prevention, response and recovery, school staff support, and self-care.
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Responding to Crisis in the Aftermath of Disasters (n.d.) (Video)
Type: Video
Demonstrates intervention strategies with children and adults after a terrorist event or disaster.
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Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide: 2nd Edition
Type: Special Resource
Gives guidance on responding to disaster or terrorism events using the Psychological First Aid intervention. This evidence-informed approach helps to assist children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of disaster and terrorism.
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It's Okay to Remember: General Information Video on Child Traumatic Grief
Type: Video
Features a first-person narrative illustrating how a family can move through the pain of loss and go on to heal. The family shares their personal experiences of the traumatic grief experienced by one daughter after her sister's sudden death.