Crisis Navigation Resources
For educators, student, caregivers and community members
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If you are experiencing a mental health crisis
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If this is a medical emergency or if there is immediate danger of harm
School Crisis Resources
For Educators
Response:
- Responding to a Mass Casualty Event at a School: General Guidance for the First Stage of Recovery
- Guidelines for Responding to the Death of a Student or School Staff
- Sample Letter Templates (Death of student, staff)
- Creating, Supporting and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Schools
- Providing Psychological First Aid: Principals and Administrators
- Creating Effective Child and Family Focused Disaster Behavioral Health Messages on Social Media
- School Crisis Guide
- The NASSP Principal Recovery Network Guide to Recovery
- Leading Through Crises
Supporting Students:
- Returning to School After A Crisis: A Guide to Addressing Traumatic Events at School
- Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for School Personnel
- Tips for Helping Students Recovering from Traumatic Events
- Talking to Children about Violence: Tips for Families and Educators
- Talking to Children about Violence: Tips for Families and Educators (Spanish)
- Providing Psychological First Aid: Teachers
- Helping Youth After Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
- Suggestions for Educators: Helping a Traumatized Children in School
- Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for School Personnel
- Systematic Review: Post-Crisis Interventions
Self Care:
For Youth
For Caregivers
Talking With Your Children:
- Talking to Children about Violence: Tips for Families and Educators
- Talking to Children about Violence: Tips for Families and Educators (Spanish)
- How Children Understand Death and What You Should Say
- Talking with Children about Tragic Events
- Guiding Adults in Talking to Children About Death and Attending Services
- Guidelines for Talking to Children about Terrorist Attacks and School and Community Shootings in the News
Trauma/Grief Responses in Children:
Helping Children Cope:
- After a Loved One Dies- How Children Grieve and Parents and Other Adults Can Support Them
- Helping Young Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping School-Age Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Tips for Survivors of a Disaster or Other Traumatic Event: Managing Stress
- Helping Children Cope with Tragedy Related Anxiety
- Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Disasters and Other Traumatic Events
- Tips for Helping Students Recovering from Traumatic Events
- Helping Children Cope with Trauma
- How to Cope with Traumatic Events
- Childhood Grief: When to Seek Additional Help
- Helping Your Children Manage Distress in the Aftermath of a Shooting
- Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events
Self-Care for Caregivers:
For Mental Health Professionals
Supporting Students:
- Psychological First Aid for Schools: Field Operations Guide
- Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for Mental Health Providers
- Tips for Helping Students Recovering from Traumatic Events
- Helping Children Cope with Trauma
- Skills for Psychological Recovery: Field Operations Guide (*must be administered by a mental health professional)
- Culturally Competent Crisis Response
Self-Care:
Additional Resources
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Psychological Association
- Child Mind Institute
- Dougy Center
- Mental Health America
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Association of Secondary School Principals
- National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
- National Center for School Safety
- National Education Association
- National Institute of Mental Health
- New York Life Foundation
- PBS Kids
- Sesame Workshop
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA
- The Jed Foundation
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- U.S. Department of Education
- Wise
- Youth.gov
Crisis Support
988 Suicide/Crisis Lifeline
Chat Option
988 Safety and Support on Social Media
988 Get Help for Someone
Crisis Text Line
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