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Bioterrorism

Blast Terrorism

Blast Terrorism
American Academy of Pediatrics
Guidelines and resources for meeting the needs of children before, during and after a blast terrorism attack.

Bomb Threat Response: An Interactive Planning Tool For Schools
U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools & U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
This program will help school administrators and state and local public safety officials better prepare for bomb threats against the nation’s schools. The topics of the program include: Understanding Bomb Threats; Prevention; Planning; Bomb Threat Response; Explosion Response; Follow-up; Training Aids; and Implementation. The educational program delivers content via a CD-ROM, a supporting Web site, and quick-reference cards that allow school administrators to develop a plan customized to their individual school.

School Emergency Planning Guide
Illinois Emergency Management Agency & Illinois State Board of Education
A guide to help schools develop an emergency operations plan for natural disasters, technological disasters, and civil disturbances.

Vermont School Crisis Guide
Vermont School Crisis Planning Team, Crittenden East Supervisory Union, 2008
Presents general information on school crisis management that individual schools or districts can tailor to fit local needs and capabilities. The Guide is a framework to implement local school policy and administrative procedures, which are based on a comprehensive school emergency operations plan and policies. Sections of the guide cover the crisis planning team, various committees, accidents, terrorism and criminal acts, natural disasters, medical emergencies, and additional policies and procedures.

Chemical Emergencies

Incorporating Chemical Hazards into an Emergency Management Plan
US Department of Education Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Lessons Learned from School Crises and Emergencies, 2007
An emergency management plan that incorporates chemical hazards developed in collaboration with community and state partners can address preventive measures, minimize disruption to the learning environment, reduce cleanup costs and keep students and staff safe. The incident in this document illustrates how a chemical spill that went unreported for approximately seven years set off a series of responses from the school district’s Environmental Health and Safety Department (EHS) and the state Pollution Control Agency (PCA).

Ready in 3: Emergencias Quimicas - Spanish
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2004
Fact sheet of safety tips for families to follow during a chemical emergency.

Ready in 3: Chemical Emergencies
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2004
Fact sheet of safety tips for families to follow during a chemical emergency.

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Chemical Emergencies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses this site to provide families with information on how to prepare for, respond to and recover from a chemical emergency.

Earthquakes

Are you ready? Guide
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2004
This guide provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit.

Design Guide for School Safety Against Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2010
Provides design guidance for the protection of school buildings and their occupants against natural hazards, concentrating on K-12 facilities. The focus is on the design of new schools, but the repair, renovation and extension of existing schools, as well as the economic losses and social disruption caused by damage from these three hazards is also addressed.

Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book
American Red Cross, 1993
A coloring book designed for adults and children to work on together, to help children learn about fire, earthquakes, floods, tornados and other disasters, as well as how to protect themselves.

Earthquake Preparedness: What Every Childcare Provider Should Know
Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Oakland, California, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1993
How to prepare for and respond to an earthquake. Also includes examples of children's emotional responses to earthquakes.

Earthquake Publications for Community Planners and Public Policy Makers
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2008
A compilation from FEMA containing most of the publications that provide information and guidance for local planners, policy makers, and advocates interested in assessing and responding to seismic hazards and the risks they pose for their communities.

Earthquake Publications for Individuals and Homeowners
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2008
A compilation from FEMA containing selected earthquake publications for individuals and homeowners.

Earthquake Publications for Teachers and Kids
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2008
A compilation from FEMA containing selected earthquake publications for teachers and kids.

Earthquakes and Schools
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2008
Discusses earthquake basics, preparing a school for an earthquake, reducing nonstructural hazards, and seismic upgrading. A mitigation checklist is provided, as well as appendices on nonstructural hazards, past earthquake damage to U.S. schools, and a discussion of schools as earthquake shelters. 27 additional resources are cited.

Earthquakes for Kids
Earthquake Hazards Program, US Geological Survey
Activities, animations, pictures and more, designed to teach kids about earthquakes and how to be prepared if one occurs.

Echando Raíces en Tierra de Terremotos - Spanish
Southern California Earthquake Center, 2008
Este manual provee información sobre por qué nos deben preocupar los terremotos en el Sur de California, qué debemos hacer para estar seguros y reducir el daño, y también qué debemos saber de lo básico sobre terremotos.

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Earthquakes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses this site to provide families with information on how to prepare for, respond to and recover from earthquakes.

Family Readiness Kit: Preparing to Handle Disasters
American Academy of Pediatrics
The Family Readiness Kit has easy-to-use information and ideas that will help families prepare for a disaster and stay safe.

Family Readiness Kit: Preparing to Handle Disasters - Spanish Version
American Academy of Pediatrics
The Family Readiness Kit has easy-to-use information and ideas that will help families prepare for a disaster and stay safe.

Game - The Day the Earth Shook
Illinois Terrorism Task Force and Illinois Emergency Management Agency
A game for children to play to learn about disaster preparedness. The main characters survive an earthquake by building a survival kit, finding all the safe and unsafe areas of their home, and learning to protect themselves.

Julia and Robbie: The Disaster Twins
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2001
Stories for young children to help them understand what causes disasters and how they can prepare.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades K-2
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades 3-5
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades 6-8
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Family Module
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® series is an educational tool that parents and educators can use to teach children how to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other emergencies.

Nurturing Children After Natural Disasters: A Booklet for Child Care Providers
Debra Foulks, National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2005
The focus in this booklet is to give basic information for child care providers to help children in their care who may be struggling to recover emotionally from an emergency situation or disaster.

Preparing for the "Big-One": Saving Lives Through Earthquake Mitigation in Los Angeles, California
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research, 1995
Reviews the overall positive performance of school buildings during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, with no collapsed buildings. The report notes that the quake did not occur during school hours, so there were no fatalities. However, significant non-structural damage occurred, and egress from many buildings would have been blocked by debris, were the buildings occupied at the time. Recommendations for retrofitting schools for nonstructural seismic hazards, and a review of what has been done to date are addressed.

Presenting…Tommy Tsunami and Ernie Earthquake!
Jewell Hermon, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A children's coloring book designed to educate and explain how an earthquake works, what to expect if one is predicted, and what steps to take to stay safe if one happens.

Protecting Your Family From Earthquakes—The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety - Spanish and English
American Red Cross, Asian Pacific Fund, California Earthquake Authority, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, New America Media, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency, and U.S. Geological Survey, 2007
Information for families living in the Bay Area of California on how to prepare for, act during and recover from an earthquake.

Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country
Southern California Earthquake Center, 2008
This handbook provides information about why we should care about earthquakes in Southern California, what we should do to be safe and reduce damage, and also what we should know about earthquake basics.

Ready in 3: Earthquake
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2010
Fact sheet of safety tips for families to follow during an earthquake.

Ready.gov Kid's Site
Federal Emergency Management Agency
This is the children's version of the ready.gov website, and contains information and activities to help children learn about disasters.

Ready…Set…Prepare! A Disaster Preparedness Activity Book
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community and Family Preparedness Program and American Red Cross Community Disaster Education, Be Ready Utah
An activity book to help older children learn about and prepare for disasters.

School Emergency Planning Guide
Illinois Emergency Management Agency & Illinois State Board of Education
A guide to help schools develop an emergency operations plan for natural disasters, technological disasters, and civil disturbances.

Surviving Disasters: A Citizen’s Emergency Handbook
Illinois Department of Public Health
Guidance for families and individuals on what can be done to prepare for disasters such as tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, fires, nuclear power plant accidents, or terrorist attacks.

What to Do After an Earthquake
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2010
Tips on staying safe immediately after an earthquake.

What to Do Before an Earthquake
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2010
Six ways to plan ahead and prepare for an earthquake.

What to Do During an Earthquake
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2010
Steps to take to protect yourself and your children during an earthquake.

Floods

Hurricanes

After the Hurricane: Helping Young Children Heal
Chandra Ghosh Ippen, Alicia F. Lieberman, & Patricia Van Horn, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2005
Tips to help very young children recover from the stress of a hurricane.

Are you ready? Guide
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2004
This guide provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit.

Case Study from Katrina: Cortez Stewart
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 2006
Case study of the final missing child to be reunited to her parents following separation during Hurricane Katrina.

Clinician Recommendations Regarding Return of Children to Areas Impacted by Flooding and/or Hurricanes
American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005
Discusses key issues for habitability of an area impacted by flooding and/or hurricanes and how those issues may affect children.

Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book
American Red Cross, 1993
A coloring book designed for adults and children to work on together, to help children learn about fire, earthquakes, floods, tornados and other disasters, as well as how to protect themselves.

Disaster Preparedness Resource Guide for Child Welfare Agencies
Rebecca Berne, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2009
In response to the difficulties faced after hurricane Katrina, this guide aims to help child welfare agencies across the country prepare for future disasters.

Educational Facilities Disaster & Crisis Management Guidebook
Florida Department of Education, National Clearinghouse of Educational Facilities, 2007
Provides direction for disaster preparedness planning and management in a variety of disasters affecting school districts and community colleges. The book is intended for facility managers, and is organized around four phases of emergency management: preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The dual issues of schools as emergency shelters and their prompt return to an educational function are covered. 38 references are included, as is an appendix advising on sheltering, mental health, debris removal, family preparedness, and other related topics.

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Hurricanes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses this site to provide families with information on how to prepare for, respond to and recover from hurricanes.

Family Readiness Kit: Preparing to Handle Disasters
American Academy of Pediatrics
The Family Readiness Kit has easy-to-use information and ideas that will help families prepare for a disaster and stay safe.

Family Readiness Kit: Preparing to Handle Disasters - Spanish
American Academy of Pediatrics
The Family Readiness Kit has easy-to-use information and ideas that will help families prepare for a disaster and stay safe.

Hurricanes/Storms
American Academy of Pediatrics
Guidelines and resources for meeting the needs of children before, during and after a hurricane.

Julia and Robbie: The Disaster Twins
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2001
Stories for young children to help them understand what causes disasters and how they can prepare.

Lessons Learned for Protecting and Educating Children after the Gulf Coast Hurricanes
United States Government Accountability Office, 2006
A report on how to improve the future protection of children in the event of a hurricane.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades K-2
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades 3-5
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades 6-8
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Family Module
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® series is an educational tool that parents and educators can use to teach children how to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other emergencies.

New Schools for Students With Disabilities: Tips for Families Who Have Been Relocated
National Association of School Psychologists, 2005
Some basic tips for parents of children with disabilities who have relocated following Hurricane Katrina or other sudden crisis events.

Nurturing Children After Natural Disasters: A Booklet for Child Care Providers
Debra Foulks, National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2005
The focus in this booklet is to give basic information for child care providers to help children in their care who may be struggling to recover emotionally from an emergency situation or disaster.

Parent Guidelines for Helping Children after a Hurricane
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Tips to help children recover from the stress of a hurricane.

Ready America - Hurricanes
Ready.gov - Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ready.gov's website specific to preparing families for hurricane preparedness. The website emphasizes steps you can take to protect your family, property and business as well as additional resources for training, building a "To-Go Bag" and making a plan.

Ready.gov Kid's Site
Federal Emergency Management Agency
This is the children's version of the ready.gov website, and contains information and activities to help children learn about disasters.

Ready…Set…Prepare! A Disaster Preparedness Activity Book
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community and Family Preparedness Program and American Red Cross Community Disaster Education, Be Ready Utah
An activity book to help older children learn about and prepare for disasters.

Recovery: After a Hurricane
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Information for parents to understand normal emotional reactions of children following a hurricane, and how to help children recover.

Severe Weather Planning for Schools
Barbara McNaught Watson, Christopher Strong, and Bill Bunting, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2008
Advises on understanding, preparing for, and coping with weather emergencies at schools and with bus transportation. Events covered include severe thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes and storm surge, flooding, and extreme heat and cold. Six appendices contain detailed weather information.

What You Should Know About Hurricanes
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Information for parents to understand normal emotional reactions of children during and after a hurricane, and how to help children recover.

Influenza / Pandemics

CitizenReady™ Pandemic Influenza Program
American Medical Association
The CitizenReady™ Pandemic Influenza program is a standardized, national disaster health education program that can help attain national all-hazards preparedness goals by providing critical medical and mental health information to enable individual citizens to play a more effective role in local disaster planning and response, and ensure their integration into the overall emergency response system.

Curriculum for Managing Infectious Diseases in Early Education and Child Care Settings
American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Child Care America, 2010
Recommends topics, strategies, and resources that can be used to improve preparedness for pandemic influenza within child care settings.

EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2007
The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza guides our Nation’s preparedness and response to an influenza pandemic and provides a framework for coordinating planning efforts consistent with the National Security Strategy and the National Strategy for Homeland Security.

Guidance for School Administrators to Help Reduce the Spread of Seasonal Influenza in K-12 Schools during the 2010-2011 School Year
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010
This document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidance to help reduce the spread of seasonal influenza (flu) among students and staff in K-12 schools during the 2010-2011 school year.

H1N1 Influenza
American Academy of Pediatrics
Guidelines and resources for meeting the needs of children before, during and after a pandemic.

H1N1: Responding to an Outbreak in New York City Schools
US Department of Education Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Lessons Learned From School Crises and Emergencies, 2009
When the H1N1 virus was first identified in New York City schools during the late spring of 2009, the breadth and scope of this school system presented unique issues in the face of a pandemic threat. However, New York City’s response to the virus, and experiences gained from the process, are transferable to other cities, schools and systems of all sizes. This document will highlight both the successes and lessons that the New York City public schools learned in responding to the H1N1 virus, and provide important instruction in pandemic planning and response for schools and communities across the nation.

Influenza (Seasonal)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Information for families about the influenza immunization.

Managing an Infectious Disease Outbreak in a School
US Department of Education Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Lessons Learned from School Crises and Emergencies, 2007
This document highlights an infectious disease incident, which resulted in the death of a student, closure of area schools and the operation of an on-site school vaccine clinic.

Pandemic Influenza: Warning, Children at Risk
Trust for America's Health and American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007
Issue Brief on the topic of Pandemic Influenza, how it is spread to children and how it can be prevented.

Pandemic Preparedness in the States: An Interim Assessment from Five Regional Workshops
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2008
Between April and August 2007, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) conducted five regional pandemic preparedness workshops involving 27 states and territories. This paper presents an interim report based on results and observations from the first five workshops

Preparing for Pandemic Flu in Child Care Programs
California Childcare Health Program, 2007
Tips for child care programs on how to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from pandemic flu.

Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010
Designed to provide information and communication resources to help center-based and home-based child care programs, Head Start programs, and other early childhood programs implement recommendations from CDC’s Guidance on Helping Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Respond to Influenza during the Influenza Season.

Responding to Infectious Disease: Multiple Cases of Staph Infections in a Rural School District
US Department of Education Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Lessons Learned from School Crises and Emergencies, 2008
Schools need to be prepared to respond quickly at the first indication of infectious disease to assess the situation and take necessary steps to limit or mitigate disease transmission. This document focuses specifically on an incident involving several cases of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at a rural high school.

Legal Preparedness for School Closures in Response to Pandemic Influenza and Other Emergencies
James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M., Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya, J.D., M.P.H., Jennifer Gray, J.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control, 2008
A review of the pandemic influenza preparedness and response plans submitted by states to the CDC and an analysis of the state laws to determine of the states have the express authority to close schools in response to pandemic influenza or other public health emergencies.

Radiological Emergencies

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Radiation Emergencies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses this site to provide families with information on how to prepare for, respond to and recover from a radiation emergency.

Evacuation in a Radiation Emergency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
This fact sheet will help you decide on the best actions to protect yourself and your family in the event of an evacuation order during a radiation emergency.

Radiation Disasters and Children
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, 2003
The special needs of children during a radiation disaster make it essential that pediatricians work with local emergency planners to ensure that children are given full consideration when preparing for such an event.

Radiologic/Nuclear Terrorism
American Academy of Pediatrics
Guidelines and resources for meeting the needs of children before, during and after a radiological or nuclear terrorism event.

Ready in 3: Emergencias Nucleares o de Radiacion - Spanish
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2004
Fact sheet of safety tips for families to follow during a nuclear or radiation emergency.

Ready in 3: Nuclear or Radiation Emergencies
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2004
Fact sheet of safety tips for families to follow during a nuclear or radiation emergency.

School Emergency Planning Guide
Illinois Emergency Management Agency & Illinois State Board of Education
A guide to help schools develop an emergency operations plan for natural disasters, technological disasters, and civil disturbances.

Shelter-in-Place in a Radiation Emergency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011
Fact sheet to help you protect yourself and your family and to help you prepare a safe and well-stocked shelter.

Surviving Disasters: A Citizen’s Emergency Handbook
Illinois Department of Public Health
Guidance for families and individuals on what can be done to prepare for disasters such as tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, fires, nuclear power plant accidents, or terrorist attacks.

What You Should Know about the Emotional Impact of Radiological Terrorism with an RDD ("Dirty Bomb")
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Contains a detailed description of what constitutes radiological terrorism, and how to protect yourself. Also provides information about why children are at an increased risk for exposure, and how a family can prepare for, respond to, and recover from a radiological attack or emergency.

Terrorism

A Biosecurity Checklist for School Foodservice Programs: Developing A Biosecurity Management Plan
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services, 2004
Offers information on developing a plan and checklists for storage areas, hazardous chemicals, foodservice equipment, foodservice and food preparation areas, areas outside the school building, water and ice supply, and handling mail.

Are you ready? Guide
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2004
This guide provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit.

Blast Terrorism
American Academy of Pediatrics
Guidelines and resources for meeting the needs of children before, during and after a blast terrorism attack.

Bomb Threat Response: An Interactive Planning Tool For Schools
U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools; U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2007
This program will help school administrators and state and local public safety officials better prepare for bomb threats against the nation’s schools. The topics of the program include: Understanding Bomb Threats; Prevention; Planning; Bomb Threat Response; Explosion Response; Follow-up; Training Aids; and Implementation. The educational program delivers content via a CD-ROM, a supporting Web site, and quick-reference cards that allow school administrators to develop a plan customized to their individual school.

Children and Fear of War and Terrorism: Tips for Parents and Teachers
National Association of School Psychologists, 2002
Information about helping children and families cope with the stress of war, terrorism and other crises.

Desastres: Comó ayudar a los niños a afrontarlos - Spanish
A. Canter & S. Carroll, National Association of School Psychologists, 1998
La información siguiente, está concebida con el propósito de ayudar a usted y sus hijos durante el transcurso de un desastre.

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Bioterrorism
Administration for Children and Families, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses this site to provide families with information on how to prepare for, respond to and recover from a bio-terrorism event.

Evacuation in a Radiation Emergency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
This fact sheet will help you decide on the best actions to protect yourself and your family in the event of an evacuation order during a radiation emergency.

Family Readiness Kit: Preparing to Handle Disasters
American Academy of Pediatrics
The Family Readiness Kit has easy-to-use information and ideas that will help families prepare for a disaster and stay safe.

Family Readiness Kit: Preparing to Handle Disasters - Spanish
American Academy of Pediatrics
The Family Readiness Kit has easy-to-use information and ideas that will help families prepare for a disaster and stay safe.

Global Disasters: Helping Children Cope
National Association of School Psychologists, 2008
How adults can help children by supporting their emotional and psychological needs during global crisis.

Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times: Tips for Parents and Teachers
National Association of School Psychologists, 2003
Information about helping children and families cope with the stress of war, terrorism and other crises.

Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times: Tips for Students
National Association of School Psychologists, 2003
Information for children when coping with the stress of war, terrorism and other crises.

Helping Children Cope With Loss Resulting From War or Terrorism
Mental Health America
Tips to help children and adolescents grieve following a loss from war or terrorism, including normal grief responses.

Listen, Protect, and Connect: Psychological First Aid for Children and Parents
M. Schreiber and R. Gurwitch, Ready.gov, 2006
A guide for parents on how to help children and families work through potential psychological problems following a disaster or terrorist attack.

Radiation Disasters and Children
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, 2003
The special needs of children during a radiation disaster make it essential that pediatricians work with local emergency planners to ensure that children are given full consideration when preparing for such an event.

Radiologic/Nuclear Terrorism
American Academy of Pediatrics
Guidelines and resources for meeting the needs of children before, during and after a radiological or nuclear terrorism event.

Ready in 3: Emergencias Nucleares o de Radiacion - Spanish
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2004
Fact sheet of safety tips for families to follow during a nuclear or radiation emergency.

Ready in 3: Nuclear or Radiation Emergencies
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2004
Fact sheet of safety tips for families to follow during a nuclear or radiation emergency.

Ready.gov Kid's Site
Federal Emergency Management Agency
This is the children's version of the ready.gov website, and contains information and activities to help children learn about disasters.

School Emergency Planning Guide
Illinois Emergency Management Agency & Illinois State Board of Education
A guide to help schools develop an emergency operations plan for natural disasters, technological disasters, and civil disturbances.

Schools and Terrorism
National School Boards Association and National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism, Centers for Disease Control, 2003
A supplement to the report of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism.

Shelter-in-Place in a Radiation Emergency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011
Fact sheet to help you protect yourself and your family and to help you prepare a safe and well-stocked shelter.

Surviving Disasters: A Citizen’s Emergency Handbook
Illinois Department of Public Health
Guidance for families and individuals on what can be done to prepare for disasters such as tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, fires, nuclear power plant accidents, or terrorist attacks.

Talking to Children About War and Terrorism
National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2003
Tips on how to talk to children of all ages about war and terrorism.

Una tragedia nacional: Cómo ayudar a los niños a afrontarla, Información para los padres y los maestros - Spanish
National Association of School Psychologists, 2004
Cómo ayudar a los niños con esta crisis.

Vermont School Crisis Guide
Vermont School Crisis Planning Team, Crittenden East Supervisory Union, 2008
Presents general information on school crisis management that individual schools or districts can tailor to fit local needs and capabilities. The Guide is a framework to implement local school policy and administrative procedures, which are based on a comprehensive school emergency operations plan and policies. Sections of the guide cover the crisis planning team, various committees, accidents, terrorism and criminal acts, natural disasters, medical emergencies, and additional policies and procedures.

What You Should Know about the Emotional Impact of Radiological Terrorism with an RDD ("Dirty Bomb")
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Contains a detailed description of what constitutes radiological terrorism, and how to protect yourself. Also provides information about why children are at an increased risk for exposure, and how a family can prepare for, respond to, and recover from a radiological attack or emergency.

Tornadoes

Tsunamis

Wildfires

Winter Storms and Thunderstorms

Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book
American Red Cross, OneStorm, 1993
A coloring book designed for adults and children to work on together, to help children learn about fire, earthquakes, floods, tornados and other disasters, as well as how to protect themselves.

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Winter Weather
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses this site to provide families with information on how to prepare for, respond to and recover from winter storms.

Julia and Robbie: The Disaster Twins
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2001
Stories for young children to help them understand what causes disasters and how they can prepare.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades K-2
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades 3-5
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Educators Kit, Grades 6-8
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® Educator's Kit contains lessons, activities, and demonstrations on disaster-related topics that youth serving organizations can incorporate into daily or thematic programming. The curriculum is non-sequential, allowing organizers to choose the lesson plans that best fit into their programming.

Masters of Disasters: Family Module
American Red Cross
The Masters of Disaster® series is an educational tool that parents and educators can use to teach children how to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other emergencies.

Nurturing Children After Natural Disasters: A Booklet for Child Care Providers
Debra Foulks, National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2005
The focus in this booklet is to give basic information for child care providers to help children in their care who may be struggling to recover emotionally from an emergency situation or disaster.

Ready in 3: Ice and Snow Storms
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2010
Fact sheet of ice and snow storm safety tips for families.

Ready in 3: Thunderstorm
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2010
Fact sheet of thunderstorm safety tips for families.

Ready…Set…Prepare! A Disaster Preparedness Activity Book
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community and Family Preparedness Program and American Red Cross Community Disaster Education, Be Ready Utah
An activity book to help older children learn about and prepare for disasters.

School Emergency Planning Guide
Illinois Emergency Management Agency & Illinois State Board of Education
A guide to help schools develop an emergency operations plan for natural disasters, technological disasters, and civil disturbances.

Surviving Disasters: A Citizen’s Emergency Handbook
Illinois Department of Public Health
Guidance for families and individuals on what can be done to prepare for disasters such as tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, fires, nuclear power plant accidents, or terrorist attacks.

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