Information and Support Re: Terrorist Acts/Public Safety
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Locate and share resources
to assist families and professional working
with families and children
from the Iowa State University Extension:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/families/forfamilies/
Talking to children about
terrorism from Tolerence.Org:
Helping students explore their
feelings and the facts about the
terrorist attacks in the
United States on September 11, 2001:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010912wednesday.html
Agricultural Communicators
in Education (ACE) and other participating
universities through a
grant from the Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension
Service (CSREES)-USDA has developed a national
database that searches
extension publications. One recent
search on
children and war located
283 listings on such topics as "Talking to Your
Kids to War: Advice for Concerned Parents (North Dakota),
"Children,
War Toys and Violent
Games", "Children and Fear", etc:
http://www.e-answersonline.org
Students will want to talk
about the tragic events that occurred in New
York and Washington D.C.
Use this article and discussion activity as an
opportunity to allow
students to discuss their thoughts and emotions
about the events. Have
students examine the role of the National
Security Council in dealing
with the crisis:
http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/09/11/towers.pentagon
Included here are several
lesson plans for different ages and grade
levels dealing with
terrorism, tolerance, peace, and disaster
preparedness from PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html
Resources to guide
families, businesses and communities in responding to
stress: www.nmha.org
New York State Department
of Education: Crisis Advisory to Schools
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/crisis/
Helping children and
adolescents cope with violence and disasters from
the National Institutes of
Mental Health:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm
Discussing the News with 3-
to 7-Year-Olds: What to Do?:
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1998/22.htm
Helping children and
adolescents after a disaster from the American
Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry:
http://www.aacap.org/publications/disasterresponse/
FEMA for Kids - How to Help
Children After a Disaster: A Guide for
Teachers: http://www.fema.gov/kids/tch_help.htm
Talking to children about
violence and other sensitive and complex
issues in the world from
Educators for Social Responsibility's conflict resolution
resources: http://www.esrnational.org/guide.htm
More resources for helping
children and families cope with disaster from
Michigan State University
Extension: http://www.msue.msu.edu/cyf/disaster/index.html
Talking with kids about the
news from Children Now: http://www.childrennow.org/television/twk-news.htm
Talking about conflict and
war from The Learning Network:
http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,20-6055,00.html
The National Education Association:
Crisis Communication Guide:
http://www.nea.org/01crisis.html
The National Association of
School Psychologists: Coping with a National
Tragedy: http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html
Talking to kids about war
from the New York University Child Study
Center: http://aboutourkids.org/
Talking to children about
terrorism from Purdue University Extension:
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/terrorism/children/index.html
Resource filled Web site
for parents and others who care for and work
with children as well as
community members from Cornell University
Extension: http://www.cce.cornell.edu/issues/cceresponds/
Briefs dealing with topics
such as: Helping Children Learn to
Cope, Helping Children Cope
With Stress, Helping Your Child > Manage
Stress, Helping Youth Cope
With Stress, Parents Can Help Child >
Surmount Crisis Or
Disaster, Uncertainties and Changes in Children's
Lives from University of
Minnesota Extension:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE2465.html
Information about how to
recognize that someone needs help, >
and how to refer them for
help from University of Illinois Extension:
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/facts/refhelp.htm
How children might react to
a > disaster and what parents can do to help
them cope from University
of Illinois Extension:
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/facts/kidcope.htm
>>
>To give blood:
>Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to
schedule an appointment with the American Red Cross near where you live.
>
>To donate money or
supplies:
The United Way
> Contribute to The September Eleventh Fund
to help the victims of the attacks and their families and provide immediate
support to
established emergency
assistance agencies. Call 212-251-4035.
>
>American Red Cross
> Call 1-(800) HELP-NOW
>
>Salvation Army
> 1-(800) SAL-ARMY
>
> AIRLINES
>>
>Friends and family who
wish to check on passengers and flights may
call:
>American Airlines,
1-800-245-0999
>United Airlines,
1-800-932-8555
>
>
>> VICTIM INFORMATION
>>
>Red Cross WTC Victim
Information: 212-604-7285
>WTC AON Employees:
203-863-6380
>WTC Morgan Stanley
Employees: 888-883-4391
>Pentagon Employees:
1-877-663-6772
Army: 1-800-984-8523
Air Force: 1-800-253-9276
Navy and Marines:
1-877-663-6772
>Fire Department
Employees: 718-999-2541
>Police Department
Employees: 718-677-8238
>> NEW YORK CITY HOSPITALS
>>
>St. Vincent's Hospital:
212-604-7285
>Bellevue Hospital
Center: 212-562-4141
>Coler Memorial
Hospital: 212-848-6300
>Goldwater Memorial
Hospital: 212-318-8000
>Gouverneur Hospital
D&TC: 212-238-7000
>
> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
>>
>The Justice
Department's Office of Victims of Crime has set >up a phone
line to provide information
to families about >victims and about services for survivors and their
rights:
>1-800-331-0075
>