National tragedies can cause a range of emotions for both adults and children, such as feeling frightened or confused. From natural disasters to terrorist attacks, it is important that adults give children information and guidance on how to process and react. Helping children feel safe and secure and providing them with ways to cope is the most important thing we can do. For more information please use the following resources:

• Listen, Protect and Connect: Psychological First Aid for Teachers and Schools​
  
  
• Talking with Kids about the News - PBS
  
  
• Tips for Supporting Children and Youth After a Crisis Event - NASP Resources
  
  
• Talking to Children about Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers
  
  
• Helping Children Cope with Terrorism
  
  
• Talking to Children About Violence (graphic)
  
  
• Care for the Caregiver
  
  
• Helping Children Cope with Loss, Death and Grief
  
  
• Talking With Youth About Grief
  
  
• Preventing Youth Suicide Tips
  
  
• Saving a Friend from Suicide
  
  
• Parenting Teens: How to Talk to Your Teen About a Suicide
  
  
• When a Child's Friend Dies by Suicide
  
  
• Suicide Prevention Resources for Survivors of Suicide Loss
  
  
• Empower, don't scare: How to talk about school shootings
  
  
• How to talk to kids about school shooting: controlling your fears, calming theirs
  
  
• KidsHealth - School Violence and the News
  
  
• Student Trauma – What to do 
  
  
• Talking to Children About Violence
  
  
• The Do's and Don'ts of Talking with a Child about Death
  
  
• When Terrible Things Happen: For Adults
   
• When Terrible Things Happen: For Students