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Home Safety
Home safety information for parents and child care providers.
- Carbon Monoxide
- Children and Fire: A Lethal Mix
- Exit Fire Drills in the Home
- Fire Safety Tips
- High Rise Fire Safety
- Holiday Safety
- Home Fire Safety Checklist
- Home Heating Fire Safety
- Internet Safety Awareness
- Wake Up! Smoke Alarm
Have working smoke detectors. Have and practice a home escape plan. Get out! Stay out!
Disaster Preparedness
- How to Prepare for Emergencies
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Information from the American Red Cross
- English: How to Prepare for Emergencies
- Spanish: Reciba Asistencia
- Plan Ahead for Disasters
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Information from Ready.gov
- English: Plan Ahead for Disasters
- Spanish: Planee anticipadamente para los desastres
Disaster Recovery
- Recovering From Natural Disasters
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Information from FEMA
- English: Recovering from Disaster
Returning Home after a Hurricane or Flood
- English: Returning Home after a Hurricane or Flood
- Spanish: Regreso al hogar después de un huracán o una inundación
Repairing your Flooded Home
- English: Repairing your Flooded Home
- Resources for Helping Children Cope with Disaster and Trauma
Trauma Response
- Resources for individuals or providers needing direct support
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- NY Project Hope Emotional Support Helpline can help you address the psychological stress caused by this tragedy - 1-844-863-9314
- SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline - 1-800-985-5990
- Mental Health Effects of Racism
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Resources for talking to children
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- Talking to Children about Hate Crimes and Anti-Semitism (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
- How to Talk with Kids About Racism and Racial Violence (Common Sense Media)
- Dealing with childhood trauma
- Training resources for providers
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- Preparing for Challeng Conversations with families
Preparaciónón para conversaciones delicadas con las familias - Effects of Trauma on Behavior through Ages and Stages - Barbara Kaiser and Casey Becker walk through what we might see in children of different ages who are experiencing trauma.
- Collective Trauma - Barbara Kaiser, the co-author of Challenging Behavior in Young Children, talks about who she is and what the term collective trauma means.
- ACE Trauma
- Cortisol, Stress and the Brain - Barbara Kaiser discusses specific things that happen in our brains when we are experiencing stress or trauma.
- Importance of How You Respond - Barbara Kaiser and Casey Becker talk about our responses to children and advice on how to answer children’s questions during times of stress and trauma.
- Ways We Can Help Children and Families - Barbara Kaiser discusses strategies to help children and families during times of stress and trauma.
- Social-Emotional Learning in Stressful Times - Barbara Kaiser and Casey Becker talk about social-emotional learning and children.
- Deeper Dive into Toxic Stress - Barbara Kaiser discusses some specific situations that might be causing children and families toxic stress in these times, such as loss, domestic violence, lack of resources and disasters.
- Preparing for Challeng Conversations with families
- Other Resources
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Age Related Reactions to Traumatic Events - This link has developmentally based indicators for traumatic stress in various languages.
Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth After a Recent Shooting
OMH hosted a statewide community webinar, “Addressing Community Grief and Trauma in the Wake of the Tragedy in Buffalo.” If you weren’t able to attend, you can find a recording of the proceedings at: youtu.be/nVmjFYnQPDM. A copy of the presentation is also available at: OMH Buffalo Tragedy Webinar.
Additional resources for New Yorkers impacted by the Buffalo shooting are available at NYS OMH Emergency Mental Health Resources.
Activities for Kids
School-Age Child Care (SACC) Resources
- Prevention and Preparedness
- Securing the Future
- Sustaining Your Gang Prevention Efforts
- The Reality of Gangs
- What Keeps Taking the Lives of Our Children