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Plan & Prepare
Disaster-Related Websites for Parents, Teachers, & School Officials
- New
Jersey Office of Emergency Management Website
- Federal
Emergency Management Agency for Kids
- For
information from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency on how to talk to children about the threat
of biological warfare or terrorist attack - www.fema.gov/kids/terrism.htm
- One
of the big questions facing parents and teachers is
how to talk to children about the recent terrorist
events in New York and Washington. For more information
- www.fema.gov/kids/tch_after.htm
- If
your children or students would like to submit to
the Federal Emergency Management Agency their artwork,
or support or sympathy to first responders or victims
- http://www.fema.gov/kids/k2k_form.htm
- The
New York Times WebSite offers interdisciplinary lessons
developed in partnership with The Bank Street College
of Education in New York City. For grades 6-12. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/terrorism/index.html
- The
NJ University of Medicine and Dentisry Behavioral
Health Care System has prepared information and guidance
for helping children cope with the tragic events of
September 11. To access this information - http://ubhc.umdnj.edu
and click on "National Tragedy"
- Helping
Children With Tragedy
- University
of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Info on Post-Traumatic
Stress for Children and Adults -
http://www.healthynj.org/dis-con/psd/psd-links.html
- The
following documents have been prepared by the American
Red Cross.
- School
Planning Checklist from the State of Virginia - good
procedures, checklists, scenarios for exercises &
drills, sample plans.
- National
Weather Services Severe Weather Guide for Schools
http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/lwx/swep/index.htm
- University
of Illinois - Children, Stress & Natural Disasters
Home Page - Lesson Plans and Curriculum Guides for
Natural Disasters - http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/teacher/teacher.html
- National
Weather Service Resources for educators - http://205.156.54.206/om/edures.htm
- The
George State Office of Emergency Management - "School
Safety Zone" page - safety surveys, plans, checklists,
other resources - http://www2.state.ga.us/GEMA
- Rutgers
Cooperative Extention Service Disaster Resources Page
- National
Education Association Crisis Communication Guide &
Toolkit
- State
of California "Crisis Response Box"
- a toolkit to assist schools in developing crisis
response plans [pdf]
- International
Association of Chiefs of Police - guide for preventing
and responding to school violence
-
National
School Safety Center - Working Together to Create
Safe Schools - "how to" work with key
stakeholder groups to develop school crises plans
- "Ask
ERIC" - The Educational Resources Information
Center (ERIC), a federally-funded national information
system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific
clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses,
and support components, a variety of services and
products on a broad range of education-related issues.
Click on "Educational Management - School Safety"
for a list of internet resources related to crises
response and violence prevention.
- University
of Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute - School Violence
Resource Center - crisis planning and school violence
resource center
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