SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline provides 24/7, 365-day-a-year crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters.

A catastrophe such as an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, flood, or violent acts is frightening to children and adults alike. Talking about the event with children can decrease their fear.

A web-based library of resources and information on disaster preparedness for culturally diverse communities and other at-risk populations.

Help Kids Cope is an app designed to assist parents in talking to their children about different disasters they may experience or have already experienced.

A handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide that provides parents with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to your adolescent.

A handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA) that provides parents with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to your infants or toddlers.

This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides a chart of common reactions school-aged children experience following a disaster.

Offers activity ideas to parents whose families are being evacuated from their home, sheltering in-place, or who have lost power.

American Red Cross information on emotional health and resources for positive actions following disasters.

American Academy of Pediatrics information on personal care following a disaster.

Many people experience trauma due to natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and other storms and human-caused events like mass violence and terrorism.