• Facing Fear: Helping Young People Deal With Terrorism and Tragic Events
A curriculum supplement for teachers to help them deal with children's concerns, fears, anger, and feelings when human-caused events occur. Aligned with national standards in social studies, health, and language arts. Available in four complete sets for teachers of grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12. Each set of materials consists of a Lesson Plans book for adults, and an activities book from which copies can be made for children.

• Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers 
This guide from Maryland's Montgomery County aims to provide child care providers with the knowledge and tools to establish an "all hazard" emergency response plan for their individual child care program.

• FEMA for Kids
Disasters come in many shapes and sizes. Most are related to the weather. Some are predictable -- like a hurricane. Some, like an earthquake, surprise us. It's good for you to know about the different kinds of disasters so you can be prepared! Although disasters themselves aren't fun, learning about them is! Visit this site from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to learn more.

• Caring for Your Family During Disasters: Being Prepared
One of the most important jobs of parents is to provide a healthy, safe and secure place for their family to live. Unlike adults, children do not have the life experiences to help them put their problems and feelings into perspective. One of the best ways to help your child cope with potential disasters is to educate them before anything happens.

• Children and Disaster
Part I: Ages and Stages.
Part II: What You Can Say and Do.
Disaster situations can present a danger to children, not only to their physical safety but also to their mental health. The information in Part I above briefly describes each stage of development and how that may affect children's understanding of disasters. There are ways to help children understand and cope with disaster and trauma, and there are some guidelines listed in Part II above.

• Family Readiness Kit
The Family Readiness Kit, deveopled by the American Academy of Pediatrics, includes materials which reflect the needs of most families. This kit is for parents to use at home to help prepare for most kinds of disasters.

• Helping Children Cope after a Disaster
Booklet for Parents and Professionals
Facts for Families
The care of a child goes beyond the initial reaction or the physical injuries in a disaster situation. This information will help you recognize the signs of stress that your child may be showing and when some symptoms can lead to long term difficulties.

• Practical Information on Crisis Planning 
Children and youth rely on and find great comfort in the adults who protect them. Teachers and staff must know how to help their students through a crisis and return them home safely. Knowing what to do when faced with a crisis can be the difference between calm and chaos, between courage and fear, between life and death.

• Helping Children and Teens
This page from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes information on general strategies for promoting mental health and resilience that have been developed by various organizations based on experiences in prior disasters.

• Psychological First Aid Manual 
The Psychological First Aid Manual was created by the Terrorism Disaster Branch of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and others involved in disaster response.

• Disease and Illness Information for Kids
The American Museum of Natural History hope this family magazine will help students, families and teachers understand what causes infectious disease and what they can do to help prevent it.