Managing Anxiety in Times of Crisis

Tips for Talking

For Children and Adolescents | For Adults | For Emergency and
Disaster Response Workers | Español

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For Children and Adolescents

• How Families Can Help Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety provides tips for parents to keep the lines of communication with their children open and alerts parents and other caregivers to common signs of fear and anxiety.
• Helping Children Cope With Fear & Anxiety offers pointers for parents and caregivers to help children cope with tragic events.
• What Teens Can Do [PDF] provides information for teens to help understand some of their reactions as well as others, to a crisis. Suggestions are also provided to help ease the unfamiliar feelings related to the event.
• Tips for Talking to Children After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers [PDF] explains how preschool age, early childhood, and adolescent children may respond to a crisis. The link is intended for parents and teachers to be informed, recognize problems, and respond appropriately to the needs of children.

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For Adults

• A Guide for Older Adults provides suggestions to help older adults.
• Mental Health Aspects of Terrorism describes typical reactions to terrorist events and provides suggestions for coping and helping others.
• Disaster Counseling provides suggestions for disaster counselors on establishing rapport and active listening.
• Self-Care Tips for Survivors of a Traumatic Event: What to Expect in Your Personal, Family, Work, and Financial Life [PDF] covers things to remember when trying to understand disaster events, signs that adults need stress management assistance, and ways to ease stress.
• How to Deal With Grief discusses grief reactions and tips for maintaining mental well-being while dealing with a loss.

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For Emergency and Disaster Response Workers

• Tips for Managing and Preventing Stress: A Guide for Emergency and Disaster Response Workers [PDF] provides suggestions for those who are at the scene. It outlines facts, indicators of stress, and stress management strategies.

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Español

• Cómo ayudar a los niños a enfrentar el miedo y la ansiedad

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