SCaring for Kids After Trauma, Disaster and Death:
A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS

SECOND EDITION

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Caring for Kids After Trauma, Disaster and Death:
A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS SECOND EDITION

DEVELOPED BY:

The faculty and staff of the New York University Child Study Center Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., Director & Founder Marylene Cloitre, Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Trauma and Stress
REVISED SEPTEMBER 2006

under the direction of Joel McClough, Ph.D., Director of the Families Forward Program, Institute for Trauma and Stress by Anita Gurian, Ph.D. Dimitra Kamboukos, Ph.D. Eva Levine, Ph.D. Michelle Pearlman, Ph.D. Ronny Wasser, B.A.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION

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SECTION I: REACTIONS TO DISASTER AND TRAUMA CHAPTER 1: CHILDREN’S REACTIONS TO DISASTERS AND TRAUMA

CHAPTER 6: MEDIA EXPOSURE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS: HOW MUCH MEDIA COVERAGE IS TOO MUCH?

Introduction ..................................................................7 Traumatic stress reactions