幫助兒童应對悲劇的資源

讓兒童理解槍擊慘案和不時發生的暴力事件是一件非常困難的事情，家長怎樣做才能使他們感到安全？告訴他們多少的信息和詳情才是恰到好處？

下面列舉的書籍目錄和其它的資源，希望能幫助您來引導您的孩子度過這段可怕又不確定的時光。

幼稚園至三年級

• When I Feel Scared (Chinese) by Cornelia Spelman
• Sometimes Bad Things Happen by Ellen B. Jackson
• Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep by Joyce Dunbar
• You Hold Me and I’ll Hold You by Jo Carson
• This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort by Georgia Heard
• A Terrible Thing Happened by Sasha J. Mudlaff
• When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Kaursny Brown and Marc Brown
• Growing Up Brave by Donna B. Pincus

四年級至七年級

• Bad Stuff In The News: A Guide Of Handling The Headlines by Rabbi Marc Gellman and Morrnsignor Thomas Hartman
• When A Friend Dies: A Book For Teens About Grieving And Healing by Marilyn E. Gootman
• What Have You Lost? By Naomi Shihab Nye

成人

• Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress and Anxiety by Donna Pincus.

• 專業人士的建議

  • Indystar Video: How Parents, Children Can Cope With School Shooting Tragedy
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children: Coping With School Shooting
  • The Fred Rogers Company: Fred Rogers Talks About Tragic Events in the News
  • National Association of School Psychologists: Helping Children Cope
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Talking to Children about Community Violence
  • Educators for Social Responsibility share helpful links for adults on engaging in conversations with children: Educators for Social Responsibility: Understanding World Events
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Talking to Children About the Shooting

當上面這些問題有了答案，對於不是直接受害者的兒童來說他們想要生活恢復正常，在這個時候一起閱讀一本你們都喜愛的書是一個很好的安慰。