This is a listing of Web resources that may be useful for teachers helping their students cope with the stress and trauma of unexpected violent events. These resources may also be useful to parents and others who counsel childen of all ages.
This listing and all links were current as of 9/18/01. If you have other links that you would like me to add, please contact me at the below email address.

Pacific University School of Education
MAT Student Lesson Plans on Grief, Trauma, Conflict
http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/bailey/resources/papers/trauma/lessons.html

AboutOurKids.org
Talking to Kids About Terrorism or Acts of War
http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/war.html

All Kids Grieve
Resources for Teachers, Parents, Counselors, and other Caring Adults
http://www.allkidsgrieve.org/home.html

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Helping Children after a Disaster
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm

American Counseling Association
Crisis Fact Sheet: Helping Children Cope with Trauma
http://www.counseling.org/consumers_media/facts_childtrauma.htm

American Psychological Association
Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events
http://helping.apa.org/daily/traumaticstress.html

Beansprout Networks
Helping Our Kids in Troubled Times
http://www.beansprout.net/content/package.jhtml?ElementId=1000313896&audience=Family&category=Health&subcategory=Mental+Health

Bright Horizons
Talking with Children in Times of Tragedy
http://www.brighthorizons.com/talktochildren/

The Center for Grief Education
AN INDEX TO GRIEF & LOSS SITES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~griefedu/internetl.htm

Children Now
Talking with Your Kids about Terrorism and the Events of September 11, 2001
http://www.childrennow.org/newsroom/news-01/ra-9-11-01.cfm

Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center
Great articles and links to help children deal with news, violence, disasters and other problems
http://www.cpirc.org

CNN
Talking to Children about Violence
http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/09/13/marans/index.html

Connect for Kids
Supporting Our Children
http://www.connectforkids.org/

Detroit Free Press
Tips for helping children cope with tragedy
http://www.freep.com/news/childrenfirst/tips_20000301.htm

Doctors Who's Who
Helping Children And Adolescents Cope With Violence And Disasters
http://www.doctorswhoswho.com/health_wellness/healthy_minds/helping_children.htm

Educators for Social Responsibility
Talking to children about violence and other sensitive and complex issues in the world
http://www.esrnational.org/guide.htm

HoyWeb
Helping Children and Adolescents cope with Violence and Disasters
http://www.hoyweb.com/faq/trauma.htm

Jefferson County Public Library
Coping With Trauma, Death and Grief: A List of Reading Suggestions
http://info.jefferson.lib.co.us/coping.htm

Kids Read
When the bad stuff in the news is really, really, bad: special release from upcoming book
http://www.kidsreads.com/features/010921-bad-stuff.asp

The Learning Network
Talking About Conflict and War
http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,20-6055,00.html

The Learning Network
Lesson Plans on "American Tragedy" Sept. 11th.
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6807.html?s00

Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians and Clinics
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
http://aids.healthlink.mcw.edu/article/984000570.html

National Association for the Education of Young Children
Discussing the News with 3- to 7-Year-Olds
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1998/22.htm

National Association for the Education of Young Children
Helping Children Cope with Violence
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1998/01.htm

National Association of School Psychologists
Coping with a National Tragedy
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html

National Education Association
Websites for helping children cope with trauma
http://www.nea.org/crisis/resources.html

National Institutes of Mental Health
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm

National Mental Health Association
Coping with Disaster
http://www.nmha.org/

Purdue University
Talking with Children about Terrorism
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/terrorism/children/terrorism_pf.html

Save the Children
Tragedy in America
http://www.savethechildren.org/us_tragedy/index.htm

Seattle Times
Helping Children Who have Witnessed Violence
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/html98/erik_19991212.html

Teaching Tolerance
Talking about Terror
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/current/event.jsp?cid=247

United States Department of Education
Helping Children Understand the Terrorist Attacks
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/index.html

United States Department of Health and Human Services
After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
http://www.mentalhealth.org/schoolviolence/parents.htm

University of Minnesota Extension
Helping Children Cope with Stress
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/components/7269ad.html