Parents and Caregivers: Helping Children Cope During and After a Disaster

For Public Health

About

This fact sheet from the CDC and the Departmento de Salud, Gobierno de Puerto Rico, explains how disasters cause stress and anxiety. It also offers age-appropriate coping tips for children, youth, and those with special needs.

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Resource information

Resource: Helping Children Cope During and After a Disaster: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers (Spanish translation)

Developed by

CDC's Caring for Children in a Disaster

Departmento de Salud, Gobierno de Puerto Rico

Target audiences

  • Parents and caregivers
  • Children/youth

Target situation

Parents and caregivers learn to recognize disaster-related stress in children and youth and find ways to help them cope.

Main objective

Recognize

Secondary objective

Legitimize Stress

Resource type

Fact sheet

Publication year

2019