Mass Shootings - Coping Resources
Coping Resources in Response to a Mass Violence Event
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed resources to help children, families, and communities navigate what they are seeing and hearing, acknowledge their feelings, and find ways to cope together. Resources include:
- School Shooters .info - Peter Langman, Ph.D. – https://schoolshooters.info/
- Library - https://schoolshooters.info/browse-library
Prevention - https://schoolshooters.info/prevention
- Veterans Health Administration: Resources in the Wake of Mass Violence
- SAMHSA: Disaster Behavioral Health Intervention Inventory
- Federal Mass Violence Behavioral Health Call - Active Shooter at Elementary School, Uvalde, TX
- 10 Tips for Teaching the Psychological First Aid Model
- Helpful Hints for School Emergency Management
- Coping After Mass Violence
- For Teens: Coping After Mass Violence
- Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth After Mass Violence
- Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
- Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators
- Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping School-Age Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- Helping Young Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
- The Power of Parenting: How to Help Your Child After a Parent or Caregiver Dies
- Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN) to Promote Wellbeing (for responders)
Psychological First Aid
The NCTSN also has resources for responders on Psychological First Aid (PFA). PFA is an early intervention to support children, adolescents, adults, and families impacted by these types of events. The PFA Wallet Card (En Español) provides a quick reminder of the core actions. PFA Handouts include:
Available from the National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center:
- Transcend (mobile app to assist with recovery after mass violence)
Disaster Helpline
SAMHSA has a Disaster Distress Helpline – call or text 1-800-985-5990 (for Spanish, press 2) to be connected to a trained counselor 24/7/365.
- Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth After the Recent Shooting, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (K-12) Spanish Version
- Psychological Impact of the Recent Shooting, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (K-12)
- Restoring a Sense of Safety in the Aftermath of a Mass Shooting: Tips for Parents and Professionals, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (K-12)
- Talking to Children About the Shooting, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (K-12)
- Tip Sheet for Youth Talking to Journalists About the Shooting, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (K-12)
- Coping After Terrorism for Injured Survivors, Federal Bureau of Investigation (K-12 and Higher ed)
- Coping After Terrorism for Survivors, Federal Bureau of Investigation (K-12 and Higher ed)