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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 21:47:12 -0700
From: Patsy <patsye@uswest.net>
To: "'mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us'" <mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us>
Subject: FW: New "Helping Children Understand the Terrorist Attacks" Webpage
Thought this might be of interest for the Tic tech list
Patsy Ethridge-Neal
School-Work Specialist
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From: Winters, Kirk [SMTP:Kirk.Winters@ed.gov]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:37 PM
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Subject: New "Helping Children Understand the Terrorist Attacks" Webpage
Today, Secretary Paige announced that aid is available to school districts
affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks. He also announced "Helping
Children Understand the Terrorist Attacks," a new webpage that suggests
ways adults can talk with children about the attacks. The webpage also
offers suggestions for educators, as well as links to additional resources
that may be helpful to parents, teachers, & other adults who work with
children.
Below is the text of the press release & the webpage. The
webpage is available at
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/index.html
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"Education Department Announces Aid Available to School Districts Impacted
by Terrorist Attacks-Education Web site also to feature suggestions for
parents & educators trying to help their children understand the terrorist
attacks" (September 14, 2001)
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U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced that the U.S.
Department of Education would be making a series of grants totaling in the
millions of dollars to the school districts directly impacted by the
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center & the Pentagon. Paige also
announced that the department would provide information resources to
parents & teachers to help children dealing with the effects of the
attacks, but who were not directly impacted.
Paige announced that the department has contacted the chief state school
officers, as well as local school authorities, in Connecticut, Maryland,
New Jersey, New York, Virginia & Washington, D.C., to offer them assistance
with counseling & support services for their schoolchildren & faculty. In
the coming days, the department will announce a series of grants to school
districts in these states that were directly impacted by the terrorist
attacks for assistance with grief & trauma counseling & other services,
including a major grant to New York City Board of Education schools.
"It will take some time for the school districts that have suffered
directly as a result of these acts of terror to determine the nature &
extent of their need for our assistance," Paige said. "They each have our
assurance that Project SERV grants will be available to them when they
determine their needs & priorities. The U.S. Department of Education will
be there to assist our schools in meeting the needs of their students &
faculty & the communities they serve."
Each of the grants will come from the department's Project SERV. Created
with a $10 million appropriation from Congress in 2000, Project SERV is
intended to provide assistance such as counseling services to local school
districts that have experienced a traumatic event. The funds are available
to meet the immediate needs of the students in these school districts as
well as their longer-term crisis response needs.
Paige also announced that the department's Web site will feature
suggestions for adults with children & for educators in order to offer help
to the children who may be struggling with the terrorist attacks & the
images & stories of terror & destruction that they have been exposed to in
recent days.
"As adults, we must offer them our undivided attention & unequivocal
support," Paige said. "All adults should be concerned about how well the
children in their lives understand what has taken place. Families &
teachers alike should know that they play a central role in helping
children to understand what has taken place, to separate fact from fiction
& to establish a sense of safety. There are simple things adults can
do-but the most important is to listen to & talk to the children in their
lives. They also need to watch for signs of unusual behavior & take steps
to limit exposure to television & Internet imagery."
These & other suggestions are listed on the Department of Education's Web
site at http://www.ed.gov. The department will also continue building
links to other Web resources for parents & educators.
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"Helping Children Understand the Terrorist Attacks"
U.S. Department of Education
(September 14, 2001)
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==> Information on how to help children understand the terrorist
attacks:
* Suggestions for Adults: Talking & Thinking with Children
About the Terrorist Attacks
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/adults.html
* Suggestions for Educators: Meeting the Needs of Students
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/educators.html
==> Where you can find additional information & resources:
* American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/
* Emergency Services & Disaster Relief Branch, Center for
Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/emergencyservices/
* Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) http://www.fema.gov/
* FEMA for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
* Helping Children & Adolescents Cope with Violence & Disasters
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm
* National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org
* National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.org/what_is_new.html
* Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Trauma, Disasters,
& Violence
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/ptsdmenu.cfm
* U.S. Government Information & Resources in Response to
September 11th Events
http://www.firstgov.gov/featured/usgresponse.html
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Kirk Winters & Peter Kickbush
U.S. Department of Education
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