WEBSITE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS, CARERS, VOLUNTEERS, COMMUNITY WORKERS AND PRE-SCHOOL CENTRES WORKING WITH AND CARING FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

This resource list has been compiled by educational, clinical and counselling psychologists with the aim of sharing information and strengthening psychosocial support to children and schools. It provides links to useful websites which give advice and practical resources for those working with children, schools, and communities affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Disclaimer: Information from these websites should be critically evaluated by individual users for their own use, and used judiciously, and in an ethical, culturally appropriate and responsible manner in the interests of the child. Internet sites should not be used as the sole reference point for policy, advice or interventions with children, and should not replace advice from qualified professionals and those experienced in the field. Sources should be acknowledged if materials are used or adapted in any way.

NASP (National Association of School Psychologists, USA)

http://www.nasponline.org/

Excellent site which includes links to practical and informative handouts downloaded from NASP crisis resources at site below.

http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisismain.html

Handouts which can be downloaded include:

Tsunami Materials
Natural Disasters from NASP's book Best Practices in School Crisis Prevention and Intervention
Helping Children in the Event of a Tsunami: Information for Parents and Teachers - HTML | PDF
Effects of the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Helping Children Cope - HTML | PDF
Managing loss and trauma
Memorial Activities Related to War, Terrorism, or Other Large-Scale Trauma: Suggestions for Schools
Memorial Activities at School: A List of "Do's" and "Don'ts"
Helping Children Cope With Loss, Death, and Grief
Children and Fear of War and Terrorism - Tips for Parents and Teachers
Coping in Unsettling Times - Tips for Students & Parents. Materials provided in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese ,Farsi ,Korean, Spanish , Urdu ,Vietnamese

Preventing child and youth suicide
Times of Tragedy: Preventing Suicide in Troubled Children and Youth, Part I - Tips for School Personnel or Crisis Team Members
Times of Tragedy: Preventing Suicide in Troubled Children and Youth, Part II - Tips for School Personnel or Crisis Team Members
Culturally Competent Crisis Response: Information for School Psychologists and Crisis Teams - HTML | PDF
Culturally Competent Crisis Response Resources

International School Psychology Association (ISPA)

http://www.ispaweb.org/en/index.html

http://www.ispaweb.org/en/Documents/tsunami_resources.htm

Good site which provides web links to handouts which can be downloaded, adapted and translated for mental health workers in the Tsunami disaster areas. Also provides ethical guidelines for work with children and in schools. Includes NASP links as well as the following handouts:

APA Resources for managing traumatic stress: Tips for Recovering From Natural Disasters. (American Psychological Society)

Hong Kong Psychological Society - provides crisis management resources to support children, parents, teachers, educators, and social services in Chinese and English.

American Psychological Association (APA)

http://www.apa.org

Link to ‘Tsunami Relief Information from APA’ at site below

http://www.apapractice.org

Links to ‘Tsunami Toolkit’ which provides numerous websites and APA materials including:

· Trauma Information Pages created by David Baldwin . Worth scrolling down to get to the section titled, Additional (External) Disaster Materials for Adults, Children, and Families which provides new materials and websites specific to the tsunami and supporting children, parents and relief workers

· Red Cross document titled Helping Young Children Cope with Trauma

· Federal Emergency Management Agency document titled Helping Children Cope with Disaster

· Tapping Your Resilience in the Wake of Terrorism: Pointers for Practitioners. It discusses self-care strategies for mental health professionals who are providing assistance to disaster survivors.

Children and War Foundation

http://www.childrenandwar.org

Good research-based site set up by the Centre for Crisis Psychology in Norway and the Institute of Psychiatry, UK. Promotes, gathers, conducts and disemminates information on evidence-based research on impact of war, inner city violence and disaster on children, with a focus on clinical assessment , cultural relevance and community-based interventions.

Link to very comprehensive reference list highlighting psycho-social and emotional aspects of war on children internationally. Studies conducted with children from Turkish and Greek earthquake in 1999, children affected by recent wars in Bosnia, Croatia, El Salvador, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Cambodia, Gaza Strip, Eritrea, Rwanda and child holocast survivors.

European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)

http://www.estss.org

http://www.estss.org/events/tsunami.htm

Good site which focuses on impact of trauma on children and provides useful practical guidelines when planning for, or responding to disasters, from a local incident in a school to mass impact disasters including terrorist attacks. Guidelines cover:

· Setting up multi-agency groups

· Early practical and social support

· Levels of psycho-social care

· Role of individuals, specifically befrienders, skilled workers, trauma counsellors and specialists.

Also provides review of evidence for treatment approaches for prevention and management of post traumatic stress disorder.

British Psychological Society (BPS)

http://www.bps.org.uk/home-page.cfm

http://www.bps.org.uk/tsunami$/tsunami_home.cfm

Provides links to information for BPS members who wish to offer assistance, research links and link to directory of chartered psychologists for public seeking psychological help.

School Psychologists and Counsellors

All Local Education Authorities (LEAs) or equivalent in UK have an educational psychology service which provides qualified educational psychologists attached to all primary and sceondary schools. Parents and teachers should go through the headteacher of the child’s school or contact their education authority for access to an educational psychologist if they concerned about a child/teacher/or school personnel who may have been affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Parents/carers who reside outside of Sri Lanka should contact their embassy or child’s school in country of residence for information about access to school psychological and counselling services for children and adults.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiartry (AACAP)

http://aacap.org/publications/factsfam/index.htm

Provides a wide range of single sheet AACAP factsheets, designed for use with parents and families, which can be downloaded and adapted with acknowledgement to suit context and local communities. Factsheets link to other relevant AACAP factsheets. Caution is advised when using sheets as information may be outdated, and publication date should be checked. Copies available in English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Polish and Icelandic. Topis include:

· Helping children after a disaster, May 2000

· Children and grief, Jul 04

· Teen suicide, Jul 04

· Teens: Alcohol and drugs, Jul 04

· Children of alcholics

· Children who won’t go to school

· Children’s sleep problems

· Bedwetting

National Centre for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

http://www.ncptsd.org

USA based site which offers a more medicalised, treatment model of assessment and support within a PTSD framework, with a primary focus on effects of war and terrorism. May be more useful to clinicians and offers website links related to supporting children, families, survivors and armed forces personnel.

Australian Institute of Family Studies

http://www.aifs.gov.au/nchlinksalphaorg.html

Provides information, advice and research focused on prevention of child abuse and neglect and family violence. Good link site with a comprehensive, international list of internet sites of national organisations working in child abuse prevention.

Sri Lanka

Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA)

http://www.humanitarian-srilanka.org

Link to psychosocial responses to tsunami crisis

http://www.humanitarian-srilanka.org/Pages/tsunami.htm

The CHA coordinates humanitarian, development and psychosocial agencies in Sri Lanka. The organisation working closely with The Psychosocial Desk at the Centre for National Operations , the state body assigned to coordinate psychosocial interventions and mental healthcare in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster. Site provides information on the following:

· Organizations, resource personnel and updates on working groups.

· Range of guidelines, including guidelines for orphans, supporting wellbeing of children, camp management and good practice for psychosocial work in Sri Lanka

· Needs assessment and assessment tools

· Resource links

Psychosocial Support Programme (PSP)

www.tsunamihelpsrilanka.blogspot.com (temporary site; eventually to be replaced by site below)

www.reliefcoordinationtsunamisl.com.

There are a number of government and donor organisations, NGOs and voluntary groups providing a range of services for children across Sri Lanka. This site aims to coordinate support and provides information and updates on psychosocial issues and response in relation to the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka. Site is maintained by the Psychosocial Support Programme of the IWTHI Trust, Sri Lanka. Provides:

· Updates on current relief efforts and issues of concern

· Information on whom to contact in affected districts if you want to help
needs in affected areas

· Useful guidelines on planning and implementing effective relief responses

· Related websites

Links to psychological societies in India, Indonesia and Thailand

This information is taken from the APA website but postholders may not be current.

India
Prof. S. Narayanan
Indian Psychological Association
Department of Psychology
Zakir Hussain College
J.L. Nehru Marq
New Delhi 110 002
India
Telephone: 91 11 644 71 89

Email: satsangi@mailcity.com

Indonesia
Dr. Rahmat Ismail, President
Indonesian Psychological Association - IPA/HIMPSI
Kebayoran Centre Block A/16
Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta 12240
Indonesia
Telephone and Fax: (62-21) 725.4040
Website: http://www.himpsi.org

Email: rahmat@himpsi.org

Thailand
Prof. Dr. Chaiyaport Wichawut
Thai Psychological Association
Faculty of Psychology
Chulalongkorn University
16th Floor, Witthyakit Bldg., Phayathai Road
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Thailand
Telephone: 662-218-9923-5
Fax: 662-218-9923

Email: mkakanan@chula.ac.th