Supporting Children Through Trauma & Uncertainty: trusted guidance for helping children and families process grief, crisis, and difficult world events

• Explaining the News to Our Kids (Common Sense Media)

• Helping Children With Tragic Events in The News  (PBS Kids for Parents)

• Grief  (Sesame Workshop)

• Helping Children Cope After a Traumatic Event (Child Mind Institute)

• Managing the Stress of Children after a Crisis (Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University)

• Multilingual Trauma Resources (Child Mind Institute)

• Promoting Compassion and Acceptance in Crisis (National Association of School Psychologists)

• Traumatic Experiences (Sesame Workshop)

• Trauma Resources for Families (American Academy of Pediatrics)

• Coping Tips for Traumatic Events and Disasters (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

• Displacement and Resettlement (Sesame Workshop)

• How to Talk to Your Children About Conflict and War (UNICEF’s guide offers eight tips to support and comfort your children)

• Helping Children Cope With Terrorism - Tips for Families and Educators (National Association of School Psychologists)

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network (Provides resources that can be filtered by topic, keyword, and audience with a focus on how adults can identify traumatic responses in young people and how to  support them)

• Handle with Care: Supporting Young People During Crises: Learning for Justice offers recommendations and resources to help guide conversations with young people and to manage  potential subsequent actions and reactions. 

Guidance for Educators & School Communities: tools to support thoughtful dialogue, emotional safety, and inclusive classroom environments

• Teaching Controversial Issues: A Framework for Reflective Practice

• Classroom Deliberations 

• Conducting a Civil Conversation in the Classroom

• Facilitating Dialogue with Compassion 

Immigration & Legal Rights Support: helpful legal and practical resources for immigrants and those impacted by immigration enforcement

• Know Your Rights Resources for Immigrant New Yorkers (in multiple languages)

• Your Rights when Interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

• Know Your Rights: If You Encounter ICE

• ACLU Know your rights: Immigrants' Rights

• Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas

• What to do After a Loved One is Detained by ICE

• List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers

• Additional Legal Resources in English and Spanish

• What to do if ICE comes to your school, English and Spanish

• What to do if ICE stops you on the street, English and Spanish

LGBTQIA+ Programs, Services, and Organizations: support for LGBTQIA+ youth and families in NYC

• The Door is a wonderful organization that provides a wealth of services to young people ages 12-24, and specializes in queer youth. They have a medical clinic that will provide gender affirming services - as well as a legal team that helps with name changes; mental health support; supportive housing, etc. 

• Calle-Lorde provides sensitive, quality health care and related services targeted to New York's LGBTQ+ communities and serves youth 13-24.

• The Ali Forney Center is the largest non-profit organization in the United States dedicated to providing shelter and healthcare services for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness, primarily based in New York City. It aims to protect and support LGBTQ youth ages 16+ by offering various resources and services, including a drop-in center.

• Nancy Dodson is an adolescent medicine doctor and gender nonconforming youth specialist who will prescribe necessary treatments.

• Full Spectrum Creative Arts Therapy is a wonderful therapy practice that specializes in serving queer, trans, and gnc youth.

Humanitarian Aid Organizations: these organizations provide critical aid to those affected by war, displacement, and humanitarian emergencies

• UNICEF- supports health, nutrition, HIV prevention, education, safe drinking water, sanitation and protection for children

• Medecins Sans Frontieres /Doctors Without Borders- MSF runs a range of activities with local volunteers, organizations, health care professionals and authorities to help people travel to health care facilities and access prescribed medications.

• International Committee of the Red Cross- This Switzerland-based organization is aiming to help people affected by the conflict and support the work of the Red Cross.

• Save the Children- Save the Children, based in London, helps deliver lifesaving aid to vulnerable children around the world.

Crisis & Immediate Support: If you or someone you care about needs immediate support, please do not wait:

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: connects you to trained crisis counselors 24/7. They can help anyone thinking about suicide, struggling with substance use, experiencing a mental health crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress. You can also call, text or chat 988 if you are worried about someone you care about who may need crisis support.

• Call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room