When Disaster Strikes: Helping Young Children Cope.

Autor/in	Farish, Jane M.
Institution	National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC.
Titel	When Disaster Strikes: Helping Young Children Cope.
Quelle	(1995), (11 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Behavior Problems; Child Caregivers; Childhood Needs; Coping; Crying; Early Childhood Education; Emergency Programs; Emotional Problems; Emotional Response; Family Programs; Fear; Helplessness; Natural Disasters; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Play Therapy; Preschool Teachers; Separation Anxiety; Stress Management; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Childhood; needs; Kindheit; Bedürfnis; Bewältigung; Weinen; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Hilfsprogramm; Emotionales Verhalten; Family program; Familienprogramm; Furcht; Hilflosigkeit; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Spieltherapie; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Trennungsangst; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Young children may experience stress and emotional problems in reaction to natural and other disasters. This brochure presents a number of strategies for teachers and caregivers to use to help children cope with this stress. These strategies include: (1) providing reassurance and physical comfort; (2) being aware of separation anxiety; (3) maintaining familiar daily patterns; (4) encouraging children to discuss, write, draw, or act out their experience and feelings; (5) reading aloud from storybooks with child characters who cope with stressful situations; (6) including play therapy in the curriculum; (7) aiding children in peaceful conflict resolution; and (8) creating emergency plans for future disasters. Providing family/parental programs and working with parents, as well as personal coping strategies for teachers and caregivers, are also discussed. Typical symptoms of stress in young children are delineated. Contains 15 references for children's books and 10 for further adult reading. (JA)
Anmerkungen	National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1509 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-1426 (Order NAEYC No. 533, $0.50 each; 100 copies, $10).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC