Disaster and Media Intervention (DMI): Helping Students Cope With Disaster Media Coverage – A Guide for Teachers and School Staff

• 2016

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• Jennifer First; Toby Mills-Sandoval; Heidi Czlapinski; Nathan First; J. Brian Houston

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This manual is for teachers to help students cope with distress from media coverage of disasters—both natural (e.g., storms, earthquakes) and human-caused (e.g., accidents, terrorist attacks, shootings). It provides school staff—teachers, counselors, social workers, and administrators—with tools to guide conversations with students about these events, aiming to support healthy coping and emotional resilience.

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Focus Areas: Mental Health; Natural Disasters; Violence

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Schools & Childcare Providers

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Communication; Crisis Intervention; Disasters; Information Dissemination; Mass Media; Natural Disasters; Public Health; School Teachers; Students; Terrorism

Institutions: University of Missouri

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