Helping Youth Cope with Media Coverage of Disaster: A Fact Sheet for Teachers

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• J. Brian Houston; C. E. Rosenholtz; J. L. Weisbrod

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This fact sheet provides an overview of how media coverage of a disaster may affect students and suggests strategies that teachers can use to help students cope with disaster media coverage.
Download the disaster media fact sheet for teachers in English and n Spanish.
View the disaster media video for school staff .



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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: Child; Communication; Disasters; Mass Media; Natural Disasters; School Teachers; Students; Adolescent; Policy; Coping Skills; Media Exposure

Institutions: University of Missouri

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