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Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events
How do children and adolescents respond to traumatic events? It is typical for children and adol...
Flooding Explanation- Learn about Flood- Video for Kids
Fire Safety: How to Stay Safe
If there is a fire in my home, the smoke alarm may start to make a loud beeping noise. When th...
Family Emergency Preparedness Plan Get Your Family Ready and Safe
When a disaster strikes or a crisis breaks out, your first thoughts are often of family – especia...
Family Emergency Plan
Be Prepared One of the keys for the safety of your family is to be prepared ...
After a Traumatic Event: How to Help Children (Critical Support)
Traumatic events can be scary for both you and your child. Thankfully, there are many things you ...
My Emergency Preparedness Supply Kit
To be better prepared as a nation, we ALL must do our part to plan for disasters. Individuals wit...
Feeling Safe, Being Safe
If you have an intellectual or cognitive disability, or if you are a person with autism spectrum ...
Emergencies in Rural Settings
Because of increased isolation, in rural areas response times are longer and resources can be gre...
Pandemic Influenza
STAY HEALTHY. Keep yourself in shape. Eat nutritious foods, don't smoke, exercise regularly, and ...
ICE - In Case of Emergency
Store emergency numbers in your cell phones under "ICE" ("In Case off Emergency"), so someone els...
"Stay Plan" Emergency Supplies
Keep these EMERGENCY SUPPLIES in your home in case you need to "shelter-in-place" due to pandemic...
Stay Plan
First things first: Contact the agencies that provide you services, such as direction support, pr...
Car Emergency Kit
In addition to your emergency kit, keep a car kit in your vehicle: First-aid kit. Blankets, n...
Plan and Practice How to Escape Your Home in an Emergency
Draw the floor plans of your home and identify the location of your Go Kit, utilities shut-off, a...
"GO PLAN" Emergency Kit
Make sure to put these items in a backpack or duffel bag, perhaps with wheels, that you can quick...
Evacuation Checklist
Arrange for a relative, friend or neighbor to check you in an emergency. Discuss with them how th...
Communication with Others
You must COMMUNICATE with others, such as family members, neighbors and direct support profession...
The Four Elements of Evacuation Information
1. Notification (What is the emergency? How will I be notified?) 2. Way finding (Where is the wa...
YOYO: You're On Your Own!
DISASTER strikes with more frequency than in the past. Environment changes, population shifts, te...