• Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers This guide from Maryland's Montgomery County aims to provide child care providers with the knowledge and tools to establish an "all hazard" emergency response plan for their individual child care program.
• Disease and Illness Information for Kids The American Museum of Natural History hope this family magazine will help students, families and teachers understand what causes infectious disease and what they can do to help prevent it.
• Family Readiness Kit The Family Readiness Kit, deveopled by the American Academy of Pediatrics, includes materials which reflect the needs of most families. This kit is for parents to use at home to help prepare for most kinds of disasters.
• Caring for Your Family During Disasters: Being Prepared One of the most important jobs of parents is to
provide a healthy, safe and secure place for their
family to live. Unlike
adults, children do not have the life experiences to help
them put their problems and feelings into perspective.
One of the best ways to help your child cope with potential
disasters is to educate them before anything happens.
• Practical Information on Crisis Planning Children and youth rely on and find great comfort in the adults who protect them. Teachers and staff must know how to help their students through a crisis and return them home safely. Knowing what to do when faced with a crisis can be the difference between calm and chaos, between courage and fear, between life and death.