Children and Disasters (Emergency Preparedness)

Reading Assignments

National Commission on Children and Disasters, 2010 Report found at http://archive.ahrq.gov/prep/nccdreport

Week Three DB

For Week 3 –

1. What are some of the short and long term emotional impacts a child may face?

2. From the following list, pick one specific case – Non-English or English as a Second Language child, a technologically dependent child (one that uses advanced medical technology to sustain life), a child separated from parent or guardian and in need of medical attention or shelter, an emancipated child (think of the reasons they are emancipated) and identify at least three planning issues and solutions. Discuss them here with the class