Policy and Testimony | Studies | Reunification

• Policy and Testimony

  • Incorporating Children into Community Disaster Plans (Henning 2007)
  • Child Care and Development Block Grant: Background and Funding (Lynch, 2014)
  • Children and Disasters: A Progress Report on Addressing Need (Senate Testimony, 2009)
  • Medical Countermeasures for Children in Public Health Emergencies, Disasters or Terrorism (AAP, 2016)
  • NASP Testifies at US Senate hearing on Children and Disaster Recovery (Skalski, & Reeves, 2010)
  • National Commission on Children and Disasters (2010)
  • National Strategy for Youth Preparedness Education (FEMA/Red Cross)
  • Recovery Policy 9461.1: Disaster Assistance for Child Care (FEMA, 2014)
  • Social Services Block Grant: Background and Funding (Lynch, 2016)

• Studies

  • Resilience of Children in Disaster: A Multisystem Approach (Masten, 2020)
  • How Parent Mental Health Can Affect Children After Disaster (Natural Hazard Center, 2019)
  • A Cognitive Developmental Approach to Understanding Understanding Youth Disaster Recovery: The Vital Role of People, Places, and Activities (2017)
  • A Test of the Family Stress Model on Toddler-aged Children’s Adjustment among Hurricane Katrina Impacted and Nonimpacted Low-Income Families (2008)
  • Academic Effects of the Prestige Oil Spill Disaster (2012)
  • After Disaster Strikes: Helping your Community Recover (2014)
  • Big Bird, Disaster Masters, and High School Students Take Charge: The Social Capacities of Children in Disaster Education(2008)
  • Building Resilience in Children and their Communities following Disaster in a Developing Country: Responding to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti (2016)
  • Care of Children in a Natural Disaster: Lessons Learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2013)
  • Caring for Children and Adolescents in the Aftermath of Natural Disaster (2006)
  • Caring for Children in the Aftermath of Disaster: The Church of the Brethren Children’s Disaster Services Program (2008)
  • Caring for Young Children after a Hurricane: Florida’s Childcare Workers Reflect on Support and Training Needs (2008)
  • Child Development in the Context of Disaster, War, and Terrorism: Pathways of Risk and Resilience (2012)
  • Children and Disasters: Understanding Vulnerablity, Developing Capacities, and Promoting Resilience - an Introduction (2008)
  • Children with Disabilities in the Context of Disaster: A Social Vulnerability Perspective (2010)
  • Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Post-Disaster: Safety and Stability are Critical (2015)
  • Children’s Adjustment following Hurricane Katrina: The role of Primary Caregivers (2013)
  • Children’s Disaster Experiences and Psychological Symptoms: An International Comparison between the Chilean Earthquake and Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina (2014)
  • Children’s Predisaster Functioning as a Predictor of Posttraumatic Stress following Hurricane Andrew (1998)
  • Developmental Differences in Children’s and Adolescents’ Post-Disaster Reactions (2010)
  • Disaster Impact and Recovery: What Children and Young People Can Tell Us (2015)
  • Disasters and their Impact on Child Development: Introduction to the Special Section (2010)
  • Earthquake Effects: Estimating the Relationship between Exposure to 2010 Chilean Earthquake and Preschool Children’s Early Cognitive and Executive Function Skills (2017)
  • Embracing the Children of Katrina (2006)
  • Enhancing Coping and Supporting Protective Factors after a Disaster: Findings from a Quasi-Experimental Study (2016)
  • Evaluations of Disaster Education Programs for Children: A Methodological Review (2014)
  • Evaluation of Identified Stressors in Children and Adolescents after Super Storm Sandy (2016)
  • How Children Cope with Disasters (2000)
  • Impact of Maternal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression following Exposure to the Sept. 11 Attacks on Preschool Children’s Behavior (2010)
  • Impact of Tsunami Disaster Among Children (2013)
  • In their Own Words: The 9/11 Disaster Child Care Providers (2008)
  • Katrina’s Children: Social Policy Considerations for Children in Disasters (2007)
  • Katrina’s Impact on Pre-K Programs Lingers: Delays in Reconstruction, Restaffing are Hindering Preschools, Child Care (2006)
  • Longitudinal Impact of Attachment-related Risk and Exposure to Trauma among Young Children after Hurricane Katrina (2015)
  • Natural Disaster and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders in Puerto Rican Children (2011)
  • Preschool Children’s Adjustment Following a Hurricane: Risk and Resilience in the Face of Adversity (2015)
  • Promoting Child and Family Resilience to Disasters: Effects, Interventions, and Prevention Effectiveness (2008)
  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness in the Setting of Child Care (2004)
  • Recent Trends in Disaster Impacts on Child Welfare and Development 1999-2009: Global Report (2011)
  • Reconsideration of Harm’s Way Onsets and Comorbidity Patterns of Disorders in Preschool Children and their Caregivers Following Hurricane Katrina (2008)
  • Schools as Communities and for Communities: Learning from the 2010-2011 New Zealand Earthquakes (2016)
  • Supporting Children and Young People's Psychosocial Recovery Post-Disaster: Internal and External Protective Factors (2015)
  • Taking Children’s Voices in Disaster Risk Reduction a Step Forward (2015)
  • That was the Last Time I saw my House: The Importance of Place Attachment among Children and Youth in Disaster Contexts(2016)
  • The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health and Investments in Rural India (2013) - link file prov
  • The Response to Superstorm Sandy Highlights the Importance of Recovery Planning for Child Care Nationwide (OEI-04-14-00410) (2015)
  • The Roles of Children and Youth in Communicating Disaster Risk (2008)
  • Unintended Costs and Consequences of School Closures Implemented in Preparation for Hurricane Isaac in Harrison County School District, Mississippi, August-September 2012 (2017)
  • Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts and Cognitive Functioning in Kindergarten and Young Elementary School-age Children Following Hurricane Katrina (2008)
  • Youth Creating Disaster Recovery and Resilience: A Multi-Site Arts-Based Youth Engagement Research Project (2016)
  • Youth Mortality by Forces of Nature (2008)

• Reunification

  • Multi-Agency Reunification Template
  • National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
    • NCMEC Disaster Resources
    • NCMEC Disaster Response Resources
    • NCMEC Family Reunification Planning Tips
    • Unaccompanied Minors Registry (UMR)
  • Post Disaster Reunification of Children - A Nationwide Approach