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Lanctot, Jennifer Q.; Stockton, Michelle B.; Mzayek, Fawaz; Read, Mary; McDevitt-Murphy, Meghan; Ward, Kenneth – American Journal of Health Education, 2008
Background: Psychosocial stress maintains cigarette use and precipitates relapse, but little is known about how natural disasters in particular affect smoking. Purpose: To determine the feasibility of recruiting victims soon after a natural disaster for a survey study, and to assess the types and determinants of changes in smoking behavior…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Smoking, Coping, Stress Variables
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Riggs, Dana; Madueno, Marcelina; Atlas, Miriam – Social Education, 2008
This article draws from and builds on the experience of schools in San Diego County following the forest fires that wrought havoc on the area last October. Three teachers (Dana Riggs, Marcelina Madueno and Miriam Atlas) provide a moving account of the personal experiences of their students, who lived through the fires. Their recollections…
Descriptors: School Safety, Educational Environment, Fear, Natural Disasters
Gil, Eliana, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Featuring in-depth case presentations from master clinicians, this volume highlights the remarkable capacity of traumatized children to guide their own healing process. The book describes what posttraumatic play looks like and how it can foster resilience and coping. Demonstrated are applications of play, art, and other expressive therapies with…
Descriptors: Grief, Play Therapy, Children, Coping
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D'Oney, J. Daniel – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita affected hundreds of thousands in southern Louisiana. To say that they touched people of every stripe and color dramatically is a gross understatement. Aside from the loss of life and property damage, families were uprooted, traditions disrupted, and one of the largest migrations in American history forced on a state…
Descriptors: Social Studies, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies
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Mohay, Heather; Forbes, Nicole – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2009
A significant number of children suffer long-term psychological disturbance following exposure to a natural disaster. Evidence suggests that a dose-response relationship exists, so that children and adolescents who experience the most intense or extensive exposure to the risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are likely to develop…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Natural Disasters, Children
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Fernando, Delini M. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2009
This article describes a support group for Sri Lankan women survivors of the 2004 Asian Tsunami. The article discusses unique leader challenges in doing group work in a diverse and foreign setting, and presents leader reflections, recommendations, and implications for group workers who may work with disaster survivors.
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Group Dynamics, Counseling Techniques, Natural Disasters
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High School Journal, 2010
Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005, one hundred and twenty one schools in the New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) system were in the process of being transferred to the newly created, state run Recovery School District (RSD). On September 29, 2005, the New Orleans Parish School Board fired all 7500 employees, including every…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Story Telling, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2008
Reactions to the trauma of an earthquake are likely to show up in children's behavior at school, and teachers can play an important role in the recovery of their students. By better understanding students' reactions, teachers can be prepared to provide appropriate support within the school setting. By being informed about trauma, teachers and…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Emotional Problems, Coping, Guides
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Pfefferbaum, Betty; Houston, J. Brian; North, Carol S.; Regens, James L. – Prevention Researcher, 2008
A number of factors can contribute to youth's reactions to disasters. These factors can include characteristics of the event; the nature of youth's exposure; and individual, family, and social predictors. This article describes both outcomes and predictors in order to prepare professionals who might work with youth in post-disaster situations.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Response, Natural Disasters, Coping
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Plante, Thomas G.; Lackey, Katy; Hwang, Jeong Yeon – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the possible enhancement of compassion in college students as a result of participating in community-based learning immersion trips. In two separate experiments, a total of 123 college students were given a series of questionnaires immediately before and after university-sponsored immersion experiences to…
Descriptors: College Students, Experiential Learning, Empathy, Altruism
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Zarafshani, Kiumars; Gorgievski, Marjan J.; Zamani, Ghossein H. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
According to the World Disaster Report (Walter, 2004), drought and famine have proven to be the deadliest disasters of the decade worldwide, accounting for at least 275,000 deaths since 1994. This was nearly half the total for all natural disasters. The agricultural sector has been found to experience the largest variety of economic impacts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Weather, Natural Disasters, Coping
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Klopotek, Brian; Lintinger, Brenda; Barbry, John – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
Hurricane Katrina traumatized the city of New Orleans and the Gulf South. It filled most Americans and global citizens with grief and rage in the late summer of 2005. As the world watched, feeling powerless to help the many thousands of suffering people, at first stunned and then furious over the ineptitude of government response to this…
Descriptors: Tribes, American Indian Reservations, American Indian Culture, American Indian History
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Nelson, Larry P. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2008
Information about the psychological status of children following a natural disaster is rare. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation is to create a psychosocial profile of relocated Hurricane Katrina youth (N = 83, ages 13 to 17) and integrate the findings into a growing body of literature on the psychological effects of disaster. Data were…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Natural Disasters, Service Learning, Psychological Patterns
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Thirumurthy, Vidya; Uma, V.; Muthuram, R. N. – Childhood Education, 2008
The lives of many were changed forever when a tsunami struck on the morning of December 26, 2004, as a result of an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia registering 9.0 on the Richter scale. Aftershocks in the nearby Andaman and Nicobar Islands sent waves of fear among the survivors, further debilitating their spirits. The aim of this article is…
Descriptors: Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters, Cultural Awareness
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Hebert, Barbara B.; Ballard, Mary B. – Professional School Counseling, 2007
Many children have struggled to cope with the traumatic experiences brought about by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This article recounts how the authors intervened in the lives of children and families after the storms. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Children, Well Being, Natural Disasters, Coping
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