Instruction Color: Positive RCT/Empirical Evidence

Demographic characteristics of exposed children and families (sleep, sex, education, loss, prior exposure to trauma, any pre-existing psy diagnosis, family situation, extensive response, special needs)

Goals:

(A) identify immediate needs during disasters, providing critical information to emergency organizations and first responders;

(B) support crisis management and information dissemination via real-time sharing of first-hand accounts;

(C) photo sharing or location check-ins help maintain communication between family members and friends;

(D) should be used in conjunction with traditional media to distribute information;

(E) facilitate collective coping and mutual help (Mash, Fullerton, Ursano, 2020).

Goals:

(A) identify immediate needs during disasters, providing critical information to emergency organizations and first responders;

(B)  support crisis management and information dissemination via real-time sharing of first-hand accounts;

(C) photo sharing or location check-ins help maintain communication between family members and friends;

(D) should be used in conjunction with traditional media to distribute information;

(E) facilitate collective coping and mutual help (Mash, Fullerton, Ursano, 2020).

Reunification with family. Locate source of Support (communication with significant others) (Ozer, 2003).

Sleep hygiene. Try to promote sleep for kids

Goals are:

(A) to reduce anxiety associated with disaster;

(B) related uncertainty by providing information;

(C) adhere to fact-based reporting;

(D) provide warnings before showing graphic material or decrease graphic content exposure (i.e. images of dead bodies, both close-up and distant);

(E) provide information about accessible health care resources for people who feel they may need help during and following disaster events;

(F) to educate those who may be at risk and facilitate help-seeking;

(G) indicate the date of the material being shown to differentiate between current events versus past events (i.e. time stamps in the broadcasted information) (Mash, Fullerton, Ursano, 2020).

Provide safety, adress physical needs, orientation, information, maintain communication.

Assess relevant risk factors of exposed population (e.g. sleep, sex, age, education, loss, type of trauma, previous exposure to trauma, any pre-existing comorbidity, extreeme response, dissociation).

Continue the target team activity that will deal with

1) ED, to provide orientation support, basic needs, connect with significant others;

2) work on the social media;

3) coordinate and monitor NGO activity.

Strategies to assure physical safety including health, according to the needs (Medical care and nutrition), reduce additional stressors