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• Supporting Our Youngest After a Community Tragedy

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  Short article from MN Association for Children's Mental Health with specific, direct ideas and examples for talking with very young children about traumatic events.

• Helping Kids Cope With Tragedy and Violence

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  Dr. David Walsh and Erin Walsh of Spark & Stitch Institute share age-by-age tips for helping children and teens cope with tragedy in the wake of mass shootings and school violence. This resource may be particularly helpful for guiding conversations…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Supporting Youth Impacted by Violence - Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health

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  A collection of resources from the Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health. These resources address a variety of difficult topics for young children through teens.

• How to Talk to Kids about Tough Topics - Sesame Workshop

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  Caring adults can help kids learn coping and resilience-building techniques to help them face tough challenges like community violence, immigration and resettlement, divorce, foster care, grief, and more. Features video clips from Sesame Street…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• National Public Radio: What to say to kids when the news is scary

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  Article and audio (25 minutes) with information from a variety of child development experts about how to help kids process scary news.

• Talking to Kids About ICE and Immigration

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  The Los Angeles County Perinatal and Early Childhood Home Visitation Consortium tips and talking points for parents and caregivers to help assuage some of the fears kids have surrounding the ICE raids and mass deportation threats.

• How to Talk to Children About ICE and Immigration

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  The unprecedented scale and high-profile nature of recent ICE raids, as well as the subsequent community resistance and protests, mean that children are likely aware of what’s happening and need adult help to better understand this crisis.…Read moreRead more of this annotation