Virginia Tech Resources

Please make use of any of these resources compiled by youth ministry professionals in our diocese and across the country. Primary contacts received some of these resources the morning of the tragedy, but more are included here for wider distribution.

American Psychological Association - Talking to your children about the recent spate of school shootings
 

American Psychological Association

Talking to your children about the recent spate of school shootings
http://www.apa.org/topics/schoolshooting.html 

Children and Parents
Talking with Kids about Violence

http://healthresources.caremark.com/article/plainprimer/100234508

Tragic Times, Healing Words

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/advice/article.php?contentId=49560

Helping Children after a Disaster

http://aacap.org/page.ww?name=Helping+Children+After+a+Disaster&section=Facts+for+Families

Talking with Kids about the News

http://www.talkingwithkids.org/television/twk-news.html

Can School Shootings be prevented?

http://www.kidspeace.org/pdf/SchoolShooting_Langman.pdf

Ten tips regarding talking to your Child about School shootings

http://www.kidspeace.org/SchoolShootingPreventionTips.htm#ten

Virginia Tech Tragedy: Tips for Educators, Students and Parents
http://www.nmha.org/go/coping-virginia-tech

American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.aap.org/featured/resourcepage.htm

Online resources for coping with Virginia Tech tragedy

http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/links041907.html

Helping children comprehend the tradegy

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9709466

Finally, we offer the resource from BluefishTV.com - a chance to download the Virginia Tech Prayer Vigil and other resources. Visit http://www.bluefishtv.com/ProductDetails.aspx?cid=1005&id=1692 to download the information.

Please continue to pray for healing, hope, and peace.