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Disasters & mass adversities

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Bushfire and flood resources

Preparedness resources NEW

Disasters and the media NEW

Information for families

Information for schools

Psychological First Aid

earlytraumagrief  documents

For general practitioners

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Tip Sheets by Australian Disaster Mental Health Experts

Multimedia

Interviews with Australian Disaster Mental Health Experts

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Children and young people affected by disasters

Information and resources about bushfires & floods

Our information and resources pages have been updated in response to the current bushfire and flood disasters affecting many Australian children and young people.

We have provided some direct links to factsheets, booklets and other resources that can be obtained from well-recognised Australian and international websites.

In particular, we refer you to the Australian Resources for locally-relevant material.

More material will be added to these pages in the near future - please check back to access latest content.

New resources

PDF documentAfter the bushfires: Victoria's psychosocial recovery framework
Department of Human Services, Victoria
September 2009. See Section 2 (What we know about the impact of bushfires on emotional and social well-being) and Section 6 (What support services are needed: A focus on children and young people).

movie Listen to Bronwyn Tarrant speak at the 2009 Cunningham Dax Oration.
In this vodcast Bronwyn Tarrant highlights online evidence-based resources for professionals working with communities, survivors and families affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfire disaster.

Conferences

microphone image Managing trauma in children and adolescents living through disaster: Clinical, research and policy advances
Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) & The Australian National University

Canberra, 1 December, 2009
A one-day workshop to explore effective approaches to managing trauma and other mental health issues in children and adolescents who have been exposed to natural disaster, as well as relevant current national policy. Speakers include: Prof Beverley Raphael, Prof Brett McDermott.