A veces es difícil saber cómo ayudar a los niños a procesar las noticias que oyen o ven sobre el tiroteo de Connecticut — u otro acto de violencia. ¿Cómo les ayudamos a sentirse seguros? ¿Cuánta información les podemos dar?
Les ofrecemos una lista de libros y recursos para ayudarles a guiar a los niños en lo que puede considerarse un momento temeroso e incierto para los jóvenes.
Pre-escolar - Grado 3
- When I Feel Scared (Chinese) by Cornelia Spelman
- Sometimes Bad Things Happen by Ellen B. Jackson
- Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep by Joyce Dunbar
- You Hold Me and I’ll Hold You by Jo Carson
- This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort by Georgia Heard
- A Terrible Thing Happened by Sasha J. Mudlaff
- When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Kaursny Brown and Marc Brown
- Growing Up Brave by Donna B. Pincus
Grados 4 - 7
- Bad Stuff In The News: A Guide Of Handling The Headlines by Rabbi Marc Gellman and Morrnsignor Thomas Hartman
- When A Friend Dies: A Book For Teens About Grieving And Healing by Marilyn E. Gootman
- What Have You Lost? By Naomi Shihab Nye
Adultos
- Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress and Anxiety by Donna Pincus.
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Consejos profesionales sobre ayuda a los niños para superar eventos violentos y trágicos
- Indystar Video: How Parents, Children Can Cope With School Shooting Tragedy
- National Association for the Education of Young Children: Coping With School Shooting
- The Fred Rogers Company: Fred Rogers Talks About Tragic Events in the News
- National Association of School Psychologists: Helping Children Cope
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Talking to Children about Community Violence
- Educators for Social Responsibility share helpful links for adults on engaging in conversations with children: Educators for Social Responsibility: Understanding World Events
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Talking to Children About the Shooting
Después de responder a sus preguntas, es posible que los niños que viven a una cierta distancia del lugar de la violencia quieran que su vida vuelva a ser "normal." Les recomendamos que compartan con sus hijos libros favoritos que proporcionan consuelo.
