Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Community Members Can Do - How to Help Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters

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4) Federal Emergency Management Agency
(Information for children and adolescents)
P.O. Box 2012
Jessup, MD 20794-2012
Phone: 1-800-480-2520
Web site: http://www.fema.gov/kids

5) National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Phone: (802) 296-6300
Email: ncptsd@ncptsd.org
Web site: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/

6) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Web site: http://www.centerforthestudyoftraumaticstress.org/factsheets.shtml

7) National Child Traumatic Stress Network
905 W. Main Street
Suite 25-B
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: (919) 682-1552
Fax: (919) 667-9578
Email: info@nctsn.org
Web site: http://www.nctsn.org

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