Helping Children Cope With Disasters and Terrorism

by La Greca, Annette M.

• ISBN13: 9781557989147
• ISBN10: 1557989141
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Summary

Comprehensive and current text covering the immediate and lasting effects of trauma on children and adolescents. Reviews research and intervention literature on a broad range of natural and man-made disasters. Documents children's reactions and identifies factors predicting or buffering against severe traumatic responses.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Preface	xv
Introduction	3	(6)
I. Concepts and Key Issues	9	(92)
Children Experiencing Disasters: Definitions, Reactions, and Predictors of Outcomes	11	(24)
Wendy K. Silverman
Annette M. La Greca
Assessment of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Disaster	35	(20)
Conway Saylor
Virginia DeRoma
Intervention Approaches Following Disasters	55	(18)
Eric M. Vernberg
Multicultural Issues in the Response of Children to Disasters	73	(28)
Aline E. Rabalais
Kenneth J. Ruggiero
Joseph R. Scotti
II. Natural Disasters: Introduction	101	(100)
Eric M. Vernberg
Hurricanes and Earthquakes	107	(32)
Annette M. La Greca
Mitchell J. Prinstein
Wilderness Area and Wildfire Disasters: Insights From a Child and Adolescent Screening Program	139	(18)
Brett M. McDermott
Lyle J. Palmer
Floods	157	(18)
Gerard A. Jacobs
Jorge V. Boero
Randal P. Quevillon
Elizabeth Todd-Bazemore
Teri L. Elliott
Gilbert Reyes
Residential Fires	175	(26)
Russell T. Jones
Thomas H. Ollendick
III. Human-Made and Technological Disasters: Introduction	201	(92)
Michael C. Roberts
Toxic Waste Spills and Nuclear Accidents	207	(16)
Minhnoi C. Wroble
Andrew Baum
Mass Transportation Disasters	223	(18)
William Yule
Orlee Udwin
Derek Bolton
Dam Break: Long-Term Follow-Up of Children Exposed to the Buffalo Creek Disaster	241	(18)
Mindy Korol
Teresa L. Kramer
Mary C. Grace
Bonnie L. Green
The Traumatic Impact of Motor Vehicle Accidents	259	(34)
Joseph R. Scotti
Kenneth J. Ruggiero
Aline E. Rabalais
IV. Acts of Violence: Introduction	293	(110)
Annette M. La Greca
Wendy K. Silverman
Shootings, Hostage Takings, and Children	301	(26)
Kathleen Nader
Christine Mello
The Aftermath of Terrorism	327	(32)
Robin H. Gurwitch
Karen A. Sitterle
Bruce H. Young
Betty Pfefferbaum
Children under Stress of War	359	(22)
Avigdor Klingman
Children's Exposure to Community Violence	381	(22)
Janis B. Kupersmidt
Ariana Shahinfar
Mary Ellen Voegler-Lee
V. Conclusions and Implications	403	(22)
Children and Disasters: Future Directions for Research and Public Policy	405	(20)
Annette M. La Greca
Wendy K. Silverman
Eric M. Vernberg
Michael C. Roberts
Index	425	(20)
About the Editors	445