Addressing the Needs of Children and Families After Mass Violence

In this panel discussion recorded at the 2023 NCA Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 6, 2023, Dr. Melissa Brymer, Dr. Angela Moreland, and licensed mental health counselor Melissa Sommerville who speak from their personal experience in responding to incidents of mass violence in Sandy Hook; Charleston, South Carolina; Buffalo, New York; and more. How can organizations that support children and families support healthy coping and identify evidence-based trauma and grief treatments when additional assistance is needed? How can we address the additional pain when these incidents target one’s identity—race, ethnicity, gender identity, or religion? And how can we care for our own well-being and that of our staff, and create our own coping plan to help us get through these challenging times?Topics in this episode:Our objectives (0:10)Personal experiences (15:00)First steps  (19:54)Basic needs (35:11)Social media (41:34)Resources (44:42)Pause, Reset, and Nourish (48:19)Q&A (51:56)Links:Melissa Brymer, Ph.D., Psy.D., director of the Terrorism and Disaster Program at UCLA/Duke University’s National Center for Child Traumatic StressAngela Moreland, Ph.D., associate professor of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at MUSC and associate director of the National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource CenterVision 21Melissa Sommerville, LMHC, project director of the Mobile Child and Family Trauma Treatment Team at Best Self Behavioral HealthNational Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD)Psychological First AidSkills for Psychological RecoveryChild Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)Trauma and Grief Component TherapyAntiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) grantTranscend NMVC appFor more information about National Children’s Alliance and the work of Children’s Advocacy Centers, visit our website at NationalChildrensAlliance.org. Or visit our podcast website at OneInTenPodcast.org. And join us on Facebook at One in Ten podcast.Support the showDid you like this episode? Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.