The resources listed below provide information about ways to cope with your feelings, thoughts and behaviours following a traumatic event or disaster. It is important to understand the emotions and normal responses that you may feel as a result of these events.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coping with a Disaster or Traumatic Event
This is an informational sheet that provides tips to help you and your family recover and cope after a disaster or traumatic event.
This PDF document outlines steps to help take care of yourself, how to help your children, and common signs of distress.
This PDF document outlines steps to help take care of yourself, how to help your children, and common signs of distress.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coping with Traumatic Events podcast
A 2 minute and 5 second podcast that offers tips and information on how to cope with traumatic events. The podcast is offered in video format, captioned video, an audio file, and a PDF transcript.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Taking Care of your Emotional Health while Coping with a Traumatic Event
A series of resources that identify common signs of distress and provide suggestions for how to cope with a disaster.
Homewood Health: Experiencing a Traumatic Event
Homewood Health has put together a handout to help you understand some possible reactions you may be experiencing as a result of this incident and provide suggestions regarding the best ways to manage your reactions and begin your recovery.
Public Health Agency of Canada: Responding to Stressful Events and Self-Care for Caregivers
The Public Health Agency of Canada provides an informational document that offers self-care strategies and activities when responding to stressful events.