Wellbeing: Trauma Support
The continuing bushfire situation is a trying time for our whole nation and has impacted many families in our Central Coast community. This page includes support links, resources and state-wide helpline numbers to support families through this crisis.
Online Support
- NSW Department of Education – School Safety and Fire Updates Page
- NSW Department of Education – Advice to assist parents, teachers and students following recent fires
- Emerging Minds Resource – 10 ways to support your child during the bushfire season
- Emerging Minds – Community Trauma Toolkit
- Emerging Minds – Community Trauma Toolkit – Immediate Response
- Emerging Minds – Communities in the immediate aftermath of a trauma (podcast)
- Emerging Minds – Disaster preparedness, myths and programs that hold promise (podcast)
- Headspace – How to support your child after a natural disaster
- Headspace – How to cope with the stress of natural disasters
- Early Connections – Busfire social story for kids with Autism
- The Australian Red Cross – Helping children and young people cope with crisis (PDF)
- NSW Rural Fire Service – Resources for primary and secondary students
- Australian Psychological Society – Australian Bushfires 2020: Psychological preparation and recovery
PDF Resources
Emerging Minds – Community Trauma Toolkit information flyer
Emerging Minds – Traumatic events, the media and your child
Statewide Helplines – Bushfire Support 2020