SaveOurSchoolsHurricaneSandyStudentsandTeachersSupportFund

SaveOurSchoolsHurricaneSandyStudentsandTeachersSupportFund https://www.dailykos.com/news/SaveOurSchoolsHurricaneSandyStudentsandTeachersSupportFund News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 09:06:59 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 09:06:59 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Hurricane Sandy and What Heals Hurts https://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/14/1161485/-Hurricane-Sandy-and-What-Heals-Hurts <center><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l257/bcgntn/SOSHrrcnFnd.jpg" width="400" /></center> <h3 style="">Hurricane Sandy and What Heals Hurts</h3> By Betsy L. Angert Human beings are a fascinating bunch.  We gather information through observation, and the reading of facts, figures, and formulas.  We draw inferences and deduce. Granted conversations too play a role in what we conclude; however, mostly humans rely on the readable. What we cannot see is thought less significant.  Take Hurricane Sandy for example. <a target="new" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tone-turns-ominous-weather-channel-205402855">Meteorologists</a> saw the signs.  Citizens, who merely glanced at the papers understood what was visible in print; <a target="new" href="http://nyti.ms/S5dsfN">Sharp Warnings as Hurricane Churns In.</a> People began to do as people do when warned of an impending storm. They prepare for the worse.  Individuals and families evacuated the area.  Transit Authorities shutdown the system.  Cities and counties hunkered down. Now, after the tempest took its toll, young ones do as the adults had done.  <a target="new" href="http://shar.es/Gjcl4">An eight-grader's account</a> looks at what appears on the surface. As do most, she too attends to material concerns.  Rarely, do we know what else to do. Society and school curriculums that reflect a standardized surface reality do not give us the critical thinking tools needed to assist persons who have experienced an emotional trauma.  Today, we have one. We have <a target="new" href="http://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/pfa/english/1-psyfirstaid_final_complete_manual.pdf">Psychological First Aid.</a>  This relief is not as a "kit" filled with bandages, cotton balls and antiseptic; nor is a box full of funds or quick-fix tricks. No, this Aid is much like cake you bake or the casserole you might make for family or friends in distress.  Either is a gift of love.  Each opens the door for conversations that reveal feelings.  So what is this Aid? rss@dailykos.com (Bcgntn) Education EmotionalTrauma Hurricane Sandy HurricaneSandy MentalHealthAwareness Psychology SaveOurSchoolsHurricaneSandyStudentsandTeachersSupportFund Students Support Teachers _1161485 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:08:38 +0000