Many of us have a story to tell. One of the best ways to process a traumatic event is to tell your story. To share your experience with others, so that you may normalize your feelings of sadness, anger, guilt, despair, etc.

Natural Disasters: Tips for helping kids during crisis- from the American School Counselors Association

• Try and keep routines as normal as possible. Kids gain security from the predictability of routine, including attending school.

• Limit exposure to television and the news.

• Be honest with kids and share with them as much information as they are developmentally able to handle.

• Listen to their fears and concerns.

• Parents and adults need to first deal with and assess their own responses to crisis and stress.

• Rebuild and reaffirm attachments and relationships.

Mental Health Support Available Now!

• iMattercolorado.org – FREE mental health support for kids

• Caregiver guideline for helping children impacted by wildfires

• Mental Health Partners

• North Range Behavioral Health

Want to Help?

• Community Resources and Ways to Help after Boulder County Fires

• Donations

• Cash Donations: Boulder County Wildfire Fund

• Volunteering

• How to help a friend who lost their home in a fire – Article

• Other options for helping will be posted on the Boulder OEM website

Be well, Erie Elementary families!