For Schools and Day Care

From the NJOEM website:

For Schools & Day Care

NJOEM:

• Emergency Planning Guidance for School Officials
• Emergency Planning Guidance for Day Care Centers, Child Care Centers and Pre-K Schools
• Disaster-Related Websites for Parents, Teachers and School Officials
• Helping Children Cope with Disaster
• NJOEM Basic Preparedness
• More NJOEM and Preparedness Links
• Search for “EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COLLECTION” at the New Jersey State Library’s Website These materials are available for New Jersey citizens, and to emergency managers, government officials, emergency responders, teachers, engineers and corporate emergency officials in New Jersey who need to prepare or respond to any emergency situation. Materials include handbooks, videos, reports or software.

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NJ Department of Education:

• Safe Schools Manual - A manual of self-inspection checklists covering environmental, health and safety regulations for secondary occupational and career orientation programs in New Jersey public schools. It was developed by the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute with support by the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Vocational-Technical, Career and Innovative Programs.

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U.S Department of Education:

• School Emergency Planning Website Includes extensive school emergency planning resources, including toolkits, planning checklists and planning guidance. Some materials are available in Spanish.

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American Red Cross:

• “Masters of Disaster” Integrated Safety Curriculum - A curriculum for teachers, to integrate hazard safety into regular lesson plans in math, science, social studies, and language arts.
• “ Facing Fear: Helping Young People Deal with Terrorism and Tragic Events” A curriculum supplement for teachers, to help address children's concerns, fears, anger, and feelings when human-caused events occur.
• “Disaster Preparedness” Coloring Book. Twenty-four pages, designed for children ages 3-10 and a “helper” to discuss possible disasters and ways to prepare. In English-pdf,Spanish-pdf and Vietnamese-pdf
• “Helping Children Cope with Disaster,” a four-page brochure. Available in English and the following languages:
  • Arabic-pdf, Bosnian-pdf, Cambodian-pdf, Croatian-pdf, Chinese-pdf, Farsi-pdf, French-pdf, Hmong-pdf, Korean-pdf, Laotian-pdf, Russian-pdf, Serbian-pdf, Spanish-pdf,Tagalog-pdf, Vietnamese-pdf

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American Academy of Pediatrics:

• “ Children, Terrorism and Disasters”, Planning material.

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NJ Disaster Mental Health Helpline:

• Main page