Washington, D.C, September 15, 2005 – Homes, toys, friends, pets -- in some cases even parents or family members. The list of what Hurricane Katrina has taken from hundreds of thousands of children is overwhelming.
For kids—both those directly and indirectly affected by the storm—there is still much coping left to do and a lot of support still needed. How can adults help children through this stressful time? For the latest ConnectforKids.org free online chat on September 21 at 1 p.m. ET, we’re connecting our audience with two experts who will answer questions on a variety of coping and support strategies for children, youth and families.
Expert Elizabeth Mullett, a child and adolescent psychologist with the New York University Child Study Center Institute for Trauma and Stress will join us to answer questions about how we can help children in the wake of Katrina, along with Debbie Stein, Director of Federal Policy and Advocacy with Voices for America’s Children, who will provide us with insight on how governmental programs that serve children are being re-tooled or used to serve displaced children.
Parents, educators, advocates and anyone else wanting to ask questions and submit comments on kids and Katrina are encouraged to send advance questions and comments for the experts to rob@connectforkids.org [1].
Those who can log on during the chat will also be able to submit live questions, and interact with the experts.
Talktime Live! is a bimonthly online discussion series for expert panelists, concerned parents, educators, advocates and policymakers. Previous Talktime Live! topics have included books for teens, recruiting and retaining foster parents, and preventing obesity.
What:Talktime Live! online discussion—a dialogue featuring youth-focused coping and support specialists
Who: Elizabeth Mullett, Child and Adolescent Psychologist with the New York University Child Study Center Institute for Trauma and Stress; Debbie Stein, Director of Federal Policy and Advocacy with Voices for America’s Children; Jan Richter, Advocacy Director with Connect for Kids
When: Wednesday, September 21, 2005
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
Where: http://www.connectforkids.org [2]
Transcripts of the discussions are available online.
Connect for Kids makes the best use of communications technologies, specifically the Internet, to give adults—parents, grandparents, guardians, educators, advocates, policymakers, elected officials and others—the tools and information they need to improve the lives of children, youth and families. The Connect for Kids Web site covers more than 30 topics ranging from arts to youth development, foster care to adoption, and welfare reform to oral health.