When their world falls apart :  helping families and children manage the effects of disasters / 
Lawrence B. Rosenfeld ... [et al.]. 
 - Washington, DC :  NASW Press,  c2005. 
 - xi, 488 p. ;  26 cm. +  1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>I: Understanding disasters -- Introduction to disasters -- Models for considering the effects of disasters -- II: The effects of disasters -- Children and disasters: the child's reaction -- Family and community reactions to disasters -- Natural disasters -- Technological disasters -- Complex disasters -- III: Disaster intervention -- Preventive intervention -- Crisis intervention -- Postdisaster intervention -- Disaster recovery with vulnerable populations -- The community disaster plan -- Disasters and the media -- Helping the helpers. 
<br/><br/> Comprehensive and informative wealth of resourceful information for understanding disasters. A guide to understand the various dynamics of manmade, natural, and technological disasters; how these traumas affect those impacted; behavioral and cultural criteria to be considered; identifying and dealing with one's own issues, and more. 
<br/><br/><br/>System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Compatible with most Windows and Macintosh operating systems media players. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0871013584 (pbk.) 9780871013583 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003061078 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Disaster relief.<br/>Disaster victims--Services for.<br/>Family social work.<br/>Secours aux victimes de catastrophes.<br/>Victimes de catastrophes.<br/>Service social familial.<br/>Catastrophe.<br/>Secours aux sinistr�es.<br/>Victime de catastrophes.<br/>Service social familial.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>CD-ROMs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV553  / .W48 2005