• Behavioral Issues
• Child Care
• Cleaning Up After a Storm
• Communication
• Deciding To Stay Or Go
• Evacuation Shelters
• First Aid & Medical
• Flood Center
• Food and Water
• Help the Relief Effort
• Insurance Center
• Lighting & Power
• Pet Care
• Preparing Your Home
• Special Needs
• Storms Explained

Information for Teachers and Parents: Classrooms Can Help Build Awareness for Disaster Communications Plans

It’s great for a child to learn about disaster awareness at home, but it’s even better if other parts of the community help educate children about disasters as well. As a parent, you can recommend that teachers or other educational personnel speak to children about disaster preparedness and plans. Here are some suggestions that a classroom can use to help children plan for disaster.

 

In the Classroom: Learning About Disaster Plans

• A classroom can be broken into small groups, and then each group can develop a disaster plan for the home, school, or community.
• Each group can answer the following questions:
  
  1. What would they do if disaster struck?
  2. What would they take if they had to evacuate?
  3. What kind of emergency supplies should they have?
  4. How should their family be prepared?
  5. How would they contact their parents if they were in school and disaster struck?
  6. How could they help their family plan for disaster?
• After these questions have been answered, the small groups can review and discuss their ideas with the entire class.
• Then, teachers may invite experts to talk about disaster plans and see what they recommend.
• Schools or parents can sponsor an afterschool Family Protection Plan Meeting that students and their family members can attend. Groups like the Red Cross can provide an educator who can talk about disaster preparedness and how to develop a plan for the entire family.