• Try and keep routines as normal as possible. Children gain security from the predictability of routine, including attending school.
• Limit exposure to television and the news.

• Be honest with children and share with them as much information as they are developmentally able to handle.
• Listen to children's fears and concerns.
• Reassure children that the world is a good place to be, but that there are people who do bad things.
• Parents and adults need to first deal with and assess their own responses to crisis and stress.
• Rebuild and reaffirm attachments and relationships.

If your child is having recurring stress or anxiety related to an incident, contact your school counselor for assistance.

Source: American School Counselor Association