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New Zealand - Traumatic incident advice: message to schools

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Pathfinder

Editor, Senior Moderator
Traumatic incident advice

Message to schools:


The earthquake will result in a range of reactions and questions from students depending on their experience of the event and their dispositions
  • anxiety, fear of recurrence of the event
  • changes in dressing, eating, sleeping habits or habits they had grown out of
  • withdrawn and/or uncommunicative
  • exagerated ailments, injuries or reactions
  • wondering what will happen next
  • concerns about being separated from their parents and whānau.
Typically most students will be coping with what they have experienced ? but they will still have questions, want to talk about it, and hear from others. Students will be looking to adults to provide a sense of safety and security. Adults can help students by also returning a sense of routine and normalcy to their lives. Students who experience high levels of social support from parents, friends and teachers have been found to cope well.
Helpful approaches:

  • provide assurance that all reactions are normal
  • provide opportunities to keep routines going as much as possible and highlight what is and can be done to get things back to normal
  • emphasise how people have coped and what?s being done - at a government, council and community level, at a school level and family and neighbours - buildings and homes have been damaged and that makes people sad but we have all done well (this is a great topic for discussion outlining what went well)
  • focus on how things will be in the future.
Things to do:

  • the school day should start how it always starts. Ensure important information is conveyed when students are with their teachers and peer groups they know and trust
  • ensure teachers have key and accurate information to share with students ? what property damage did or did not occur and if teachers aren?t at school why not
  • if there are changes in routine explain clearly what these changes are and why they are occuring
  • students will want to talk about what has happened to them and what they saw. Teachers can support these conversations through discussions, drawings, story telling etc, and by ensuring the positive aspects of events are emphasised
  • if students have lost possessions or things that are important to them, acknowledge this loss and speak about things that they can do to replace or work towards replacing these things ? ask for suggestions
  • in case of after shocks, rehearse earthquake drills ? make this a reassurance activity, we know what to do and emphasise that drills keep everyone safe
  • give opportunity for students to tell their stories ? again try and get some focus on how well families and community have managed.
Further information and support:

  • full information to help you is available in the document ?Managing Emergencies and Traumatic Incidents ?The Resources?. All schools can access these resources on Down the Back of the Chair
  • pages 137 and 138 provide ?Tips for helping school age children affected by Traumatic Incidents?. The "tips" information outlines common reactions to natural disasters such as earthquakes and describes how parents and teachers can support children and young people. These can also be downloaded below
  • it will be important to share these tips with parents, whānau and your school community
  • if you require additional support please contact Traumatic Incident Team 0800 848 326
  • Get the Ministry of Health's quake counselling and social recovery resource factsheets from their Coping with stress webpage.
Related downloads

  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/ChristchurchEarthquake/TipsOnSupportingToddlers.pdf">Tips on supporting toddlers [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>112kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/ChristchurchEarthquake/TipsOnSupportingChildren.pdf">Tips on supporting children [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>86kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/ChristchurchEarthquake/TipsOnSupportingYoungPeople.pdf">Tips on supporting young people [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>78kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/ChristchurchEarthquake/TipsOnSupportingAdults.pdf">Tips on supporting adults [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>83kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/TI/SupportingChildrenWithASD.pdf">Supporting children with ASD [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>98kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/ActivitiesForChildren6To11.pdf">Activity for children aged 6 to 11 years [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>91kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/TI/Supporting57YearOldsNewEducationalEnvironment.pdf">Supporting 5- to 7-year-olds - new educational environment [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>82kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/TI/SupportingY910StudentsNewEducationEnvironment.pdf">Supporting year 9 and 10 students - new educational environment [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>97kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/ActivitiesForYoungChildren1.pdf">Activity for young children [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>51kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/ActivitiesForYoungChildren2.pdf">Activity for young children [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>42kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/ActivitiesForYoungChildren6To11a.pdf">Activity for young children 6 to 11 years [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>222kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/ActivitiesForYoungChildren6to11b.pdf">Activity for young children 6 to 11 years [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>136kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/TI/PracticalAdviceForBOT.pdf">Practical advice for boards of trustees [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>50kb]
  • <A class=pdf href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/CanterburyEarthquake/TI/PresentationSupportingTheSchoolCommunity.pdf">Presentation - Supporting the school community [<ACRONYM title="Adobe Portable Document format">PDF; </ACRONYM>82kb]
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Re: New Zealand - Traumatic incident advice: message to schools

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Current information update on 28 February 2011

Reopening status for schools - Selwyn and Waimakariri



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Posted 1:40pm

All schools and early childhood services in Christchurch City must remain closed until further notice and follow Civil Defence advice about the conditions of the state of emergency.

For schools, closed means boards, principals, staff and students must not enter the buildings and grounds of schools and business in Christchurch City until the Civil Defence orders are amended. This also applies to school properties in Christchurch City that have been inspected by the Ministry of Education. This also applies to schools being used by Civil Defence.

We have updated our advice for schools and ECE services in Christchurch City who may be considering reopening.

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