Part 2: Interventions With Children After Disasters

Abstract Provides a summary and evaluation of disaster-related psychological interventions with children and adolescents. Intervention models are grouped in temporal sequence in relation to the disaster event (predisaster phase, impact phase, short-term adaptation phase, and long-term adaptation phase). It is noted that most interventions are based on plausible conceptual assumptions, and convergence often can be seen in the content of interventions derived from diverse theoretical perspectives. Relatively little evaluation of disaster-related interventions with children has been published, and recommendations for research are presented.