ADVISORY/Experts Urge Honesty With Children.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2001 TOPIC: With most schools across the country today open in the wake of the terrorist attack on America, experts are urging teachers and parents to talk with children about the disaster and reassure them that they are safe. Experts in a CNN.fyi story urge parents to be careful about the images they show children, but to remain "truthful and honest" when discussing the disaster. The experts say it's important to reassure children that these sorts of attacks are "rare events," that the children are safe, and that it's okay to be angry and sad about the tragedy. Some experts warn that adolescents may make inappropriate comments as a means of dealing with the tragedy, but they need the same sort of reassurance as younger children. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: L.A.-based trauma psychologist Robert R. Butterworth, Ph.D., has assisted radio, TV, and print media since 1984 in finding answers and providing insight to enhance understanding of psychological issues related to trauma and disasters. Dr. Butterworth has conducted extensive surveys focused on children and youth, social, political and trauma issues. He also is a consultant for public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most organizations serving as a psychology expert Qualifications: Board Certified board certified, adj the status of a dental specialist such as an orthodontist who has become a board diplomate by successfully completing the certification program of the recognized certification board in that area of practice. Traumatic Stress Traumatic stress is recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [1] as an acute emotional condition associated with reactive anxiety. , Diplomate dip·lo·mate n. One who has received a diploma, especially a physician certified as a specialist by a board of examiners. diplomate (dip´l ; American Academy The American Academy in Berlin is a non-partisan academic institution in Berlin. It was founded in September 1994 by a group of prominent Americans and Germans, among them Richard Holbrooke, Henry Kissinger, Richard von Weizsäcker, Fritz Stern and Otto Graf Lambsdorff and opened in of Experts in traumatic Stress. Board Certified Diplomate Fellow in Forensic Sciences; International College of prescribing Psychologists. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. Certification: American Board for the Accreditation and Certification of Psychoanalysis, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Psychologist License: State of California. Member: American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization representing psychology in the US. Description and history The association has around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. / Division of Media. Psychology. California Psychological Association National Accreditation Association of Psychoanalysis. International Association of Trauma Counselors. 213/487-7339; robert@drbutterworth.net Eve Dreyfus, M.D., is the vice president of clinical operations and the medical director for the San Diego Center for Children. She is board certified in adult and child psychiatry child psychiatry Branch of medicine concerned with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders of childhood. It arose as a separate field in the 1920s, largely because of the pioneering work of Anna Freud. . PR: Amy Jankowsky, Account Executive aj@nstpr.com Dr. Beate Baltes is lead faculty of the Department of Teacher Education at National University with an expertise in Multicultural and Bilingual education. 310/258-6713; bbaltes@nu.edu Prof. Richard Pare has been teaching Psychology for 23 Years at the University of Maine "UMO" redirects here, but this abbreviation is also used informally to mean the Mozilla Add-ons website, formerly Mozilla Update Should not be confused with Université du Maine, in Le Mans, France The University of Maine . His expertise includes child development and stress. 207/262-7960 Dr. Michael Hughes, a leading educator and former counselor at the U.S. Military Academy, is the superintendent of Riverside Military Academy Riverside Military Academy is an independent, college preparatory, boarding and day school for boys in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. History Riverside Military Academy was chartered in 1906 and opened for classes in September 1908. (www.cadet.com), one of the country's largest military schools for young men in eighth through 12th grades. White at West Point, Hughes directed the Center for Enhanced Performance, a visionary student success program. Since coming to Riverside in 1999, Hughes has adapted the program's principles for high school students. As a means to improve their academic performance, students learn skills to promote self-confidence, personal organization, stress and time management, and goal setting.PR: Kate Maine 770/536-8921;kate@vardeman.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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