Emergency & Natural Disaster Resources

Below is a range of resources for Emergencies and Natural Disasters which you may find useful.

Resources - Social Stories

  • Bushfire Social Story

  • Fires - Leaving my house information

  • Bairnsdale City Oval - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Buchan - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Cann River - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Lakes Entrance - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Mallacoota Club Rooms - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Mallacoota Hall - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Omeo - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Orbost Basketball Centre - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Orbost Cricket Club - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Orbost - Senior Citizens Relief Centre Story

  • Paynesville - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Generic - Relief Centre Social Story

  • Planned Burn Off - Social Story

  • Covid Vaccinations - Social Story

Resources - For Parents & Carers

  • National Bushfire Recovery Agency - Contacts for emergency assistance

  • Bushfire Recovery Resources for Educators and Families

  • Bushfire Recovery - Wellbeing Tips

  • Looking after children who are anxious about bushfire season

  • Useful skills for disaster recovery - Helpful thinking

  • Useful skills for disaster recovery - Managing emotional distress

  • Helpful skills for disaster recovery - The importance of social connection

  • Helping children who have been affected by bushfires

  • Psychological preparedness can save your life - Bushfires

  • After The Emergency

  • Strategies for parents - Children affected by a natural disaster

  • Emerging Minds - Trauma responses in children ages 2-4 years factsheet

  • Advice for parents supporting children and young people exposed to a potential traumatic event

  • Psychological First Aid - An Australian guide to supporting people affected by disaster

  • Natural disaster: Story books for children

  • Talking with Children about Coronavirus

  • Crisis Payments (Commonwealth)

    Crisis Payments (Commonwealth)

    Check out the simplified version of where you may be able to access payments in times of an emergency through Centrelink.

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  • Emergency Payments (Victoria)

    Emergency Payments (Victoria)

    Check out the two payments you can access in times of an emergency in Victoria through the State Government.

    Download

Resources - For Teachers

  • Emergency Recovery Lesson Plans (Early Childhood)

  • Emergency Recovery Lesson Plans (Years 1-3)

  • Emergency Recovery Lesson Plans (Years 4-6)

  • Emergency Recovery Lesson Plans (Years 7-9)

  • Emergency Recovery Lesson Plans (Years 10-12)

  • Victorian Bushfire Support - Resources for Teachers School Recovery Kit

  • Helping Children after a Bushfire - Teacher Booklet