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Disasters, Impact on Children

By: Robin H. Gurwitch & Lawrence B. Rosenfeld
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:children; disaster coverage; disaster response; disasters; extracurricular activities; hurricanes; trauma

Children are likely involved in disasters wherever they occur. For example, the much-studied 1972 Buffalo Creek flood in West Virginia left 125 dead, 52 of them children. Thousands of children were affected by the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia in December ...

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  Gurwitch, R., & Rosenfeld, L. (2008). Disasters, impact on children. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 162-165). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n51
  
  Gurwitch, Robin H., and Lawrence B. Rosenfeld. "Disasters, Impact on Children." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 162-65. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n51.
  
  Gurwitch, R. and Rosenfeld, L. 2008. Disasters, Impact on Children. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 162-165 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n51> [Accessed 20 Jun 2021].
  
  Gurwitch, Robin H. and Lawrence B. Rosenfeld. "Disasters, Impact on Children." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 162-65. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n51.
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