We Provide Emotional Comfort and Support to Kids

TIP 4 Kids

  • The Need for TIP for Kids

    The Need

    Children often do not receive the support they need immediately following tragic events. The reasons include: parents are unable to provide support because they are physically or emotionally injured; parents are taken into custody by law enforcement; children don’t express their need for assistance; and emergency responders are preoccupied with the emergency situation.

  • When TIP Assists Children

    When TIP Assists Children

    (Examples of Actual Calls)

    • Three small children are emotionally traumatized in a hospital emergency room after an auto accident in which their mother is killed.

    • Four children are left alone when their parents are taken into custody after a drug raid.

    • Two children witness a third child killed by a speeding Amtrak train.

    • Fifteen children witness a man intentionally drive into their day care center killing two.

    • An 8-year old child discovers his father died of a drug overdose.

    • Thirty children witness a child crushed by a park bench at a YMCA park.

  • TIP Assistance for Kids

    TIP Assistance

    (Examples)

    • Provide emotional comfort and support.

    • Protect from on scene dangers (traffic, gruesome sights . . .)

    • Provide “comfort bears,” coloring books and other comforting and reassuring materials.

    • Explain emergency procedures in simple terms.

    • Reassure traumatized parent(s) that their children are being cared for.

    • Educate parent(s) and provide written materials about how to deal with children after a tragic event.

    • Arrange for follow-up counseling for children.