Wellbeing for LA Learning Center

Part 5: Q&A With Dr. Brymer

Type:

Video

Duration:

9 minutes

Presented by:

UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families

Featuring:

Melissa Brymer, PhD

Series:

Professional Skills for Talking About Wildfires Together

Relevant categories:

Behavioral Health Child Anxiety Trauma Informed Interventions

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Overview

Dr. Melissa Brymer, director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, is an expert on how children deal with stress following disasters. In this video, Dr. Brymer responds to questions submitted by attendees on how best to offer psychological assistance to children in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.

This video is the fifth part of a five-part excerpt from a live presentation that was held on January 15, 2025.

Keywords: child, emotion regulation, routines, stress, support

Public link for sharing: https://learn.wellbeing4la.org/detail?id=401728&k=1784069456

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