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SRCD-Sponsored Congressional Briefing, September 22, 2006:
Children in the Eye of the Storm: Lessons Learned From the Hurricanes' Children

The Society for Research in Child Development, in cooperation with Senator Thad Cochran and Senator Mary Landrieu, sponsored a Congressional Staff Briefing on Friday, September 22, 2006. The briefing highlighted the research on how children in the Gulf Coast are doing one year after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

This briefing was co-sponsored by the following organizations:

In the Eye of the Storm: Lessons Learned From the Hurricanes’ Children Panel: Resilience in the Aftermath of the Disaster Joy Osofsky, Ph.D.,Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Clinical Director for Child and Adolescent Initiatives for Louisiana Spirit View Presentation Emergency Preparedness for Child Care and Early Education Cathy Grace, Ed.D., Professor and Director in collaboration with Elizabeth F. Shores, M.A.P.H., Senior Research Associate Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute View Brochure Student Displacement after the Hurricanes: Perceptions, Outcomes, Implications Gary J. Asmus, Ph.D., MIS Director, Center for Child Development in collaboration with Billy R. Stokes, Ed.D., Director, Center for Child Development and John Lacour, MSW, Director of Health Sciences, Center for Child Development University of Louisiana at Lafayette View Presentation View photos from the briefing

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