DISASTERSHOCK:
HOW TO COPE WITH THE EMOTIONAL STRESS OF A MAJOR DISASTER
This Disastershock book is intended to help families and communities to cope with disaster related stress such as that caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Part I describes ten effective methods to be used to reduce stress. Part 2 describes 12 stress reduction methods to be used with children. Although Part 2 was written primarily for parents, teachers and other adults working with children will find it useful. A unique feature of Disastershock is that its practical stress reduction methods are described in an explicit manner making them easy to learn.
Olufunke Olufunsho Adegoke – Nigeria
Bhavna Agarwal- USA/India
Nyna Amin - South Africa
Parto Aram – USA
Vince Nyabunga Arasa - Kenya
Huda Ayyash-Abdo - Lebanon/USA
Liat Ben-Uzi – Israel
Helena Berger - Czech Republic
Priti Bhattacharya - India
Sagar Bhattacharya - India
Sandra Sanabria Bohórquez - Colombia/USA
Nagaraj Boobalan - India
Antoine P. Broustra - USA
Wei-Yi Chin - Taiwan
Julia Lam Iok Chu - China
Andrea Circella - Italy
Alexandre Coimbra – USA/Brazil
Lina Cuartas - Columbia/USA
Sibnath Deb - India
Shuyu Deng - China
Karin Dremel - USA
T.R.A.Devakumar – India
Elena Dvortsova - Russia
Susanne Ebert-Khosla - USA/Germany
Xinyue Fan – China
Yohko Fick - Japan
Damian Gallegos-Lemos - Ecuador/Spain
Brian Gerrard - Canada
Suzanne Giraudo – USA
Elaine Gouvêa - USA/Brazil
Jessica Gunawan - Indonesia
Seth Hamlin - USA
Aan Hermawan - Indonesia
Van Van Hoang– Vietnam
Ming-Kuo Hung - Taiwan
Lenka Josifkova – Czech Republic
Motoko Katayama - Japan
Tatiana Khalaf – Lebanon
Sheena Kim - USA
Joanna Wong Pui Kei - China
Sheena Kim - USA
Valerie Leong Pou Kio - China
Celma Kirkwood – USA/Brazil
Celina Korzeniowski – Argentina
Geliya Kudryavtseva – USA
Olga Kuznetsova - USA/Russia
Amy Lang - USA
Jia Rebecca Li - USA
The Disastershock Team was formed in April, 2020 with members from 26 countries. The team's mission is to translate Disastershock into different languages and rapidly disseminate free copies globally to the countries most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chung-Jung Lin - Taiwan
Akiko Lipton – Japan
Lucía Lemos - Ecuador
Marizela Maciel - USA
Elizabeth Moon – USA
Christine Nazareth - USA/Brazil
Julie Norton - USA
Sawyer Norton - USA
Yasemin Özkan – Turkey
Francesca Pagano – USA/Brazil
Kiran Pala - USA
Marie-Claude Parpaglione - Italy/France
Amy Paul - India
David Paul - India
Joseph Puthussery - USA
Barbara Piper-Roelofs - Netherlands
Eliana Ponce de Leon Reeves – USA
Célia Queiroz - USA/Brazil
Jen Raynes - USA
Andrea Riedmayer - Germany
Karin Rohlfs - Germany/USA
Nihal Sahan USA
Marie-claude Sannazzari – France
Rama Saripalle – USA/India
Erwin Schmitt - Germany
Heike Schmitz - Germany/USA
Meryem Danışmaz Sevin – Turkey
Sue Linville Shaffer - USA
Ratnesh Sharma - USA
Jacqueline Shinefield - USA
David Shoup - USA
Alena Skrbkova- Czech Republic/Belgium
Bridget Steed - USA
Zhenrong Su – China
Leena Sujan – USA/India
Emilia Suviala - USA/Finland
Ning Tang – China
Shruti Tewari - USA/India
Svetlana Tikhonova - USA/Russia
Armin Touserkanian - Iran
Ludmila Vasilyeva - Russia
Raymond Vercruysse- USA
Justin Wilson - Canada
Yuen Wu - China
Pınar Kütük Yılmaz - Turkey
Philip C. H. Yuen - China
Jiayuan Zhang – China
Ruoyun Zhu – China
This is an international all-volunteer group whose mission is to help parents, educators, and caregivers of children to cope with disaster-related stress affecting themselves and children. We do this through the free global distribution of Disastershock: How to Cope with the Emotional Stress of a Major Disaster.
If you would like to join our volunteer team in providing translation into additional languages or assisting with distribution to different countries please contact us
Dr. Brian Gerrard gerrarb@usfca.edu, Dr. Sue Linville Shaffer drsueshaffer@gmail.com. We welcome everyone!