This page talks about all the things that can help you after an emergency or disaster.
Look after your mental health
It is important to look after your mental health after something bad happened to you.
Mental health is about how you feel and think.
There is an online course that helps people with their mental health after an emergency or disaster.
Your support worker can support you with the course.
We have some information for your support worker about supporting you with the course.
The Council for Intellectual Disability has information that can help you keep calm.
To look at the information go to
https://cid.org.au/resource/anchor-calming-exercise/
What to do after a disaster
There are lots of things for you to do after a disaster.
When you do these things it can help you get back on track.
The ABC has information to help people get better after an emergency or disaster.
To read the information go to
https://www.abc.net.au/emergency/helping-you-recover-after-an-emergency/12760566
The Australian Red Cross has lots of information to support people after a disaster.
They have information about things like
- Looking after yourself and your family when a disaster happens
- How to deal with bad things in your life
- Coming back home after a bushfire
- How to talk to children about disasters.
To read the information you can go to the Red Cross website at
