Resources

Resources for Children and Families Coping with Trauma

There are many resources for children and families coping with trauma, we have created a list of some helpful resources below.

The Children’s Museum provides this list as a reference tool and does not endorse or claim to have personal knowledge of the abilities of those listed. We offer this list as resource for the public.

• Santa Rosa Support Group – Alisa Ann Rush Burn Foundation

• Therapeutic Play – Children

• Therapeutic Play – Parents

• WildFire, Support After an Emergency: Family Guide, Sesame Street

• Flood, Support After An Emergency: Family Guide, Sesame Street

• Community Provider, Support After an Emergency: Family Guide, Sesame Street

• Children & Recovery from WildFires, Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation

• Resources to Help Families of Young Children Cope During Disasters, and Traumatic Events, First 5 Sonoma

• Helping Children After a Wildfire: Tips for Parents and Teachers, National Association of School Psychologists

• How to talk children about fire and earthquakes before and after they happen, Los Angeles Times

Museums offering FREE Admission to Families Displaced by the Fire

This list is being updated in real time as we receive confirmation of Museums offering free admission. This may not be all Museums offering free admission. If you have any questions, or want to know about a Museum not listed, please contact the Museum directly, we have very limited staffing available at this time.

Thank you to the following Museums supporting our community:

• Charles M. Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa, offering free admission Nov 2 , 3 and 11, 707-579-4452

• Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, 415-339-3900 (*BADM is under a Public Safety Power Shut-off, once power is restored they will offer free admission – check their website for updates)

  Habitot Children’s Museum, Berkeley, 510-647-1111

• Children’s Creativity Museum, San Francisco, 415-820-3320

• California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 415-379-8000

• Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, San Jose, 408-298-5437

• CuriOdyssey, San Mateo, 650-342-7755

• Junior Museum & Zoo, Palo Alto, 650-329-2111 (always free)

• MY Museum, Monterey, 831-649-6444

• Sacramento Children’s Museum, Sacramento, 916-638-7225

• KidZone Museum, Truckee, 530-587-5437 (*offering half off admission)

• Playzeum Yuba-Sutter, Yuba City, 530-763-5134

• Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, 530-243-8850 (*offering reciprocal membership to Turtle Bay for all of your current Children’s Museum members as well as a reduced admission rate for Sonoma County residents of $10 for adults and $5 for kids and seniors now through November 10th.)