The role of school in working with children affected by natural disasters

U uvodnom dijelu rada bit će definirani pojmovi prirodne katastrofe, djece, uz naglasak na djecu s teškoćama u razvoju te škole, odnosno obrazovanja. Prirodna katastrofa je prirodni proces ili pojava koja može prouzročiti gubitak života, ozljede ili druge zdravstvene posljedice, imovinsku štetu, gubitak sredstava za život i usluge, socijalni i ekonomski poremećaj ili štetu u okolišu, primjerice potres, uragan ili suša (UNSDR, 2009 prema Adhiambo Onyango i Uwase, 2017). Predstavlja jednu od vrsta pojava koje mogu biti traumatične za djecu i dovode do javljanja nekih neizbježnih, univerzalnih i snažnih reakcija. Reakcije će ovisiti o različitim čimbenicima rizika koji će biti predstavljeni u radu. U nastavku će biti opisana uloga škole u pripremi na prirodnu katastrofu te njena uloga nakon katastrofe. Bit će pruženi primjeri edukativnih materijala povezanih s prirodnim katastrofama te kreirani letci temeljeni na istima, kao i materijali prilagođeni populaciji djece s teškoćama u razvoju. Uz rad će biti priložene poveznice na materijale koji se mogu koristiti u radu s učenicima prilikom pripreme na prirodnu katastrofu te nošenja s posljedicama iste.The introductory part of the paper will define the concepts of natural disaster, children, with an emphasis on children with disabilities, and school. A natural disaster is a natural process or phenomenon that can cause loss of life, subsequent or other health consequences, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disturbances or environmental damage such as earthquake, hurricane or drought (UNSDR, 2009 according to Adhiambo Onyango and Uwase, 2017). It is one of the types of phenomena that can be traumatic for children and lead to the occurrence of some inevitable, universal and strong reactions. Reactions will depend on the different risk factors that will be presented in the paper. The role of the school in the preparations for a natural disaster and its role after the disaster will be described below. Examples of educational materials related to natural disasters will be provided, and leaflets based on them will be created, as well as materials adapted to the population of children with disabilities. The paper will be accompanied by links to materials that can be used in working with students during preparations for a natural disaster and dealing with its consequences