Children and Disasters
Member Research Program
Children and Disasters
Stacy Overstreet 
Tulane University

Tulane University
Mental health
Resilience
Trauma
http://tulane.edu/sse/psyc/faculty-and-staff/faculty/overstreet.cfm
This line of research focuses on the impact of disasters on youth and the development of interventions for disaster exposed youth.
Ecological theory.
Survey assessment of disaster exposure, other traumatic exposures, PTSD symptoms, depression, and social support.
Weems, C., & Overstreet, S. (2008). Child and adolescent mental health research in the context of Hurricane Katrina: An ecological-needs-based
perspective and introduction to the special section. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 487-494.
Weems, C., & Overstreet, S. (2009). An ecological-needs-based perspective of adolescent and youth emotional development in the context of
disasters: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina (pp. 27 – 44). In K. Cherry (Ed.), Lifespan Perspectives on Natural Disasters: Coping with Katrina, Rita and Other Storms. New York: Springer.
Overstreet, S., Salloum, A., & Badour, C. (2010). A school-based assessment of secondary stressors and adolescent mental health18 months post-
Katrina. Journal of School Psychology, 48, 413 – 431.
Overstreet, S., Salloum, A., Burch, B., & West, J. (2011). Challenges associated with childhood exposure to severe natural disasters: Research
review and clinical implications. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 4, 52 - 68.
Salloum, A., Carter, P., Burch, B., Garfinkel, A. N., & Overstreet, S. (2011). Impact of exposure to community violence, hurricane Katrina, and
hurricane Gustav on posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms among school age children. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 24, 27 - 42.
Salloum, A., & Overstreet, S. (2008). Effectiveness of a grief and trauma intervention for children post-disaster. Journal of Clinical Child and
Adolescent Psychology, 37, 495 - 529.
Salloum, A., & Overstreet, S. (2012). Grief and trauma intervention for children after disaster: Exploring coping skills and trauma narration. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50, 169 – 179.
Nastasi, B., Overstreet, S., & Summerville, M. (2011). School-based mental health services in post-disaster contexts: A public health framework. School
Psychology International, 32, 533-552.
Mental health
Resilience
Trauma
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