01400pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001900040245004100059260000900100300001100109362000800120520089000128650003101018650002401049773001401073909001001087999001701097952010401114180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJohnes, Martin  aAberfan and the management of trauma  c2000  ap.1-17  aMar  aThis paper is a case study of the management of post-disaster trauma in 1960s Britain. It explores the traumatic aftermath of the 1966 Aberfan disaster (where 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil heap collapsed on top of a school in a small Welsh mining community) which had a devastating impact on the village. The professional and voluntary services made available to help the bereaved, survivors and wider community are documented and assessed. The paper demonstrates how limited finance and the popular and professional contemporary understanding of trauma and disasters hindered those services, and how the actions of government and media had a negative impact on the community's recovery. This case study of disaster management in the 1960s illustrates many of the pitfalls that continue to haunt the response to man-made tragedies in the UK. - Reproduced  a Disasters - Great Britain  aDisaster management  aDisasters  a44798  c44798d44798  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 24, Issue no: 1pAR45211r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR