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Resources for Parents and Guardians
Raising the COVID Generation: How to Help Your Child’s Social-Emotional Learning
Kids Are Anxious and Scared During the Pandemic. Here's How Parents Can Help
Talking Point for Parents on Returning to School - a brochure from WS/FCS Psychological Services Dept.
Social Emotional Learning(SEL) at Home: Top Resources to Share with Families | Panorama Education
Advice for Parenting in High-Stress: Times: informational website
How Teens Handled Quarantine: Article from the Atlantic
How Parents Can Support Children with Special Needs During Distance Learning: from Greater Good Magazine
Return to School resources from ComPsych for Parents, Guardians, and Staff
Resources from Mental Health America: Guidance on returning to school
- Dealing with Potential Exposure: The Stress of Physically Reopening Schools
- What can I do when I'm afraid?
- How to maintain your Social Relationships during online school (for Kids and Teens)
- Missing how things used to be
- Teachers: Protecting your Mental Health
The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum designed to foster self-regulation and emotional control. Many teachers use it in their classrooms, and the principles can be used at home to help children communicate their emotions.
Make Social & Emotional Learning Stick is another great resource for managing emotions and creating structure at home. Currently, if you provide your email address, you will be provided with free downloadable tools to help create calming strategies, family schedules, and more!
How to talk with our children about COVID-19 - From the National Association of School Nurses
Hope4NC Helpline (1-855-587-3463) provides mental health and resilience support for all North Carolinians.
Fact Sheet about COVID-19 - Resources for parents to talk with children
Talking with Children - From SAMHSA
May is Mental Health Awareness Month - Information Brochure
Dr. Lisa Coyne, discusses parental burnout and strategies to cope. In this free, on-demand webinar,
Tips for Managing Stress & Anxiety - from the Mental Health Association of Forsyth County
Care for the Caregiver - Tips for Families & Educators - From NASP
The Child Mind Institute Resource Center provides links to daily Facebook Live chats with clinicians, daily video parenting tips from experts, and tips for dealing with specific concerns like discipline and behavior, managing anxiety, and helping children with autism
The Collaborative for Academic and Social Emotional Learning (CASEL) Resource Center provides further resources and several links for Educators and Parents, including GreatSchools’ Parenting Cue Cards to help you work through challenging situations at home.
Learn@Home - Youtube created resources to complement work assigned by teachers.
A Kid's Guide to Coronavirus - YouTube Video
The IRIS Center (Peabody College at Vanderbilt University) has created a module specifically for parents supporting learning at home. The creators offer several suggestions for their role in supporting children’s learning and social-emotional wellbeing.
HealthyChildren.org (A branch of the American Academy of Pediatrics) This article discusses the myth around using household disinfectants to treat COVID-19. It covers household disinfectant safety and other home poison prevention tips.
Parenting in a Pandemic (A branch of the American Academy of Pediatrics) This article provides tips for supporting children throughout this pandemic.
Resources specific to LGBTQ students can be found here.
This NY Times article shares ways to help teens manage feelings of anxiety.
Amazon has opened up a variety of Prime Video kids programming to all users for free. Usually reserved for Amazon Prime customers, but now available to everyone at no cost. Choose from PBS shows to movies. All that’s needed is an Amazon account, which can be obtained for free by signing up on the main site.Free Crayola coloring pages-Crayola is offering free-to-download (and print) coloring pages, organized by season.
Printable adult coloring pages.
Guitar manufacturer Fender is currently offering a free 3 month subscription to their Fender Play tuition app to new subscribers who want to learn acoustic or electric guitar, bass or ukulele.
Coloring Book Explaining COVID-19 Created for kids by St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Math Help Mathnasium can provide math tutoring for all school levels.
School Psychologists Blog, a source of information about topics relevant to educators, parents, and students. Have a topic you’d like to be addressed? Email your School Psychologist
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Resources from Local Agencies
Students and families can connect with Student Services professionals Monday through Friday from 10:00 - 2:00 by calling the WS/FCS School Closure Hotline at (336) 661-3128 and requesting the Student Services Helpline.
Signs of Depression During Coronavirus Crisis: from Child Mind Institute
Supporting Students Mental Health: from Child Mind Institute
Tips for taking care of your behavioral health - from SAMHSA
Mental Health America has collected resources for dealing with anxiety and feelings of isolation.
Mental health resources for parents and families in the Latinx community presented by Cardinal Innovations
Coping Tips from Forsyth County Mental Health Association
Mental Health Association resources in Forsyth County
WS/FCS Behavioral Health Resources - Contact list of local Agencies ready to assist families in need
6 Daily Questions to Ask Yourself in Quarantine - from Greater Good Magazine
PsychCentral provides a list of 10 free mental health mobile apps.
The Headspace app provides evidence-based meditation exercises. A collection of guided meditations is available here.
Headspace is offering free access for healthcare workers, and for educators.
View this document from Headspace for some tools for dealing with difficult feelings.
Similar to Headspace, the Calm app offers guided relaxation exercises for adults and students.
YogaEd is offering free online yoga and mindfulness classes specially designed for children and teens.
The Pandemic Crisis Services Response Coalition has launched a website to help address mental health challenges related to COVID-19. The website contains guidance for people in crisis wishing to access support, guidance for helping a loved one in crisis, and resources for health care professionals.
Scholastic and The Yale Child Study Center have teamed up to provide a free workbook to help children cope with the changes and feelings associated with the pandemic. First Aid for Feelings is available for download in English and Spanish.
Deep breathing is a simple way to find relaxation. Open the attached document for an effective way to practice.
Additional sources of mental health support can be found here.
Additional emergency resources for students and parents.
Need a mood boost? Here are 8 tips for children and adults.
Feed your body, feed your mind. Here are some mood-boosting foods and healthy snack ideas.
UCLA’s Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES) has compiled resources to support resiliency during this pandemic.
Please reach out to your school’s student services staff with any concerns you have or support you need.
