xperts from the Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child have curated on-line resources spanning family needs from child care to housing, from food insecurity to health care and medical information. A growing set of recordings in the Center’s “Brain Architects Podcast” series addresses contemporary COVID-19-related topics.
Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Provides parents and caregivers with important information about the COVID-19 outbreak, and how being prepared can reduce one’s stress and help calm likely anxieties. This fact sheet, developed by leading experts for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, can help parents think about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect their family—both physically and emotionally—and what they can do to help their family cope.
The AAP Parenting Website: Provides up-to-date guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP] about health issues significant to children, youth and families. During the current pandemic the website offers a free, periodic newsletter, vetted journal articles, symptom checklists, archived webinar recordings, and a pediatrician finder tool. This website was featured and promoted during the Administration’s National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America’s Schools on 07/07/20.
Helping Children Cope: Offers information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] to help their children cope with COVID-19, including behavior changes to watch for in your child, ways to support your child and resources to get immediate help.
COVID-19 Parental Resources Kit: Provides resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] to help support parents, caregivers and other adults serving children and young people in recognizing children and young people's social, emotional, and mental health challenges and helping to ensure their well-being. Offers information and resources for specific age groups, from early childhood (0-5 years), childhood (6-12 years), adolescence (13-17 years) and young adults (18-24 years).
Top Ten Tips for Parents (Adapted from the Triple P Positive Parenting Program): Provides ten tips for parents on how to cope with stress and anxiety during an outbreak. This tip sheet was created by the Arizona Department of Child Safety. It is presented in both English and Spanish.
Trauma-Informed Parenting during Our “Staycation”: Offers tips for keeping students’ families rooted in safety and growing in connection during the CIVID-19 quarantine. The Attachment & Trauma Network Inc. presents seven (7) tips for parents to recognize, understand and manage predictable behaviors and responses of their children during the national emergency, including self-care and self-management. This resource is presented in a clear, simple and nicely-illustrated form.
Resources for Talking with Children and Youth about Coronavirus: Collects resources from Child Mind Institute, Mental Health America, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and other organizations to assist families and caregivers in supporting youth with mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Family-Run Executive Directors Leadership Association [FREDLA] has compiled these resources to help families support their children's mental health through the pandemic's difficult times.
Coping Under Covid-19: Managing Behavior and Having a Safety Plan for Children and Youth with Behavioral Health Needs When Staying at Home: Offers eight simple, practical strategies from the Family-Run Executive Directors Leadership Association [FREDLA] to help parents manage social distancing and state-at-home situations for children and youth with mental, emotional and behavioral health needs.
Will My Child Bounce Back from the Coronavirus Crisis? Trauma, Resilience, and How Parents Can Help (en Español): Explains how the pandemic has impacted many children’s psychological wellbeing, including discussion of anxiety, sadness, behavior challenges and trauma. The Child Mind Institute also explains adjustment 