 useful when supporting students during this time.
Trauma-Informed Schools During COVID-19: What Can We Do?: Illustrates how both the COVID-19 pandemic and other adverse community experiences can aggravate negative impacts on existing or prior adverse childhood experiences, this one-page infographic also describes four strategies educators can undertake to mitigate harm and promote positive engagement with school in both in-person and distance learning contexts.
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus: Guides education professionals in applying trauma-informed best practices to support school-based communities. This resource features recommendations for educators during the COVID-19 crisis, from experts from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Building Student Resilience Toolkit: Offers a toolkit designed for middle school and junior high school educators to strengthen their skills for nurturing student resilience. Supports for the mental health and general wellbeing of students are particularly essential when students are struggling or experiencing trauma (e.g., contending with impact of COVID-19), while also experiencing adolescence. Building student resilience can mitigate the impact of adversities, enabling students to rise above the challenges they face and recalibrate their responses accordingly. This resource from the National Center for Safe and Supportive Learning Environments [NCSSLE – April 2021] provides four complementary modules, each of which includes training guides, companion slide presentations, and accompanying handouts.
Psychological First Aid: Supporting Yourself and Others During COVID-19 (Online Course): Teaches techniques for supporting mental health during the COVID-19 crisis. Based on guidance from the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); this online course is designed to help individuals, build resilience, support themselves and lend support to others. The 60-minute course covers these topics:
- Recognizing Stress in Adults, Teens and Children
- Practicing Mental Health First Aid
- Caring for Yourself
- Supporting Your Family
- Supporting Yourself and Coworkers at Work
Each student who completes the course will receive an American Red Cross Psychological First Aid: Supporting Yourself and Others During COVID-19 Online certificate that will be valid for 2 years.
How Right Now (Spanish version): Promotes, and seeks to strengthen, the emotional well-being and resiliency of populations adversely affected by COVID-19–related stress, grief, and loss. This on-line campaign offers a self-screening mechanism and provides information about various emotions (e.g., fear, anger, sadness, stress), resources that can help a person start a conversation about their feelings and concerns, discover what is helping others experiencing similar emotions, and other resources that can help. Support for the campaign is provided by the CDC Foundation in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. Available in English, too.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Schools: Outlines key strategies K-12 schools can use to take a comprehensive approach to help keep students safe. SAMHSA’s national Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides guidance and resources reflecting evidence-based best practices to: promote emotional well-being and connectedness among all students; identify students who may be at risk for suicide and assist them in getting help; and to be prepared to respond when a suicide death occurs.
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: An Action Plan for Strengthening Mental Health and the Prevention of Suicide in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Presents six priorities and related actions developed by the steering committee of the Mental Health and Suicide Prevention National Response to COVID-19. The priority areas and related actions are directed toward those who can create change and implement lasting solutions, including federal and state policymakers, g