Coronavirus Resources for Families and Schools: Things We Think You'd Like to Know
trusted resources to help parents, educators, and other caregivers keep informed about the coronavirus.
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Trusted Resources for Facilitating Online Zoom Meetings and Groups
Four core priorities for trauma-informed distance learning.
This is a mind-boggling good resource from the BCC called Teach for Free. Checkout thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject. Thx, Kerry Madden, for the heads-up.
Guide to Hosting Troll-Free/Playful/Interactive Virtual Events with Zoom, from Alexa Kutler. Alexa’s guide contains all you need to know to prepare for and facilitate online Zoom meetings, including technical recommendations.
Recommendations for School Circles in a Time of Global Pandemic, from Joe Provisor of Circle Ways. A guide to facilitating student social emotional and/or mindfulness groups online.
These practical recommendations around schoolwork and home learning during COVID-19 are worth a read -- from Mark Bertin, MD.
Trusted Resources for Managing Coronavirus Anxiety
From the CDC, guidelines for managing stress and anxiety. Includes specific recommendations for parents. Link to a separate article from the CDC on helping children cope with emergencies.
NY Times: A brain hack to break the coronavirus anxiety cycle.
Wired: Don’t go down a coronavirus anxiety spiral. Here’s what you can do to relieve your worries, while still keeping your family safe.
Harvard Health blog: Coping with coronavirus anxiety.
University of Virginia: Expert practical advice to manage your coronavirus anxiety. Thx for the heads-up Kerry Madden.
Rick Hanson: A guided meditation for “feeling as safe as you reasonably can.”
In response to the coronavirus, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche has posted meditation instructions for working with strong feelings. Meditation instructions start @ 3:20; Specific instructions on transforming worry, anxiety, panic, etc. into love and compassion start @ 5:13. Hit “CC” in lower right corner for captions.
Engaging Online Resources for Children and Teens
Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus, from NPR.
How You and Your Kids Can De-Stress During Coronavirus, from PBS with links to videos from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Sesame Street.
Tired of singing happy birthday twice when you wash hands with your little ones? Here’s a fun, catching song to sing instead. It’s from Judy Rothman Rofe, Emmy award writer of preschool children’s programs.
The Houston Zoo is bringing the zoo to you with live webcams of the animals.
Virtual field trips are available through a number of world-class museums with video tours being offered at the Guggenheim Museum in NY, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Louvre Museum in Paris, and many others.
From the Center for Disease Control
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) and Children.
Talking with children about coronavirus disease 2019.
Helping children cope in a disaster, in English and Spanish.
Information About Online Educational Options
Humanizing Online Teaching, pedagogical practices for online learning that promote care for the students and the classroom system. Thx for the heads-up Angelike Dexter.
Localizing Education to Respond to COVID-19, from the Cato Institute. In education, local autonomy, and allowing many models to proliferate, lays some good groundwork to respond in situations of crisis.
For Schools and Educators
Multilingual resources for schools on the coronavirus from Colorin Colorado, a multilingual site for educators and families of English language learners.
Guidance for K-12 schools, from the Los Angeles County Department of Health.
From EdSource, what California parents and students should know about the coronavirus.
California state guidance for schools, from the Department of Public Health.
From Child Trends, as COVID‑19 spreads, most states have laws that address how schools should respond to pandemics.
From the Center for Disease Control, interim guidance for administrators of US childcare programs and K‑12 Schools to plan, prepare, and respond to coronavirus disease.
For Parents
From the Los Angeles County Department of Health, advice on coping with stress during an infectious disease outbreak.
Talking to children about Covid19 (coronavirus), from the National Association of School Psychologists.
John Hopkins University of Medicine has created a comprehensive coronavirus resource center that includes an interactive map of confirmed cases as well as an excellent infographic Coronavirus at a Glance.