Support Services
Counseling
For Families
Children and Coronavirus
- Keeping a Love for School Alive (New York Times)
- BrainPOP video; Explaining COVID-19 in an easy to understand way.
- My 5 Basic Rules for Talking to Young Students About Coronavirus (Education Week)
- Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus (En Español Cómo hablar con los niños sobre el coronavirus) (Child Mind Institute)
- Managing your own anxiety, talking to our kids, and being smart!, Tips from Nina Kaiser, Practice
- 5 Ways to Help Teens Manage Anxiety About the Coronavirus, Lisa Damour, Ph.D. (New York Times)
- How to Talk to Kids and Teens About the Coronavirus (Psychology Today)
General Parenting Resources
- Parents Place San Francisco
- Raising Girls
- Daughters.com - resource for raising daughters
- Challenge Success - parent page
- The 7 C's - The Essential Building Blocks of Resilience
- The Importance of Play
Safety & Seeking Support
- When to seek help for your daughter
- TALK Line Family Support Center
- Teaching Street Smarts
- Podcasts on Safety - Information on topics from bullying to strangers
- Child Abuse Prevention
Parenting and Educating at Home
- Welcome To The Teaching Force! Article from Girls Leadership about making the transition from parent to teacher
- I Refuse To Run a Coronavirus Homeschool, New York Times
- How to Overcome Coronavirus Lockdown Anxiety: Establish a Mini-Work Day Schedule From Tamar Chansky, PhD.
- Parenting in the Age of Coronavirus-Webinar Speakers: Julie Lythcott-Haims, Cara Natterson, Lori Gottlieb, Tina Payne Bryson, Katherine Reynolds Lewis and Deborah Reber
- Resilience, Coping and Parent Strategies for a Uniquely Challenging Times- Webinar-Speakers: Anne Marie Albano PhD, Jonathan Kaplan PhD.,Dean McKay PhD., Rebecca Sachs, PhD Hosted and moderated by Elliot Kaminetzky, PhD.
- A Therapist's Guide To Staying Sane During A Pandemic, article in the Atlantic from Lori Gottlieb
- For Parents & Caregivers: Help Your Family De-Stress During Coronavirus Uncertainty (Common Sense Media)
Digital Citizenship & Internet
Anxiety and Grief
- Calming Activities - Downloadable Mandalas to color
- How to Talk to Children about Difficult News
- Coping with Community Crisis
- How to Talk to Your Children when Bad Things Happen
- Adolescent Anxiety
- Adolescent Depression
- Grief and Loss - help for parents
- Open to Hope - Finding Hope after Loss
Anti-Racist Education Resources
Websites
Book (Lists)
- June 2, Words of Wellbeing Resources
- 10 Things White People Can Do To Work for Racial Justice
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Sex-Positive Families (resources around consent, sexual health, and body positivity)
Book (Lists)
- Book Resource List for Nurturing Children of Color
- An Indigenous People’s History of the United States for Young People
- We Need Diverse Books
- A Mighty Girl
- 27 Books to Help You Talk to Your Kids about Race
- Anti-Bias Education
- Book List & Resources for Teaching about Africa
- Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes
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