Resources for your Family
Helpful Resources for your Family
Help for your family and your children during these uncertain times
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With such uncertainty and rapid change in our community and world, people of all ages have had trouble coping. Many children feel isolated & scared. Many parents are feeling overwhelmed due to balancing children’s needs, remote schooling, work demands, financial hardship and many other factors. We hope you will find the following resources helpful.
For general behavioral difficulties:
Times of stress will worsen previous behavior problems. The following resources are to help with parenting and normal behavioral challenges with children.
- Book: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids will Talk, Adele Faber & Elain Mazlish
- https://alankazdin.com/everyday-parenting-the-abcs-of-child-rearing/
An excellent free course about parenting
Information for families related to recent difficult and disturbing events:
- https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/Talking-To-Children-About-Tragedies-and-Other-News-Events.aspx
How to filter information so kids can accommodate, adjust to and cope with difficult current events - https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/emotional-wellness/Building-Resilience/Pages/How-to-Support-Your-Childs-Resilience-in-a-Time-of-Crisis.aspx
Initially developed for post-911 and hurricanes, it is applicable now for current events regarding racism, protests against police, etc. - There are more details from the same author in this book:
- Building Resilience in Children and Teens 4th Edition, by Kenneth R. Ginsburg MD
- A free chapter from this book:
https://downloads.aap.org/DOPA/Building_Resilience_in_Children_and_Teens_4th_edition_Bonus_Chapter_HealthyChildren.org.pdf
https://www.parentmap.com/article/manage-family-conflict-quarantine-expert-tips (How to manage family conflict during quarantine) - https://www.anxietycanada.com/covid-19/
Help for parents and children. the website offers town halls to listen to; CARD, a game to play, to help manage stressful situations, & MindShift CBT an app which offers CBT for anxiety - https://www.npr.org/lifekit (Short informative parent oriented advice about talking about race, returning to work, how to get the most out of telemedicine video visits)
- https://www.teenlink.org
Offers phone, chat and text support for mental health, stress/anxiety, substance use, bullying including cyber bullying, gender/identity issues, eating disorders and self-harm/suicide
