PARENTING, TEACHING & COVID-19

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• Seven Ways to Cope with Uncertainty (Greater Good, July 27, 2020)
• A Psychiatrist’s Tips for Calming Your Pandemic Stress (Greater Good, July 29, 2020
• Seven Ways the Pandemic Is Affecting Our Mental Health (Greater Good, August 11, 2020)
• Keeping Kids Motivated for Online Learning (Common Sense Media, August 3, 2020)
• 6 Ways to Support Kids' Mental Health Right Now (Common Sense Media, July 28, 2020)
• Back-to-School Resources for Families and Educators (Child Mind Institute)
• Tools to Help Kids Stay Focused During Distance Learning (Common Sense Media, July 31, 2020)
• Tweens, Teens, Tech, and Mental Health: Coming of Age in an Increasingly Digital, Uncertain, and Unequal World 2020 (Sign up to get full report by Common Sense Media)

For Educators

• 7 High-Impact, Evidence-Based Tips for Online Teaching (edutopia, October 9, 2020)
• How to Maslow Before Bloom, All Day Long (edutopia, September 23, 2020)
• Covid-19’s Impact on Students’ Academic and Mental Well-Being (edutopia, June 23, 2020)
• 7 Guidelines for Setting Up Clear Online Lessons (edutopia, August 3, 2020)
• 7 Ways to Help Kids Start Middle School When They’re Rarely in the Building (edutopia, August 14, 2020)
• How to Create Community in a Virtual Classroom (edutopia, August 17, 2020)
• For Educators: COVID Check-in Survey (Making Caring Common, GSE, Harvard, April 2020)

• It’s Not Just Adults Who Are Stressed. Kids Are, Too (The New York Times, November 3, 2020)
• With Stress in Schools Increasing, Simple Strategies to Stay Calm (edutopia, October 2, 2020)
• What To Say To Help Kids Feel Calm When The World Feels Fragile (Hey Sigmund, March 2020)
• Upgrading Lessons At Home During School Closures (Stanford University, Denise Pope, March 13, 2020)
• California Teachers, Students Struggle with Distant Learning (KQED, April 1, 2020)
• The family lockdown guide: How to emotionally prepare for coronavirus quarantine (The Guardian, March 12, 2020)
• Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, March, 2020)
• Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety (Shine app and community for people with anxiety and depression, March 2020)
• How To Keep the Greater Good in Mind in Mind During the Coronavirus Outbreak (Greater Good, March 2020)
• Supporting Learning and Well-Being During the Coronavirus Crisis (Greater Good, 2020)
• Tips for Managing the Stress of Social Distancing as a Family (KQED, March 19, 2020)
• How to Cope When the World is Canceled: 6 Critical Skills (Dr. Ali Mattu, The Psych Show, 28 minutes)
• We're sharing some wonderful resources from the On Being blog, "The pandemic has exposed how interconnected and interdependent we are as humans. Everyday practices, like handwashing and covering our sneezes, have become the most basic duty we owe to friends and strangers alike. And we’re finding thoughtful ways to care for one another amidst the tumult."
  • For the Exhausted and Overwhelmed (On Being Project)
  • Poetry for Tumultuous Times (On Being Project) 

K-12 Resources for Families & Educators: 

• Wide Open School (Common Sense)
• Need Help Sorting Through the Avalanche of Online Resources for Kids Who Are Now Learning at Home? 11 Sites for Parents to Look At (The 74, March 20, 2020)
• Supporting Students Through Coronavirus (Teaching Tolerance)
• COVID-19 Resources from Making Caring Common (Harvard's GSE)
• How Parents Can Help Kids Thrive in an Uncertain Future (Greater Good). 
• 15 books to ease kids' anxiety about coronavirus (TODAY, April 16, 2020)
• How to Protect Kids' Mental Health During the Pandemic (Common Sense Media, April 15, 2020)

Supporting Mental Health & Well-being:

• How to Build Your Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Everyday Health, April 21, 2020)
• How to Build Emotional Resilience—So You Can Take on Anything (Real Simple, May 6, 2020)
• How to Keep Children’s Stress From Turning Into Trauma (The New York Times, May 7, 2020)
• Mental Illness During Coronavirus (The Psych Show, 9:48 mins)
• How to cope when the world is canceled: 6 critical skills (The Psych Show, 28:24 mins)
• How to Take Control When You’re Emotionally Overwhelmed (Elemental, March 26, 2020)
• Coronavirus Anxiety: Coping with Stress, Fear, How to Build Your Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Uncertainty (Health Guide, 20