Week One
Topics Covered:
- How children process all of the changes going on in their lives and how to understand their feelings
- How to respond when children’s behavior is a bit more crazy or dysregulated
- How to juggle work and home
- Some initial thoughts about managing screen time during school closures
Resources:
- Stay at Home Care Package
- Resources for families during the coronavirus pandemic from Common Sense Media
- The Zones of Regulation (English)
- The Zones of Regulation (Spanish)
Week Two
Topics Covered:
- Self-care for single parents
- How to help kids who are anxious about COVID
- How to manage sleep regression in children
- Media use to keep toddlers occupied
Resources:
- Helping young kids through the COVID-19 pandemic (including Georgie and the Giant Germ: a coloring book)
- Self-care / stress coping for parents
- Four square (box) breathing: a basic exercise in mindfulness
- How Do Our Phones Affect Our Parenting?
- Screen time can be quality time. Here’s how.
- How to talk with young children about things that make them feel anxious (the SAFE handout)
- Caribu mobile app for loved ones to read and play with kids
Week Three
Topics Covered:
- Helping teens with the emotional adjustment to social distancing. When to worry?
- Sibling conflict and feeling “cooped up” together without private space. How to help them communicate?
- What to do with all the increased media use when you used to be a low tech family? How to balance the online learning and socializing?
Resources:
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