Educational Resources
“Coronavirus”
There’s a new word you might have heard. You might hear people talking about it, or you might hear it on the news. This word is the reason that you’re not going to school. It is the reason you can’t go outside very often or visit your friends. It might be the reason why the grown-up or grown-ups who look after you are at home.
Download this free book to help children understand what is going on in their world.
“A Kid’s Guide to Coronavirus”
Overview
Kids have a lot of questions about the coronavirus pandemic and all the new changes in their lives. This colorful picture book gives them the answers they've been looking for, explaining what the virus is, how it spreads, and what they can do to help, in gentle and simple language that even the youngest kids can follow. A Note to Parents and Caregivers offers strategies for helping your kids navigate anxiety they might be feeling around the pandemic.
About the Authors
Rebecca Growe, MSW, LCSW, is a clinical social worker with a private practice. She specializes in treating child and adolescent anxiety disorders, disruptive behavior, and traumatic stress. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Visit Growe Counseling.
Julia Martin Burch, PhD, is a staff psychologist at the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program at McLean Hospital in Boston. Dr. Martin Burch completed her training at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She works with children, teens, and parents and specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and related
Rural Community Resource hub
Prof. Mara Tieken of Bates College, the author of Why Rural Schools Matter recently reached out through RSA to you and school leaders throughout the nation. She asked what you needed to better lead your school community through this trying time. The result of that effort is the Rural Community Resource Hub.
Dr. Tieken worked with the staff at Harvard’s Ed Redesign to create this open, up to date resource. It provides information for families, students and educators and offers internet-based (as well as “no internet”) learning activities for students. The site is intended to help bridge the gap between rural students and their urban and suburban counterparts in continuing to learn during this time away from school buildings. Whether it’s responding to your child’s emotional needs, creating learning activities for little ones, how to inspire learning on and off the screen, addressing the needs of undocumented students and impoverished students or a host of other challenges you and your colleagues identified, the Rural Community Resource Hub is an easily navigable center of timely and helpful information.
National Mentoring Partnership Launches Virtual Mentoring Portal
To ensure physical distancing does not mean social disconnection, leading experts on mentoring launched the Virtual Mentoring Portal. The Virtual Mentoring Portal is a safe and monitored mentoring platform for mentors and mentees to continue their relationships while they may be separated due to COVID-19.