Online Resources for Parents

How to Plan Your Kid's Schedules During School Closures

25 Screen-Free Activities for Kids Perfect if You Are Stuck at Home!With the coronavirus causing schools to close sending kids home to learn, here are some fun screen-free activities for kids of all ages to break up the day.

Kids Activities BlogFun Learning Activities for Kids

5 Ways to Help Teens Manage Anxiety About the CoronavirusAdults can help by making sure adolescents don’t overestimate the dangers or underestimate their ability to protect themselves.

40+ Free Virtual Field Trips Kids will Love! {Kids Activities Blog}Kids can explore the world from home with these interactive virtual field trips!

Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus | Child Mind InstituteWhat parents and other adults can say to kids about the coronavirus COVID-19. How to answer their questions and keep kids feeling safe.

Here's 50+ Old-Fashioned Skills That Kids Need to Know (And You Can Teach Them At Home)

The Smithsonian Learning Lab Is Offering Free K-12 Activities and Games

Here's The Entire List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings

Calming Coronavirus Anxiety: A Special Interview With Dr. Shefali Tsabary [Dear Anxiety Podcast Episode 54]

Talk to Kids About Coronavirus: Help them Manage Worrieswondering how to talk to your kids about coronavirus and help them manage their worries? Here are 15 things we can do to help them deal!

Free SEL Activities

Free Social Emotional Learning Activities

Here you will find free resources – lessons, activities, and printables – in the following skill areas: Communication, Cooperation, Emotion Regulation, Empathy, Impulse Control, and Social Initiation. These resources are age-appropriate for elementary and middle school student but can be adapted to support high school students as well!

Family Resources for SEL Learning.pdf

Family Resources for SEL at Home

Printable activities aligned with the CASEL core competencies.

SEL at Home K-2

10 Days of SEL at Home

Includes 10 days videos, read-alouds of books, prompts and more!

Mindfulness for Distance Learning

21 Mindfulness Exercises

Helpful for you and/or your child!

Stop, Breathe & ThinkAt Stop, Breathe & Think, we believe that taking a few minutes each day to feel the calm is as important as regular exercise. If we can help more of you regu...

Peace OutShort stories that help children calm down and relax by guiding them through visualisation and breathing exercises.

Cosmic Kids YogaYoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids. Interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence - and get kids into yoga and mindfulness early...

Parent to a Child with Special Needs

RCADD Video Modules

1. Students With Autism: Importance of Routine

2. Auditory Sensitivity

3. The Autism Spectrum & Classifying Children with Autism

4. Executive Functioning

5. Communication Characteristics

6. Behavior as a Communication

7. Theory of Mind

8. Understanding Directions

9. Classroom Set up

10. Listening Skills

11. Teachers Advantage

12. Full Workshop/Understanding Autism

Citywide ODLSS Professional Development SY 2019-20

Books to Buy about Coping, Feelings, and/or Worries

(all link to Amazon)

Wilma Jean – The Worry Machine by Julia Cook

Not-So-Brave Penguin by Steve Smallman

Worry Says What? by Allison Edwards

Saturday Is Swimming Day by Hyewon Yum

Talk About The Monster by Mistofer Christopher

When I Feel Scared by Cornelia Maude Spelman

Something Bad Happened: A Kid’s Guide to Coping with events in the News by Dawn Huebner

What To Do When You’re Scared & Worried: A Guide for Kids byJames J Crist

Have You Filled A Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud

How are you Peeling: Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann & Joost Elffers

The Way I Feel by Janan Cain

A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M Holmes

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