For Parents & Carers
Supporting Your Loved Ones
Parenting during COVID-19 pandemic
This article from The Incredible Year's provides tips and advice for staying safe and calm while dealing with this time which is far from normal. There are a host of helpful downloads, which include:
Keeping calm and providing supportive parenting during the Coronavirus
Tips for helping children cope with social distancing
Tips for Grandparents reaching out remotely
Praise, encouragement and incentives handouts
Tips for teaching children emotional regulation skills
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought all kinds of unique challenges, and remote learning is just one!
Learning from home: Professor Cathy Richards shares top tips to help support children's wellbeing
Whether you are managing and self-caring for your loved ones or yourself, these are helpful arts and mindful resources gathered by the NHS Lothian's Arts Therapies team.
Click here to read their collection of:
Music resources
Arts resources
Dance & Movement
Read
Performance
Mindfulness
Psychological First Aid+
Building Resilience - Back to School Tips
We all want to help our children and young people make as smooth a transition as possible back into school and to feel safe and happy there. These tips have been developed as a resource for parents and carers to use to support themselves and their children to become more resilient and develop the skills needed to cope with challenging times.
Nurture, Recovery & Reconnect
Find out how East Lothian Schools are using Nurture Principals to help children settle back into school after lock-down:
All learning is understood developmentally
The school offers a safe base
Nurture is important for wellbeing
Language is a vital means of communication
All behaviour is communication
Transitions are important
"You can't pour from an empty cup"
Taking care of ourselves is just as important as taking care of those we care about.
An interactive quiz of 5 questions to get top tips and advice for you, tailored for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Children's 1st Parentline
Parentline is available to all East Lothian families, and can offer practical, emotional and financial advice.