Counseling & Social Emotional Learning Resources

Greenwoods is currently conducting virtual and in-person mental health services. The website also lists many crisis resources available.

Community Behavioral Health Resources

The Second Step® Elementary program is now fully digital for the 2021-2022 school year. The program is a web-based social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum with four units per grade level. Unit 1- Growth Mindset & Goal Setting Unit 2-Emotion Management Unit 3- Empathy & Kindness and Unit 4- Problem Solving.

Each grade level receives SEL 30 minutes a week in their classroom.

Homelinks

Unit 2 Emotion Management Kindergarten Homelink Unit 2 Emotion Management Grade 2 Homelink

Unit 3 Kindness & Empathy Kindergarten Homelink Unit 3 Kindness & Empathy Grade 2 Homelink

Unit 4 Problem Solving Kindergarten Homelink Unit 4 Problem Solving Grade 2 Homelink

Unit 2 Emotion Management Grade 1 Homelink Unit 2 Emotion Management Grade 3 Homelink

Unit 3 Kindness & Empathy Grade 1 Homelink Unit 3 Kindness & Empathy Grade 3 Homelink

Unit 4 Problem Solving Grade 1 Homelink Unit 4 Problem Solving Grade 3 Homelink

Fifteen mindfulness program sessions are now available for anyone to use, no experience necessary.

A collection of resources for young children facing significant challenges. These materials are aimed at building children’s resilience.

During tough times—both everyday challenges and more serious experiences—support from caring adults can offer children comfort and reassurance.

Each episode tells a story that fantasitcal while it tackles the big feelings that come with growing up.

Call line for parents/caregivers who need someone to listen, to understand and to talk out feelings.

Resources for Parents and Children

The Yale Child Study Center and Scholastic Collaborative for Child and Family Resilience is committed to helping children, families, and communities foster resilience and adaptive skills in the face of stress and adversity.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning is a great resource for parents.

• Pay close attention to your own feelings of stress or anxiety.Practice continued self-care strategies, including eating healthy, getting enough sleep, exercising, and finding time to take breaks. If you find yourself overwhelmed by negative thoughts, find ways to reframe your thinking. Seek out needed mental health support for yourself or loved ones.

• Acknowledge and support children in processing their full range of emotions and concerns, while offering calm and reassurance. Consider how children will react at different ages and identify appropriate ways to respond. Find ways for children to express their feelings through conversation, music, art, dance, writing, or other activities. Tune into how they’re feeling throughout the day, and offer quiet time or breaks as needed.

• Provide age-appropriate information and accurate answers about the news while limiting excessive television or social media. Help children assess facts from misinformation and stereotyping related to the disease.

• Share with children what you’re doing to keep them safe. Help children learn about and practice proactive strategies, such as frequent handwashing, to stay healthy. In addition to promoting healthy practices, this can help them feel a greater sense of control.

• Whenever possible, provide consistency in daily routines including meals and bedtimes. While school closures or changes in schedules may be inevitable, consistent routines can help foster a sense of safety.

• Practice patience when routines are necessarily disrupted, which can lead to potential behavior issues or meltdowns. Try to comfort children while setting boundaries. This is also an opportunity to create new schedules and routines that promote family time and healthy practices, such as taking a morning walk together, creating a “coping kit”, or adding favorite family songs to handwashing routines.

• Help children and adolescents think of creative ways to maintain their friendships and social connections. This may include writing emails or letters to friends, or scheduling time to use the phone or age-appropriate technology to communicate with peers. Remember that your own social connections are important as well, and make time to reach out by phone or virtually to family and friends.

• Come up with fun alternatives to show signs of affection while minimizing the spread of germs. For example, elbow bumps or footshakes.

• Proactively reach out to schools and community organizations to support you in meeting any additional needs your family may have, such as access to meals or support services.

casel.org/covid-resources

Links to resources on how to talk to your child about COVID-19.

This children's story was developed to help young children and their families begin to talk about experiences and feelings related to the gobal coronavirus pandemic.

Companion booklet to Trinka and Sam's book with common questions.

First Aid for Feelings is a workbook available in English and Spanish that’s designed to:

• Help alleviate stress and anxiety and provide a sense of control during changing times

• Feature key strategies to keep kids positive while we practice amid social distancing

• Enhance communication and encourage children to express thoughts, feelings, and questions

• Provide teachers and parents with simple strategies to help kids handle their emotions