Dealing with Current Events
Resources for Educators, Families to Discuss the Events in Israel and Gaza with Students - San Diego County Office of Education
Helping Children Cope With Frightening News - Child Mind Institute
How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings (includes guidance helpful for any shooting) - Child Mind Institute
Multilingual Resources - Child Mind Institute
How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings - Child Mind Institute
3 Sentences That Can Help Your Kids Process Upsetting Events - Scary Mommy
When Bad Things Happen - Harvard Graduate School of Education
Talking to children about terrorist attacks and school and community shootings in the news - National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
Talking to Kids About Racism and Violence - Child Mind Institute
Helping Kids Understand the Riots at the Capitol - Child Mind Institute
Bad things happen. What are we to do as parents? - AT Parenting Survival
When Bad Things Happen - Harvard Graduate School of Education
When Your Teen is Being Left Out - 10 Tips to Soothe the Sting - Raising Teens Today
Mental Health and Wellness Resources for
Young Adults - NJ's COVID-19 Information Hub
Sleep Anxiety: What It Is and How to Reduce It - Link for Counselors
How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health - Common Sense Media
Parenting Tweens: Everything You Should Know - Child Mind Institute
How to Help Kids Who Are Too Hard on Themselves - Child Mind Institute
How to Change Negative Thinking Patterns - Child Mind Institute
How to Talk with Kids about Traumatic Events - Rutgers University
It’s Official: High Achieving Students Designated “At Risk” - Your Teen
Teaching Kids Media Smarts During Breaking News - Common Sense Media
Self Care for Kids: Build Healthy Habits - Social Emotional Workshop
Psychological Tips For Children And Adolescents’ Emotions - University of Verona
5 Signs of Screen Overload -- and How to Handle Them - Common Sense Media
When Kids Refuse to Go to School - Child Mind Institute
Tips for Communicating With Your Teen - Child Mind Institute
Do you ever struggle with what to do in tough parenting situations? GreatSchools.org worked with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence to bring you the answers you need.
Social Emotional Developmental Checklists For Kids and Teens
From Common Sense Media
Ages 5-6 * Ages 7-8 * Ages 9-10
Ages 11-13 * Ages 14-16 * Ages 16-18
The Adulting 101 Syllabus: 20 Life Skills I’m Teaching My Teens - Grown & Flown
Teaching Kids About Boundaries - Child Mind Institute
Why Kids Lie and What Parents Can Do About It - Child Mind Institute
How to Help Kids Deal with Embarrassment - Child Mind Institute
SEL Guidelines and Resources for Parents and Caregivers - CASEL
Teaching Kids About Boundaries - Child Mind Institute
Teaching Kids How to Deal with Conflict - Child Mind Institute
Helping Kids Make Decisions - Child Mind Institute
A Parent's Resource Guide to Social and Emotional Learning - Edutopia
4 Social/Emotional Skills You Can Easily Practice With Teens - Nobel Coaching
Let’s Talk SEL: Parents, This Is for You! - Committee for Children
Anxiety Articles from the Child Mind Institute
Support for Stressed Parents from the Child Mind Institute
Be Kind to Yourself - How self-compassion can help parents manage anxiety
How Mindfulness Can Help Caregivers - Techniques and strategies to reduce stress.
Preventing Parent Burnout - Meeting the emotional challenges of children with mental health issues.
How to Avoid Passing Anxiety on to Your Kids - Help yourself, and them, by learning techniques to manage stress in a healthy way.
Miscellaneous
How to Support Kids Who Are Questioning [Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation] - Child Mind Institute
When Kids Refuse to Go to School - Child Mind Institute
Tips for Communicating With Your Teen - Child Mind Institute
TikTok Challenges Are Getting Worse–Here’s How to Talk to Your Kids - Teens & Tweens
Healthy Family Relationships and Mental Health - IndieFlix
Tips for Reducing Isolation - Good Grief
Learning Tools (Resources from trusted organizations to help you help your child with math, reading and life-skills, K-12) - Learning Heroes
How to Help Your Kids Handle Disappointment - Child Mind Institute
How to Ask What Kids Are Feeling - Child Mind Institute
Signs of Depression During the Pandemic - Child Mind Institute
Helping Children Cope With Changes Resulting From COVID-19 - National Association of School Psychologists
That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief - Harvard Business Review
How to make face masks more comfortable for kids - Children’s Minnesota
Families can support kids’ mental health whether they’re learning remotely or at school – here’s how - The Conversation
Teens are struggling with in-person high school. Here's how parents can help - The Today Show (12/1/21)
Not My Kid: What Every Parent Should Know - Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide (Recorded Webinar available in English & Spanish)
How to Talk to Kids When Something Bad Happens - Dawn Huebner, PhD & Dr. Robyn Silverman
How to talk to your child about failing grades - MPR News with Angela Davis (December 15, 2020)
Mental Health and SEL Well-Being: Addressing the Needs of Parents and Children Webinar - NJPSA/FEA, NJPTA & NJSCA (April 14, 2020)
Managing Threat in an Age of Anxiety
February 24, 2021 presentation sponsored by the Consortium of NP, Summit, Chatham, Millburn, and Berkeley Heights
Raising Healthy Kids
January 25, 2021 presentation for NPSD families & staff by George Scott, EdS, LMFT
When Alcohol, Teens and COVID Intersect
October 29, 2020 presentation sponsored by the Consortium of NP, Summit, Chatham, Millburn, and Berkeley Heights
Grief & Loss During the Pandemic
September 23, 2020 presentation for the SAC Consortium by Lisa Athan, M.A.
Healing From Sudden Loss
September 21, 2020 presentation for NPSD families & staff by George Scott, EdS, LMFT
Preparing Children for a Different School World
August 12, 2020 presentation for NPSD parents & staff by George Scott, EdS, LMFT