ACT Raising Safe Kids

Helping Kids Cope When COVID-19 Hits Home Children may expect others to periodically get a cold or even the flu. What happens to children, however, if they learn that a loved one has COVID-19? Knowledge About the Virus Many families have made significant adjustments to their daily routines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Depending upon the ag...

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A Kid’s Guide to Coronavirus Experience our interactive, profoundly engaging digital publication!

Infant temperament predicts personality more than 20 years later: Behavioral inhibition in infancy associated with introversion and internalizing psychopathology in adulthood Researchers investigating how temperament shapes adult life-course outcomes have found that behavioral inhibition in infancy predicts a reserved, introverted personality at age 26. For those individuals who show sensitivity to making errors in adolescence, the findings indicated a higher risk for in...

Book Aims To Help Black Parents And Kids Talk About COVID-19 A free online book "The Unwelcome Stranger" aims to teach kids about COVID-19 and start that tough conversation about fears and the unknown.

Parents here is some advice about sleeping during the quarantine.

Getting Your Best Sleep While in Quarantine Here's how to get great sleep while you are stuck at home...

PROTECTING CHILDREN DURING A CRISIS

Online training is designed to help you navigate through the unusual circumstances you might face during times of crisis.

Protecting Children During a Crisis Training We need to be prepared to continue protecting kids to the best of our ability under any circumstances. The Protecting Children During a Crisis online training is designed to help you navigate through the unusual circumstances you might face during times of crisis.

Mindfulness for Children during COVID-19

The Power of the Pause: Helping Your Child Learn About Mindfulness in This Stressful Time Families all over the world are experiencing increased stress and anxiety. As we all practice social distancing, our daily routines have been disrupted. While this is stressful, it also provides an opportunity to slow down, to pause, and learn new coping strategies. The post below explores the power...

"Parents and Teachers Grappling with COVID-19 Stress – Strategies Moving Forward" Tele-townhall
Today, Tuesday, April 14 at 5:45 pm EST

Register for the Tele-townhall
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Speakers: Dr. Pamela Cantor of Turnaround for Children, Dr. Arthur Evans, APA, Jim Erey, a high school teacher in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and Antoinette Brown, a parent in Laurel, Maryland,

National PTA and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Register for the tele-townhall "Parents and Teachers Grappling with COVID-19 Stress – Strategies Moving Forward" TUESDAY, APRIL 14th @ 5:45 PM EST Learn from leading experts in mental health, learning science, and psychology, as well as hear from a teacher and parent from the field, as to how to they are addressing their students’ – and their own - socio-emotional wellbeing during this collective crisis. W...

Continuing with Positive Parenting for Child Abuse Prevention Month, please see this article from NIH News in Health.

Five Ways to View Coverage of the Coronavirus News reports about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, becoming more widespread are making some people anxious.. Here are some tips to help you manage your anxiety, put news reports in perspective and maintain a positive outlook.

Compartilhar vídeos positivos de habilidades parentais do CDC em reconhecimento ao mês de prevenção ao abuso infantil.

https://www.cdc.gov/parents/spanish/essentials/videos/index.html

Videos sobre crianza | Essentials | Parenting Information | CDC Videos: Learn tips and tools for parents.

Sharing Positive Parenting Skills videos from CDC in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

https://www.cdc.gov/parents/essentials/videos/index.html

Parenting Videos | Essentials | Parenting Information | CDC Videos: Learn tips and tools for parents.

Managing children's anxiety during COVID-19.

6 Ways to Help Your Child Manage Their Anxiety During COVID-19 | Our Children Guidance for parents and other caregivers to help children manage anxiety and insecurity that may they may feel from the COVID-19 crisis.

A Free and fun downloadable short book to support and reassure our children, under the age of 7, regarding the COVID-19.

Link: https://www.mindheart.co/descargables

Mindheart

Sharing more COVID-19 Parent Tips for children.

https://commercialfreechildhood.org/social-distancing/

School is Closed. Now What?

Things to do with children!

A bunch of museums is offering free virtual tours online, here is the link to the article: https://www.southernliving.com/syndication/museums-with-virtual-tours

Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch Going into a self-quarantine can have many complex issues and complications beyond having enough food and supplies for two weeks. In terms of entertainment, it…

Things to do for Children at home.

McHarper Manor Art studio is live on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/McHarperManor) offering free art classes for kids M-F at 1:00pm Eastern over the next several weeks. Here is the link for info and supplies.
https://www.mcharpermanor.com/post/supply-list-for-our-first-week-of-projects You can order supplies online.

Supply list for our first week of projects! | McHarper Manor The next few weeks are going to be a challenge. It's going to be hard on kids being away from school. It's going to be a huge change for working parents and the caregivers home with these little ones during the day - unsure what's safe to participate in during the break. We have a heart for our comm...

Talking to children about COVID with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge - Pediatric Mental Health Expert and Psychologist

https://youtu.be/_PJ0W-wX8V4

Talking to kids about coronavirus Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge gives some helpful tips for how parents can talk to their children, of all ages, about coronavirus.

Tips for children being at home due to COVID-19 school closures.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/home-activities-bored-kids_I_5e6bb8e9c5b6dda30fc866e4

30 Parents Share Their Favorite At-Home Activities To Help Bored Kids From educational games to apps and websites, here are some creative ways to keep children entertained during school closures.

How to build resilience in children.
Here are 10 tips, plus more from APA.

Resilience guide for parents and teachers Children's problems include adapting to a new classroom, bullying by classmates or abuse at home, but resilience is the ability to thrive despite these challenges.

ACTIVE PARENTING - Kids don’t come with instructions!
Bon Secours Family Focus is pleased to sponsor an exciting six-week, research-based video-and-discussion parenting class. Different dates and locations. Please see the attached for more information.

Active Parenting of Teen Workshop
Bon Secours Family Focus is pleased to sponsor an exciting research-based video and discussion workshop.
February 19 - March 25, 2020; 6pm-8pm
Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital Health Conference Center
2 Bernardine Drive, Newport News, VA 23602
FREE!!

Child Emergency Situations Preparedness. Take steps to protect children.
https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/

Learn About Caring for Children in a Disaster | CDC Children are more vulnerable than adults in emergency situations. Take steps to protect children.

Digital Media - General Guidelines for Parents.
Children and Screen, Institution of Digital Media and Child Development.
https://www.childrenandscreens.com/

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND

A PUBLIC FORUM ON: Opioids, Drug Use and Addiction
Presented by The Peninsula Community Opioid Response Group (PCOR)

October 8th, 2019
Warwick High School Cafeteria
51 Copeland Lane Newport News, VA 23601
5:30 Dinner ; 6:00pm - 7:00pm Program

October 22nd, 2019
Phoebus High School Auditorium
100 Ireland Street Hampton, VA 23663
5:30 Dinner; 6:00pm - 7:00pm Program

*Limit 100 people per session
*Door prizes will be given throughout the event
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The FDA-cleared device produced a meaningful reduction in ADHD symptoms in a clinical trial.

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/07-08/adhd-children

By Zara Greenbaum
APA Monitor on Psychology
July/August 2019, Vol 50, No. 7

A new device for treating ADHD in children

Helping children cope with mass shootings.
"Child psychiatrist Dr. Victor Fornari said there are ways parents can help minimize the psychological toll on their kids."

"There's more on easing kids' trauma at the American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/topics/violence/school-shooting."

Explaining, Easing the Horror of Mass Shootings for Your Kids Over the past weekend, 21 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, while a separate incident in Dayton, Ohio, claimed the lives of nine people. Dozens more were injured.

In Norway, and a handful of other developed countries, average I.Q. scores have declined slightly in recent years, after rising for many decades.

You Are What You Watch? The Social Effects of TV There’s new evidence that viewing habits can affect your thinking, political preferences, even cognitive ability.