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COVID-19

COVID-19 Mental Health 

COVID-19 Updates

Brightly: Reading through it Together: Educational Resources and Activities for Kids

Free Printable Back To School Care Package

Strategies for Supporting Learning at Home 

Anxiety and Coping with the Coronavirus

7 Ways to Support Kids and Teens Through the Coronavirus

Toddlers to Teens: How to Help Kids Cope with Stress from COVID-19

Second Step COVID-19 Resources for Educators and Families 

GROWTH MINDSET

Growth Mindset: What You Need to Know

Big Life Journal

Mindset Works

How to Develop Growth Mindset in Kids

NEGATIVE SELF-TALK

When Kids Say Negative Things About Themselves

How to Respond to Your Child's Negative Self-Talk

7 Ways to Address Your Child's Negative Self-Talk

Responding to Your Sensitive Child's Negative Self-Talk

ANXIETY

Kids Health Anxiety Disorders

Worry Wise Kids

Beyond Blue Anxiety Facts

GoZen: 9 Things Every Parent with an Anxious Child Should Try

Hey Sigmund-Calm the Anxious Brain

Signs of Anxiety in Young Kids

When You Worry Too Much

15 Books that May Help Kids with Anxiety

25 Thoughtful Anxiety Books for Kids 

12 Kid Friendly Strategies to Calm Anxiety at Night

DEPRESSION

Kids Health: Depression

An Overview of Childhood Depression

Child Mind Institute: Depression

Child Mind Institute: Signs of Depression During the Pandemic

Coping Skills for Kids

MINDFULNESS

The Power of Mindfulness

Mindfulness Practice for Stressed Out Parents

Cosmic Kids!

7 Meditation Apps for Parents

Meditation Apps for Kids

PEER RELATIONSHIPS

6 Tips to Help Your Child Navigate Friendship Problems

Your Child's Friendship Drama: Do's and Don't's

Helping Kids Cope with Cliques

When Your Child is Bullying

How to Support School-Age Friendships

Kids who Need a Little Help to Make Friends

How to Help Kids Make Friends

How to Avoid Raising a Child that Excludes Others

6 Ways to Help Your Child Deal with Social Exclusion

Making and Keeping Friendship: 60 Mighty Girl Books about Friendship  

ADHD, ASD AND OTHER NEEDS

ADDitude

CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

List of Books for Children with ADHD

Autism Society of Oregon

Autism Resources for Parents from Autism Parenting Magazine

National Autism Association  

Understood

National Association for Gifted Children

48 Essential Links for the Parents of Gifted Children 

TECHNOLOGY SAFETY

Internet Safety

ConnectSafely

Parent Guides from ConnectSafely

How to Help Your Child be Safe on the Internet

Internet Safety Tips for Parents of Teens

Keeping Teens and Tweens Safe on the Internet

Privacy and Internet Safety

A Complete Guide to Potentially Dangerous Apps

Internet Safety 101

6 Apps Every Parent Should Know About

9 Secrets to Managing Your Child's Screen Time

Internet Safety for Kids

BOOKLISTS

10 Books about Mindfulness and Meditation

10 Children's Books that Help Explain Divorce

7 of the Best Children's Books about Divorce and Separation

NASP Recommended Books for Children Coping with Loss or Trauma

7 Beautiful Picture Books to Help Kids Understand Death

A Year of Meaningful Reads

TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT RACE AND RACISM

Children's Community School of Philadelphia They're Not Too Young to Talk About Race

Talking to Children about Racial Bias

Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News