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SOCIAL WORKERS COVID-19 INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

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PARENT RESOURCES: Assisting Parents  to Navigate COVID-19

• https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/fact-sheet/outbreak_factsheet_1.pdf
  General ideas about dealing with the pandemic, though a few may be replaced by more current information.
  
  
• https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/fact-sheet/simple_activities_for_children_and_adolescents_4.pdf
  Ideas for family and kids at home—things to do that do not take money!
  
  
• https://www.childtrends.org/publications/resources-for-supporting-childrens-emotional-well-being-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
  This could be helpful for parents who will read it, or for professionals across organizations who are trying to support parents.
  
  
• https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-coronavirus
  PBS kids on parents talking to their kids
  
  
• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus
  PBS comic for kids—mostly straightforward health information, but I love that it also addresses bias against people groups.
  
  
• http://earlylearningnation.com/2020/03/a-parents-guide-to-surviving-covid-19-8-strategies-to-keep-children-healthy-and-happy/
  A parent’s guide to helping kids during pandemic.
  
  
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-how-to-talk-to-kids-disease_l_5e5c615ac5b601022113151d
  Talking with your kids about the virus. Because this is an ongoing conversation, even if parents have had an initial conversation, this article is still relevant.
  
  
• https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-isolated-at-home
  Online free resources for anyone isolated at home. A long list!
  
  
• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MoLunchDoodles
  A resource for kids.

 NCTSN’s new children’s book, Trinka and Sam answer Covid-19 questions in a child-friendly format (https://www.nctsn.org/resources/trinka-and-sam-fighting-the-big-virus).

Helps young children and families talk about their experiences and feelings related to COVID-19 and the need to shelter in place. In the story, the coronavirus has spread to Littletown causing changes in everyone's lives. The story opens doors to conversations about COVID-19, ways that families and communities are working together to keep safe from the virus, family and community strengths, common challenges and reactions in children and adults, ways that families support children and each other, and our intense gratitude for frontline workers. A caregiver guide is available in the back of the book that provides ways parents can use the story with their children. A companion story, Fighting the Big Virus: Trinka's and Sam's Questions, for how to answer children's questions about the virus is also available.