Resources for Helping Children

Below are therapy resources for COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus. These resources (as well as the comments) have been submitted by ACBS members.

• Child Mind Institute - has helpful articles and resources.

• Coping with stress - tip sheet for parents.

• Coronacast - a podcast by an Australian physician.

• Coronavirus visual story - for young and less literal children.

• Dave the Dog - A Nurse Dotty book.

• Health Care Toolbox - has some resources for children

• Healthy Habits Childrens Activity Book - activities for younger children.

• Helping Children Cope with Stress

• Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

• Mind Heart - A resource requiring less literacy.

• Play School in Australia segment.

• Stay Here ebooklet - a tool for parents to help their family cope with being at home during COVID-19, and manage the stress, uncertainty and changes of not being able to attend school, work and social/leisure activities. It is based on ACT and compassion-based approaches.

The New Pandemic Pioneers - booklet and worksheets

Resources Available in Other Languages:

• My Hero is You (developed via a global survey of children aged 4-10 years) - includes translations to UN languages.

• mhpss.net - toolkit has many resources and languages archived there. They also have resources used previously for similar infectious disease outbreaks here.

• Parenting advice - from UNICEF and others.

• Turkish resources for covid parenting.

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