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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