Place2Be – Coronavirus: wellbeing activity ideas for families
The following materials and links have been collated
by our Educational Psychology Team. The information comes from a wide variety
of reliable sources and they would like to thank these sources, in particular
their educational psychology colleagues across Scotland. They are happy to
discuss any of the advice provided and can be contacted
by email.
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CAMHS has gathered together lots of helpful
resources from across the internet to help support your mental
health and well-being.
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Healthier Scotland has created two little videos
and some simple, sound advice to help when your temper is wearing thin.
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Glasgow
Psychological Service has
created a set of great resources and weblinks to support parents and carers during the
pandemic.
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Southend Educational Psychology Service has put
together a super website, full of activities for wellbeing,
learning, arts, and crafts to use with your children. If you scroll all the way through, you will see
sections on Social Stories,EmotionalWellbeing, Calming and Energizing
Activities, Mindfulness sessions, Family activities, Mindset, and Bereavement
support.
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The National Association of School Psychologists
and National Association of School Nurses in the USA have joined together to
create a very helpful short guide for parents and carers
on talking to children about COVID-19.
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Carol
Gray has produced a gentle
and reassuring social story illustrated
with uplifting photographs to help children, including children with ASD, to
understand the facts about coronavirus and keep calm.
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The Autism Educator website has a helpful
social story with clear line-drawing illustrations to help children with ASD understand the
facts about Covid-19.
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Axel
Scheffler (illustrator of The Gruffalo) has joined with Nosy Crow publishers and medical experts
to create an electronic flipbook to share facts about
Coronavirus with children.
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A short,
simple and reassuring booklet to
read with young children and open up helpful conversations about Coronavirus
has been produced by MindHeart.
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Mencap have produced a very
clear explanation of Coronavirus,
with photos and practical guidance on how to follow health advice, particularly
suitable for young people with learning disabilities.
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A short
parent guide to helping children and young people manage in unsettling times has been created by Dumfries and Galloway
Psychology Service (scroll down to the bottom of the page for the link)
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Ten tips
for maintaining structure and routine during school closure have been prepared by Scotland’s Educational
Psychologists (scroll down to the bottom of the page for the link).
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Four
posters to help with wellbeing and caring for ourselves have been gathered together (scroll down to
the bottom of the page for the link).
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A School
Closure Toolkit has been
produced to help parents of children with ASD to maintain clarity and good
routines during school closure.
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This attractive Coping
Calendar has 30 daily
tasks to help maintain perspective and wellbeing during the pandemic.
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A sample
visual that you can adapt with your child, to reduce boredom and children’s reliance on
adults for activity suggestions.
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