Resources

COVID-19 EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESOURCES

Emotional Support line and Mental Health Resources from NAMI, Georgia. 
https://namiga.org/covid-19-updates/  
Trained Crisis Counselors are available 24/7

BrainPOP - Talking to Kids About Coronavirus (video)

#COVIBOOK (in multiple languages) A Color Picture Workbook that Explains the Virus

Stress Reducing Breathing Tutorials for Adults and Students:

Adult Breathing Tutorial

Student Breathing Tutorial

THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT - RESOURCES TO HELP WITH STRESS

Educators are also turning to a wide array of digital tools that provide everything from breathing exercises and journaling prompts to quick options to check on a students’ mental health. Alex Shevrin Venet, a college professor and former administrator at a therapeutic high school, recommends the SuperBetter App, which uses digital games like “fulfilling a quest” or “recruiting allies” to teach kids social and emotional skills like cooperation and persistence. The popular Calm App, which focuses on relaxation, also features activities just for kids.

What NOT To Say When Your Child Is Being Bullied

Strategies for Students with ADHD

Links for parents on Video Game Addiction. These articles give good, practical advice on how to help parents identify characteristics that lead to gaming addiction. The second link has a questionnaire/rating scale. The last link quotes a lot of evidence-based research. 

"Does My Child Have a Video Game Addiction?"  How to Set Limits Around Video Game Use

How to Treat Your Child's Video Game Addiction

Video Game Addiction

ARTICLE: Sharenting--5 Questions to Ask Before You Post
I recently learned a new term: sharenting - a term used to describe the overuse of social media by parents to share content based on their children.
This article from healthychildren.org share important concepts (and consequences) that parents need to understand about sharing information about their children onliine and suggest five questions to ask before sharing anything online about children.

RESOURCES: Teens and Online Concerns
This article, "The Most Dangerous Teen Apps of 2019 Parents Should Know," from the Illinois Family Organization, was published February 12, 2019.  It includes some apps we have cautioned parents about in the past, as well as some new ones.  I urge you to monitor your child's online activity.  For additional information, check out "10 Apps Kids Use that Parents Should Know About."  There may be some overlap with the previous article, but it includes additional apps, such as the Calculator+ app that allows children to "hide" photos and videos.  Another rising concern relates to the propensity of students to create fake Instagram accounts (Finstagrams or Finstas for short) to publish for a select group of friends photos and videos that might be objectionable to adults.  In "We Asked a Teen About Fake Instagrams and Crying Selfies," you can read what a teen says about Finstagrams.

Viral Challenges

SOS Newsletter, Nov. 2018

Tools for Helping Children Manage Stress

MINDFULNESS

Apps for Time Management

Role of the School Counselor

Career Guidance

Top 10 Questions to Develop a Growth Mindset in Teens

What to Expect in Middle School: Top Ten Surprises for Parents of Tweens

Career Pathways

Stress in teens and pre-teens

Tween Parenting Tips for 10,11, and 12-year-olds

Presentation on Stress

Fayette County Math Tutors

RESOURCES FOR MILITARY STUDENTS

Operation We Are Here

25 Programs & Non-Profits for Military Kids

Military Kids Connect

RESOURCES TO HELP WITH WORRY AND ANXIETY

Moving Images to Help with Deep Breathing

Creating Your Personal Stress Management Plan