It is important that families work daily on self-care, just as much as kids are doing their school work through Remote Learning and parents are working from home. Below are important resources to help speak to kids about COVID-19 and all of the effects that is continues to have on our lives and community. Take good care of your physical, mental and emotional health!
Self-Care & Mental Health for Children
Memory Match Game for Children – Emotions
Self-Care & Mental Health for Adults
ThriveNYC: Mental Health Support New Yorkers Can Access While Staying Home
bjclearn.org: Self-care Checklist
NYC Well: Free Mental Health Support for staff, students and parents
NYC Well is your connection to free, confidential mental health support. Speak to a counselor via phone, text, or chat and get access to mental health and substance use services, in more than 200 languages, 24/7/365. Stay on the line, and you will be connected with a counselor who can connect you to translator services. NYC Well Counselors are trained to accept calls from deaf and hard of hearing individuals using video relay services.
Call: 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355)
• For Relay Service for Deaf/Hard of Hearing: Call 711
• Español: Press 3
• 中文: Press 4
Text: WELL to 65173
Live Chat
Our School Crisis Response Team
For immediate support please contact:
Megan Dunn, Superintendent Support Team
mdunn6@schools.nyc.gov
(347) 433-7885
Karen Shaw-Taylor, Guidance Counselor
KShaw@schools.nyc.gov, (347) 467-6625
Anne Kner, School Social Worker
AKner@schools.nyc.gov
Yoga and Mindfulness
- https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
- https://malaeducation.net/
Dealing with Anxiety, Stress, Grief & Trauma
- “The Calm Place”: A series of relaxing images and mindfulness prompts from the New York Times
- Finding Calm During a Crisis from the New York City Employee Assistance Program
- Five Things to Know About Stress from the National Institute of Mental Health
- Coping with Stress During Outbreak from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Tips For Social Distancing, Quarantine, And Isolation During An Infectious Disease Outbreak also from SAMHSA
- Care for the Caregiver: Tips for Families and Educators also from NASP
- Managing Strong Emotional Reactions to Traumatic Events: Tips for Families and Teachers from the National Association of School Psychologists
- Radical Self Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress from Psychology Today
Bereavement
- After a loved one dies – How children grieve and how parents and other adults can support them from New York Life Foundation
Community Resources for Support
Below is a list of additional grief supports outside of the school community that we have coordinated during this difficult time:
Calvary Hospital Bereavement Support (Brooklyn)
Abby R. Spilka, MA, CT, MHC-LP, Bereavement Counselor
Cell: 917-574-6879
Email: aspilka@calvaryhospital.org
New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center
Community Counseling and Mediation
810 Classon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Site: 718-230-5100
Intake: 718-802-0666
Brooklyn Counseling Services (BCS)
26 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11242
718-331-8857
NYPCC Child & Family Mental Health Centers
102 Pilling Street, Bushwick, NY
(718) 602-1000
CMBushwick@nypcc.org
2857 Linden Boulevard, East New York, NY
(718) 235-3100
CMLinden@nypcc.org
Family Resource Centers
Family Resource Centers are easily accessible, strength- based programs that support families in communities across New York State. Family Resource Centers (FRCs) are flexible, family-focused, and culturally sensitive. Services and programs are based on local needs, building on existing planning processes with community and inter- disciplinary participation.
The Centers work in partnership with other community agencies and parents. FRC programs assist families in their caregiving roles, strengthen informal support among families, offer needed resources either directly or through community referrals and promote community investment. Services build on protective factors that research shows can reduce child abuse and maltreatment. These factors include parental resiliency, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in time of need, and social and emotional competence in children.