I will continue to add links to various resources to support families during this time:
Emotional Well Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak:
Coping tips, resources and crisis centers from the Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Click on link)
Bridges to School Success Support for Parents:
In response to Covid-19, the Bridges team, led by Leigh-Ann Schack, is launching several new projects to help support parents and caregivers. They started a virtual drop-in parent group that will focus on a new topic each week. Topics include: Coping with Stress for Parents, Homework, Fighting/Aggression, and more. Sessions are Wednesdays at 6 PM or Thursdays at 1 PM. Parents can join just once or every week. They plan to post a new link each week to the Early Childhood Services (ECS) Facebook page. If you have any questions, contact Leigh-Ann at [email protected]
Community Resources for Children and Families, COVID-19, Mental Health and more:
Shasta County 211 (Click on link)
Tips from Shasta County Mental Health on Managing Stress:
Managing Stress (Click on link)
CDE Update:
Superintendent Thurmond and the California Department of Education (CDE) are extremely concerned about the mental health and wellness of students whose lives have dramatically changed during the COVID-19 response, as well as the health of staff who are also coping with these changes.
To support students, schools, and communities during this challenging time, the CDE has developed new web pages with information regarding mental health resources, including links for students to get direct access to mental health professionals. The new “Help for Students in Crisis” web page includes crisis and warm line numbers, along with other COVID-19-related resources for providing virtual mental health services and information for mental health providers, families, and youth. The web page is available at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/mh/studentcrisishelp.asp (Click on link)