Mental Health Resources
ADA Live presents Protecting Your Mental Health During the Coronavirus Outbreak – free webinar with tips for improving and protecting your mental health.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network – Caregiver’s Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19
Collat Jewish Family Services: offering supportive phone counseling during coronavirus pandemic.
Social Distancing Resources, Entertainment, Mental Health, and much more – credit to Shreya Pokhrel
Managing stress and anxiety: CDC resources
Managing stress and anxiety: NPR resources
Central Alabama Wellness: a state mental health resource
Resilience: the parents’ guide to resilience and what it means
Image description: How to manage stress and anxiety from COVID-19
For you:
- Avoid excessive exposure to media coverage
- Connect through calls/text/internet
- Add extra time for daily stress relief
- Practice self-care
- Focus on your mental health
For kids:
- Reassure them that they are safe
- Let them talk about their worries
- Share your own coping skills
- Limit their news exposure
- Create a routine and structure
For quarantine and isolation:
- Keep in contact with your loved ones via social media, texts, and phone calls
- Create a daily self-care routine
- Keep yourself busy: games, books, movies
- Focus on new relaxation techniques
