Here are some links to some grief summer camps for 2022.
https://secure2.convio.net/hom/site/SPageNavigator/Camp_Good_Grief_SE.html;jsessionid=00000000.app20003a?NONCE_TOKEN=82F5D3A93DEBA241D5CA12F043B8636A
https://wellspringlutheran.com/behavioral-health/camp-hope
https://patch.com/michigan/hartland/ev--grief-camp-planned-for-youth
Here is a link to some summer camps for children with disabilities.
https://www.veryspecialcamps.com/Michigan/Special-Needs-Summer-Camps.shtml?fbclid=IwAR1DVxqiVooJ2DdKe36otF23myn-n-mT4PdcZDn9XLwFhXfOfdITn2fPOj4
https://secure2.convio.net/hom/site/SPageNavigator/Camp_Good_Grief_SE.html;jsessionid=00000000.app20003a?NONCE_TOKEN=82F5D3A93DEBA241D5CA12F043B8636A
https://wellspringlutheran.com/behavioral-health/camp-hope
https://patch.com/michigan/hartland/ev--grief-camp-planned-for-youth
Here is a link to some summer camps for children with disabilities.
https://www.veryspecialcamps.com/Michigan/Special-Needs-Summer-Camps.shtml?fbclid=IwAR1DVxqiVooJ2DdKe36otF23myn-n-mT4PdcZDn9XLwFhXfOfdITn2fPOj4
Below is a cool opportunity for individuals from age 5 through adult to participate in Adaptive Soccer! Contact Southern Lakes Parks & Recreation at www.slpr.net or call 810.714.2011.
Parents and Teachers of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders here is some helpful guidance, tips and tools for doing distance learning at home.
The Parent Handbook on Childhood and Teen Depression"Many parents don’t know the signs of teen depression or where to turn for help. Understanding exactly what’s going on with your child, finding the right treatment, dealing with the schools, negotiating insurance issues – all are challenges that parents face when their child is suffering from depression."
Love and Logic is offering a parenting class online for free if you sign up in April.
Love and Logic is offering a parenting class online for free if you sign up in April.
I updated the Tips and Tools section to include "Nature Therapy." Check it out!
COVID-19 AND SHUTDOWN RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Helping children through the Coronavirus shutdown, advice from Temple Grandin, a leader in Autism advocacy.
Grand Haven Public schools put together a website with wellness activities organized by grade levels. There are some particularly great visuals for problem solving and thinking errors in the PreK-4th grade section. They’re plan is to continue adding to it, so keep checking it out! Here’s the link.
Check out this website for a toolkit of well-being. There are resources about neuroplasticity (the brain's ability to change), empathy, kindness, and more. Seems very appropriate for us all, considering our current situation. ;)
Here is a link to PBS for social emotional learning videos specific to grades 6-9.
Here is a link to a free social emotional learning packet.
Here are a few websites with free social emotional learning tools:
Pathway to Success
Centervention
Commonsense
Here is a social story for children and/or individuals who function developmentally young regarding Coronavirus.
Grand Haven Public schools put together a website with wellness activities organized by grade levels. There are some particularly great visuals for problem solving and thinking errors in the PreK-4th grade section. They’re plan is to continue adding to it, so keep checking it out! Here’s the link.
Check out this website for a toolkit of well-being. There are resources about neuroplasticity (the brain's ability to change), empathy, kindness, and more. Seems very appropriate for us all, considering our current situation. ;)
Here is a link to PBS for social emotional learning videos specific to grades 6-9.
Here is a link to a free social emotional learning packet.
Here are a few websites with free social emotional learning tools:
Pathway to Success
Centervention
Commonsense
Here is a social story for children and/or individuals who function developmentally young regarding Coronavirus.
Many students struggle with executive functioning skills. Children and adolescents with Autism or ADHD commonly struggle with these skills. Here is a list of games that can help them practice some of those skills. Check it out!
SUMMER CAMPS
GROWTH MINDSET
What is the one skill that will ensure success for our kids? RESILIENCE! I hope and pray that our kids fail over and over again! That gives them the practice to develop resilience and grit! They can get through any of life's challenges if they NEVER GIVE UP! Here is a great website with links to videos about this topic. Very cool!
Below are a couple of pictures of different apps that I have on my phone that I use with kids and for myself. Check them out and find what you like or search your app store for "meditation" or "mindfulness" and see what you come up with! Please let me know if you find something great that I don't have! Email me at [email protected]
Kids meditation-MindShift, Comfort Kit, Smiling Mind, Mindfulness for Children, Relax+ Jr, Calm, Mindful gNats
Meditation- Meditations, Silva Meditation, Transform Your Life, Take a Break, Deep Relax, Mayo Clinic Meditation, Headspace, Pacifica
Please check out the link to 50 Calm Down Strategies from the GoZen website! Great website too if you get a chance to check it out!
I added a link to give you info about helping your child become a flexible thinker! Check it out! See the Common Parent Concerns section!
Gratitude Journaling was recently added to the Tips and Tools section! Check it out! New things are being added often, so keep perusing around!
Tragedy in Connecticut
Below are resources that can help adults support children through this tragedy or others:
Tip sheet for Parents and Educators -Talking to Children About Crisis
http://sswaa.org/associations/13190/files/After%20the%20trauma%20help%20child%20cope.pdf
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/terror_general.aspx
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/specpop_general.aspx
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/index.aspx#violence
http://sswaa.org/associations/13190/files/After%20the%20trauma%20help%20child%20cope.pdf
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/terror_general.aspx
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/specpop_general.aspx
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/index.aspx#violence