Stress Management and Anxiety
Stress Management and Teens
A Guide to Managing Your Own Anxiety Around COVID-19
Article from the CDC on Managing Stress and Anxiety
10 Tips for Digital At-Home Learning During COVID-19
12 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Mental Health
What to do (and not do) when children are anxious
Children's Screen Time Has Soared in the Pandemic
Managing Covid Fatigue
Supporting LGBTQ+ children
A Guide to Managing Your Own Anxiety Around COVID-19
Article from the CDC on Managing Stress and Anxiety
10 Tips for Digital At-Home Learning During COVID-19
12 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Mental Health
What to do (and not do) when children are anxious
Children's Screen Time Has Soared in the Pandemic
Managing Covid Fatigue
Supporting LGBTQ+ children
Supporting Academic Success for Students
A Parent's Guide to Google Classroom
9 Tips for Parents Navigating Online Learning With Their Children Due to COVID-19
RSD17's Google Resources Page
9 Tips for Parents Navigating Online Learning With Their Children Due to COVID-19
RSD17's Google Resources Page
Community Resources
General Resources:
H-K Youth and Family Services
H-K Recreation Department
211 Info Line
Department of Children and Families
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
The Trevor Project Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ kids, including a hotline.
Helping Hands of Killingworth (food pantry) 860-663-3526
Haddam Public Health Services Food Bank
RxDangers website
United Way 211: free, confidential information and referral service that connects people to essential health and human services 24 hours a day, seven days a week online and over the phone.
Parent Toolkit: Developed by NBC News Learn and supported by Pearson, includes information about child’s development.
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator: A confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities for substance use/addiction and/or mental health problems.
Autism Speaks: An organization dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.
Child Mind Institute: an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
TrueColors: provides education, advocacy, and support to LGBTQ+ youth, their families and communities. TrueColors 2020 Resource Guide
Local Counseling Resources
H-K Youth and Family Services: a private, non-profit Youth Service Bureau (YSB) committed to providing high-quality human health services to promote the development and well-being of the local community.
Pathways Center for Learning and Behavioral Health: counseling and behavioral health services in Essex, East Lyme, and Guilford.
Family Advocacy Program at Middlesex Hospital:comprehensive behavioral health outpatient services, emergency Mobile Psychiatric Service (EPMS), and Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS)
Coastal Counseling Associates: a full-service psychotherapy practice that provides personalized, high-quality behavioral health counseling on an as-needed or preventative basis.
New Beginnings: counseling agency with a team of highly qualified mental health clinicians.
The Cove Center for Grieving Children
COVID-19 Resources:
Talk it Out CT: a new hotline to help families relieve stress resulting from caring for
children during the COVID-19 crisis. 1-833-258-5011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Resources including fact sheets, preventative information, and more.
CT.gov COVID-19 Response: up-to-date local information.
Helping children cope with changes resulting from COVID-19: Handout created by National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-03-why-self-compassion-and-emotion-regulation-are-key-to-coping-with-covid-19: Article is an excerpt from the book Permission to Feel: The Power of Emotional Intelligence to Achieve Well-being and Success.
Section 504 and Special Education Resources:
Parent’s Guide to Special Education in CT
IEP Guide
Parent’s Guide to Section 504
H-K Youth and Family Services
H-K Recreation Department
211 Info Line
Department of Children and Families
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
The Trevor Project Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ kids, including a hotline.
Helping Hands of Killingworth (food pantry) 860-663-3526
Haddam Public Health Services Food Bank
RxDangers website
United Way 211: free, confidential information and referral service that connects people to essential health and human services 24 hours a day, seven days a week online and over the phone.
Parent Toolkit: Developed by NBC News Learn and supported by Pearson, includes information about child’s development.
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator: A confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities for substance use/addiction and/or mental health problems.
Autism Speaks: An organization dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.
Child Mind Institute: an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
TrueColors: provides education, advocacy, and support to LGBTQ+ youth, their families and communities. TrueColors 2020 Resource Guide
Local Counseling Resources
H-K Youth and Family Services: a private, non-profit Youth Service Bureau (YSB) committed to providing high-quality human health services to promote the development and well-being of the local community.
Pathways Center for Learning and Behavioral Health: counseling and behavioral health services in Essex, East Lyme, and Guilford.
Family Advocacy Program at Middlesex Hospital:comprehensive behavioral health outpatient services, emergency Mobile Psychiatric Service (EPMS), and Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS)
Coastal Counseling Associates: a full-service psychotherapy practice that provides personalized, high-quality behavioral health counseling on an as-needed or preventative basis.
New Beginnings: counseling agency with a team of highly qualified mental health clinicians.
The Cove Center for Grieving Children
COVID-19 Resources:
Talk it Out CT: a new hotline to help families relieve stress resulting from caring for
children during the COVID-19 crisis. 1-833-258-5011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Resources including fact sheets, preventative information, and more.
CT.gov COVID-19 Response: up-to-date local information.
Helping children cope with changes resulting from COVID-19: Handout created by National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-03-why-self-compassion-and-emotion-regulation-are-key-to-coping-with-covid-19: Article is an excerpt from the book Permission to Feel: The Power of Emotional Intelligence to Achieve Well-being and Success.
Section 504 and Special Education Resources:
Parent’s Guide to Special Education in CT
IEP Guide
Parent’s Guide to Section 504