Information and Supports Related to COVID-19

Below are links to resources in both English and French that may help support primary care providers, parents/caregivers and their child(ren) and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

PLEASE NOTE: This list is being continually updated. 

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English Resources:

American Academy of Pediatrics

• • Webinar: Talking to and supporting children during a pandemic 

Anxiety Canada

• • Coping with COVID-19 resources list

Autism Ontario

• • “List of Resources to Help Us Through COVID-19”

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress

• • Caring for Patients’ Mental Well-Being During Coronavirus and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Guide for Clinicians Effects of Quarantine
    
  • Psychological Effects of Quarantine During the Coronavirus Outbreak: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know

CHEO:

• • A handout developed with the help of Child Life Specialists: “What is Coronavirus?”

Children’s Mental Health Ontario

• • Talking to your anxious child about Covid-19
  • Children’s Mental Health Ontario organized a special Twitter Chat to give parents and caregivers to children with mental illness a place to come together and share. 
  • The March Break That Never Ends: Supporting Your Family’s Mental Wellness

ChildTrends.org

• • Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVIDwithKIDS

• • A toolkit for coping with kids at home during the COVID-19 pandemic

eMentalHealth.ca

• • Coping with the Stress of COVID: Survival Tips for Parents and Caregivers  (including a section on “Coping for different ages”)
  • Tragic and Upsetting News Events : Helping Children and Youth Cope
  • Helping Children and Youth Cope After Traumatic Events
  • Mental Wellness and Resiliency while Coping with COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child:

• • How to Support Children (and Yourself) During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Jack.org

• • COVID-19 Youth Mental Health Resource Hub

KidsHealth

• • Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to Talk to Your Child

Kids Help Phone

• • “We’re here for you during COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)”
  • Supporting the young people in your life during COVID-19 

Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health

• • COVID-19: Supporting a discussion with children and youth (includes a list of websites and print resources)

Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH)

• • COVID-19 Resources for Children, Youth, and Families

POND Network:

• • VIDEO: #KidsVSCovid

Psychology Foundation of Canada

• • COVID-19 resources (Helping Children and Youth links, Resources for Child-Caring Professionals and Parents links, Support for Parents links)
  • Archived webinar recording: How to Support Our Kids During the COVID-19 Outbreak Supporting a discussion with children and youth
  • Webinars

School Mental Health Ontario

• • How to support student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sesame Street

• • Caring for Each Other: “Your friends on Sesame Street are here to support you during the COVID-19 health crisis. We know that these are very stressful times; daily lives have been disrupted, and families everywhere are trying to create a new sense of normalcy.”
  • Coping with COVID-19: A “For-Now” Normal

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

• • Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019

University of Calgary

• • Webinars: Covid-19 webinars (including “Parenting in a time of physical distancing “)

Zero to Three.org

• • Why are people wearing masks? Why are people covering their faces? 
  • Webinar: COVID-19 Tips for Parents
  • Tips for Families: Coronavirus

Ressources en français :

Centre Psychosocial :

• • Une trousse d’informations pour les parents et les enfants concernant la Covid-19 est disponible sur notre site web : https://www.centrepsychosocial.ca/content/user_files/2020/04/Guide-de-ressources-COVID-19_CPS.pdf

CHEO:

• • QU’EST-CE QUE LE CORONAVIRUS?

Hôpital Ste-Justine (Montréal) :

• • Questionnaire de dépistage à l’intention des parents d’enfants présentant de possibles symptômes de la maladie à coronavirus
  • Plusieurs outils à l’intention des parents : comment en parler aux enfants, quels sont les symptômes chez les enfants, comment protéger son enfant, etc.

 Office fédéral de la santé publique (Suisse) :

• • une série d’affichages imprimables – règles d’hygiène, comment se protéger, lavage de mains, etc.

Organisation mondiale de la santé :

• • Nouveau coronavirus – Conseil au grand public : En finir avec les idées reçues
  • Ainsi que tout le dossier spécial de l’OMS : https://www.who.int/fr/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Unicef :

• • Comment parler à votre enfant de la maladie du coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Maladie à coronavirus (COVID-19) : Ce que les parents doivent savoir
  • Comment les enseignants peuvent parler aux enfants de la maladie à coronavirus
  • Messages clés pour la prévention et le contrôle de la COVID-19 dans les écoles (available for download) 

*Acknowledgement: Thank you to the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health for providing an initial French resource list.