There are also specialized Guidelines for Teachers to build connection and support students in a virtual classroom environment. Many of these materials are useful to both parents and teachers.

Also please see the Managing Pandemic Stress Toolkit to support caregivers, educators and healthcare providers, or anyone experiencing unprecedented stress during the corona virus pandemic.

There are also guides and tools to help you Prepare Yourself for the Return to School in the Fall. Including support for trauma-impacted children.

Support Children Who Are Home

Modules I-VIII are guidelines to help parents support their children while they are home from school during corona virus (Covid 19). Each module is a different component of support, because you may want to provide this information in smaller organized pieces. Modules are grouped, so please be sure to scroll through longer documents.

Module I:  Structure Through Schedules and Routines
Module II:  Attunement, Increasing the Quality of Adult Attention
Module III: Quiet Time, Solitary Time, Restore and Reset
Module IV: Promoting Positive Actions and Positive Emotions
Module V: Expressing Gratitude and Appreciation
Module VI: Information Control for Children
Module VII: Supportive Communication (Part 1)
Module VIII: Supportive Communication (Part 2)
Related Materials and Links (All Modules)

Please also see: Additional Related Materials/Links for Modules I-VIII

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Materials to support teachers managing virtual classrooms:

Promoting Engagement in a Virtual Classroom
Achieving Social Connectedness While Physically Distant: The Appreciation Journal
Building on Your Student Relationships:  Staying Attuned in a Virtual Classroom
Building on Your Student Relationships: Recognition and Reward
Related Materials for Teachers (All Articles, Guidelines/Links)
Engaging Less Motivated Students: A Checklist of Intervention Options for Virtual Classrooms
Student Performance During Distance Learning – Rating Form

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The Pandemic Stress Management Toolkit for caregivers, educators and healthcare providers.

Stress during this pandemic is like no other stress we’ve experienced before, which is why large numbers of educators and service providers are breaking down and experiencing uncontrolled stress responses. Many of our normal and automatic means of coping are inadequate for this increased demand. We need to be more deliberate in our efforts to reset the stress response ourselves. The following toolkit gives specific instruction to support individuals to interrupt the stress response and reset their brains and bodies.

Go to: Prepare for Your Return to School

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ASD Students have trouble adjusting to new routines, changes in routine, and a breakdown in structure. They like things to be predictable and orderly. When there is a breakdown in the normal routine, when the day is too chaotic, or when the schedule is too full, the ASD student becomes overwhelmed, easily upset or agitated, and may withdraw or have an outburst. There are many sources of stress for the ASD student that are not stressful for the typical student.

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At some point we need to find a way to provide the ASD child with the opportunities to develop that are provided to other children. If we continue a plan of removing all obstacles, supporting all efforts, and modifying all experiences in the same fashion year after year, then we are settling for stunted emotional growth and contributing to the severity of the ASD handicap.

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