#HereToHelp Resources for Families and Caregivers
Promoting Health, Safety, and Well-Being
The following resources offers tips, ideas, and strategies to support personal well-being.
| COVID-19 Toolkit for DSPs | The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) has created a COVID-19 toolkit for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). |
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| Healthy Relationship Curriculum | Healthy Relationships Curriculum offers a series of mini-lessons on developing social skills, daily hygiene, life skills, and practical daily, home, and community activities. |
| Free Covid19 Resources from Conscious Discipline | Conscious Discipline is a leader in social emotional learning and is now offering free webinars for educators and families to help with COVID-19. |
| Free Social Thinking Resources | Social Thinking is offering free resources to use at home and school, including videos of read aloud books with downloadable think sheets, social detective mini-curriculum, and more. |
| Virtual Free Trauma Informed Care Summit | Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services, in partnership with Northeast Ohio Medical University and the Ohio Children's Alliance, will host a VIRTUAL Trauma Informed Care Summit May 19-20, 2020. |
| Parent and Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19 | The National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides this resource to get you thinking about how an infectious disease outbreak might affect your family - both physically and emotionally - and what you can do to help your family cope. |
| Ways for Families to Support O&M Growth | Discover strategies and resources that families can use to support and nurture the development of skills for safe and independent travel. |
| Tips for Social Distancing | The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA) offers strategies on how to manage feelings of isolation related to social distancing. |
| How to Support Children (and Yourself) During the COVID-19 Outbreak | This short guide from the Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University outlines ideas to support families. |
| How to Use Charting the LifeCourse in Challenging Times | Charting the Lifecourse tools are designed to support families in ways to maximize their capacity and strengths so they can best support and nurture the achievement of self-determination, interdependence, productivity, integration, and inclusion for their family members. |