Websites worth exploring:
Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health
Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health
Telehealth Service in Infant Mental Health
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Helping Children with Traumatic Separation or Traumatic Grief Related to Covid-19
Supporting Children During Coronavirus (Covid19)
Early Intervention Guidance Memo
Head Start – Supporting Children and Families
Working in a Virtual World:
Class Dojo – a platform for online teaching
Tele Health/Tele play
Creative ideas:
- Breathe in arms open then in. Animal breaths. Chi gong. Mirroring each other.
- Intuitive drawing to classical music
- Mirroring movements to music
- Draw your feeling as a cartoon character . Tell the story of this feeling
- Solution Circles (adapted): Draw fear. Circle it. Draw or write fears in small circle. Draw a bigger circle around. Draw or write what you can control and who/what can help you at this time in the big circle. Screen share “What I can/can’t control” for ideas
- Rock Problems/Playdoh Problems
- Tree of life
- Show me your favorite stuffies. Introduce them to mine. They want to play and talk!
- Stuffy role-play (parts work, gestalt, parent-child conflicts)
- Draw your worry: give it a shape, a name. Then give it to the parent. “This is for the adults to hold”
- Pick 3 Feelings from Kimochi chart
Videos to Screen Share
Bing Bong and Sadness
Uses: Teach parents the power of Staylistening, help kids explore sadness and empathy
Dancing it out to different emotions (4+)
What causes anxiety and depression
Other Helpful Resources
SPCC IECMH Childcare Reopening Best Practice Recomendations
Telehealth Services in Infant Mental Health Home Visiting
Therapeutic activities master list- activities that work over the phone
Resilience and Trauma-Informed Care Tools for Educators and Schools