{"id":545,"date":"2020-11-25T08:41:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T08:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/?page_id=545"},"modified":"2021-05-19T20:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:08:31","slug":"health-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/?page_id=545","title":{"rendered":"Health & Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Place2Be – Coronavirus: <\/a>wellbeing activity ideas for families<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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The following materials and links have been collated\nby our Educational Psychology Team. The information comes from a wide variety\nof reliable sources and they would like to thank these sources, in particular\ntheir educational psychology colleagues across Scotland. They are happy to\ndiscuss any of the advice provided and can be contacted\nby email<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n CAMHS has gathered together lots of helpful\n resources from across the internet to help support your mental\n health and well-being.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Healthier Scotland has created two little videos\n and some simple, sound advice to help when your temper is wearing thin.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Glasgow\n Psychological Service<\/strong> has\n created a <\/strong>set of great resources and weblinks<\/strong> to support parents and carers during the\n pandemic.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Southend Educational Psychology Service has put\n together a super<\/strong> website, full of activities for wellbeing,\n learning, arts, and crafts to use with your children<\/strong>. If you scroll all the way through, you will see\n sections on Social Stories,EmotionalWellbeing, Calming and Energizing\n Activities, Mindfulness sessions, Family activities, Mindset, and Bereavement\n support.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n The National Association of School Psychologists\n and National Association of School Nurses in the USA have joined together to\n create <\/strong>a very helpful short guide for parents and carers\n on talking to children about COVID-19<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Carol\n Gray <\/strong>has produced a <\/strong>gentle\n and reassuring social story<\/strong> illustrated\n with uplifting photographs to help children, including children with ASD, to\n understand the facts about coronavirus and keep calm.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n The Autism Educator website has a <\/strong>helpful\n social story with clear line-drawing illustrations<\/strong> to help children with ASD understand the\n facts about Covid-19.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Axel\n Scheffler (illustrator of The Gruffalo) <\/strong>has joined with Nosy Crow publishers and medical experts\n to create an <\/strong>electronic flipbook to share facts about\n Coronavirus with children<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n A short,\n simple and reassuring booklet<\/strong> to\n read with young children and open up helpful conversations about Coronavirus\n has been produced by MindHeart.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Mencap have produced a <\/strong>very\n clear explanation of Coronavirus<\/strong>,\n with photos and practical guidance on how to follow health advice, <\/strong>particularly\n suitable for young people with learning disabilities<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n A short\n parent guide to helping children and young people manage in unsettling times<\/strong> has been created by Dumfries and Galloway\n Psychology Service (scroll down to the bottom of the page for the link)<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Ten tips\n for maintaining structure and routine during school closure<\/strong> have been prepared by Scotland\u2019s Educational\n Psychologists (scroll down to the bottom of the page for the link).<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Four\n posters to help with wellbeing and caring for ourselves<\/strong> have been gathered together (scroll down to\n the bottom of the page for the link).<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n A School\n Closure Toolkit <\/strong>has been\n produced to help parents of children with ASD to maintain clarity and good\n routines during school closure.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n This attractive<\/strong> Coping\n Calendar <\/strong>has 30 daily\n tasks to help maintain perspective and wellbeing during the pandemic.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n A sample\n visual that you can adapt with your child<\/strong>, to reduce boredom and children\u2019s reliance on\n adults for activity suggestions.<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Place2Be – Coronavirus: wellbeing activity ideas for families The following materials and links have been collated by our Educational Psychology Team. The information comes from a wide variety of reliable sources and they would like to thank these sources, in particular their educational psychology colleagues across Scotland. They are happy to discuss any of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-545","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/545\/revisions\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}