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Activity Book for African American Families: Helping Children Cope with Crisis (PDF)

This activity book was developed for African American families after the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The hands-on activities and materials provide parents the resources to help students cope with extraordinary crises. Leaders of national African American organizations as well as health professional helped to identify information and strategies that would be meaningful to families coping with crisis. Contents and activities included:  1. Inspire Hope in Your Child  2. Be Still and Listen to Your Child  3. Support, Comfort, and Love You Child  4. Give you Child information that is Age-Appropriate  5. Help You Child Feel Safe  6. Make a Plan for Your Child for Emergencies  7. Help Your Child Feel Good about Himself  8. Pay Attention to What Your Child Watches on TV  9. Share you Faith with Your Child

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development & National Black Development Institute. 2003.An Activity Book for African American Families: Helping Children Cope with Crisis. Rockville, Maryland: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) https://www.nbcdi.org/sites/default/files/resource-files/Activity%20Book%20for%20African%20American%20Families%20-%20Helping%20Children%20Cope%20with%20Crisis_0.pdf

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2003
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Do Parents Trust Schools? Where the Fault Lines Are During COVID-19 (ARTICLE)

This article is about a parent survey on whether parents trust that the schools will safeguard their children's health while they attend in-person classes during the pandemic.

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Samuels, Christina A. 2020. Do Parents Trust Schools? Where the Fault Lines Are During COVID-19. Bethesda, Maryland: Education Week.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/do-parents-trust-schools-where-the-fault-lines-are-during-covid-19/2020/09

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2020
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Watch our Town Hall Meeting: Supporting Youth Mental Health In the Transition Back to the Classroom, with the California Department of Education (Website)

NAMI partners with CDE to explain the importance of and strategies for supporting the mental health needs of youth; how families and loved ones can support youth going back to school during the pandemic; and ways to advocate and get involved in policy changes for youth mental health.

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National Alliance on Mental Health, (2021).

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2021

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California Department of Education, Special Education Division's special project, State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP) is funded through a contract with the Napa County Office of Education. SPP-TAP is funded from federal funds, (State Grants #H027A080116) provided from the U.S. Department of Education Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.