POST COVID-19 Resources
Free Downloadable Resources |
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Anna Freud National Centre‘Managing the transition’ booklet as a guide for schools & colleges for reopening. |
Anna Freud National Centre 6th sixth coronavirus toolkit in the series |
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families’ free booklet to support early years children in managing the transition back to the nursery. |
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families’ 7 ways to support children & worried young people |
Building resilience - Sesame Street. Great videos, printable activities and useful tips for schools, parents and carers. |
Coram Life Education free teaching toolkit to support children’s health and wellbeing post covid |
SWGfL A list of things to think about in safeguarding as schools welcome all children back from Lockdown. Download here. |
Place2Be A series of resources focused on community recovery on themes including hope, gratitude and connectedness. |
Reachout ASC resources and advice through the Lockdown free for you to download. |
Returning to School Activity Book |
Returning to School Social Story (2 metre Version)Returning to School Social Story (6 ft Version) |
A social story supporting children with social distancing. |
Face Covering Exemption Card PDF |
Kent Educational Psychology Service have put together a PowerPoint offering guidance and support on the reintegration of EYs and KS1. |
My Back to School BubbleA beautifully Illustrated Social Story exploring protective bubbles in school and keeping safe. |
SEN Resource Source offers a wide variety of downloadable SEN resources, some free, some available for a small fee. |
The Children's Society has a range of support materials for young people, parents and schools in their mental and emotional health resource 'vault' including |
Visual Aid to Self-Testing Lateral Flow Tests |
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Signposting |
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Big White Wall (BWW) offers safe, anonymous online support available 24/7. |
An online wellbeing hub at www.kent.gov.uk/wellbeing which provides self-help advice and links to local support services to help people’s mental wellbeing during (Covid-19) |
A text service for children, young people and adults needing immediate mental health support. This 24/7 service can be accessed by texting the word “Kent” to 85258. |
Twinkl have several useful materials to help EYFS, year 1 and year 6 children to get ready for going back to the classroom following COVID-19. |
Media Links |
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Coronavirus, and helping children with autism – Episode 4 podcast |
Going Back to School This animation outlines the changes children can expect and the emotions for everyone linked to their return to school. |
All ten episodes of the Recovery Curriculum are now available. There is also an additional podcast for mental health awareness week on the mental health of children and having conversations about mental health. |
Recommended Resources |
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Steps is a support guide for pre-school settings to help a child with their first steps in their grieving journey. This document is available either online or via hard copy. This is currently available as a free download if you are a member of Threads of Success. Small Steps Early Years Small Steps |
WIDGIT have put together a back to school collection of tools and ready-made materials to help parents, teachers and carers who use symbols to support their children and young people. |