Dealing with pandemic-induced back-to-school anxiety and homesickness
Follow these strategies to help ease back-to-school anxiety and homesickness that students may be experiencing due to the pandemic.
Getting your student’s sleep schedule back on track for the school year
To get kids on a sleep schedule for the school year, it’s important to start moving bedtime earlier and make sure kids are waking up at a reasonable time.
Can my child get COVID-19 from riding the school bus?
Research has shown that the risk of getting COVID-19 from riding a school bus is low when basic precautionary measures — such as masking, only allowing two kids per seat and leaving the windows open — are taken.
Helping your student transition back to in-person learning
Families should start preparing their children for the transition to in-person learning as soon as they are able to.
Dealing with pandemic-induced separation anxiety in kids
Children and families are finally resuming some of their pre-pandemic activities, such as summer camp, vacations and in-person school. For some kids, this return will also trigger separation anxiety.