Helping Children Cope with Changes Resulting from COVID-19
It’s very important to remember that children look to us as adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events. Acknowledging some level of concern, without panicking, is an appropriate way to respond to the children in your class. Teaching children positive preventive measures, talking with them about their fears, and giving them a sense of some control over their risk of infection can help reduce anxiety. This is also a tremendous opportunity for adults to model for children: problem-solving, flexibility, and compassion as we all work through adjusting daily schedules, balancing work and other activities, processing new information from authorities, and connecting and supporting friends and family members in new ways.