Resources for Supporting Children and Youth in Life After Lockdown
- 10 ways to support your child as we move out of COVID-19
- Managing the long-term effects of the pandemic on your child’s mental health
- COVID-19: How to support your child’s mental health
Keeping your teen motivated
Motivating an unmotivated teenager can be a challenge. Add on the fact that we’re recovering from a global pandemic where our teen’s familiar routines were turned upside down and anxiety is at an all-time high and it can be nearly impossible.
Whether it’s getting better grades in school, tackling tasks like keeping their room clean and helping with chores around the house or applying themselves more when you know they’re perfectly capable, we all want to see our kids put their best foot forward.
Here are 7 things you can start doing today to motivate your teen.
The spread of COVID-19 has slowed, but germs, bacteria, and viruses still exist. Stay healthy by following these guidelines from canada.ca and encourage your children to do the same.
- Stay home if you’re sick.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
- Use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol if soap and water aren’t available.
- Cough and sneeze into a tissue or the bend of your arm.
- Throw away used tissues in a lined garbage can and wash your hands right away
- Stick to a small and consistent social circle.
- Practise physical distancing by keeping a 2-metre distance from others (outside of your social circle).
- Wear a non-medical mask or face covering when:
- physical distancing isn’t possible, particularly in crowded public settings
- you’re indoors in public spaces
- required by the business or local public health authority
- Wear a non-medical mask or face covering when:
- Avoid high-risk settings and activities.
Self-assessment tool – The Ontario Government has created an interactive self-assessment tool if you’re worried you were exposed to COVID-19 or have symptoms.
COVID Alert App – helps break the cycle of infection. The app can let people know of possible exposures before any symptoms appear.
Assessment Centres – if you believe that you have come into contact with someone with COVID-19 please find your nearest assessment centre to get tested.
A hub of resources to help you take care of yourself and look out for the people you love during this challenging time.
COVID-19 has, and will, impact the mental health of people everywhere. Kids Help Phone saw an unprecedented surge of young people feeling more stressed than usual reaching out, and this has continued in life after lockdown. Finding accurate information and appropriate resources can be hard. Jack.org, School Mental Health Ontario and Kids Help Phone have partnered to bring you all the information needed in one easy-to-access hub so that youth mental health remains top of mind, and our communities are able to easily access the education, tools, support and reliable information they need. Please share widely with the young people in your life.
HWDSB updates, school re-opening plans, transportation, COVID-19 safety measures and more.
