Resources

• 10 Ways to Help a Grieving Child
  National Alliance for Grieving Children
• Hero Toolkit
  National Alliance for Grieving Children
• Social Impact LIVE: Loss and Grief During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  Columbia University School of Social Work
• When Someone Dies: A Child-Caregiver Activity Book
  National Alliance for Grieving Children

• ERP-Recommended Children’s Books Related to Identity, Race, and Social Justice

• Talking to Children About A Recent School Shooting (pdf)
• Guidelines for Instituting Safety Drills in Elementary Schools (pdf)

Supporting Young Children During Wildfires (pdf)
The Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice

There Was a Fire: Saying Goodbye to Our Home
Allison Tom-Yunger, GSE ’12, and Jennifer Rothman

The Fire in Our Town (pdf)
Rachel Jamieson, GSE ’17, and Karin Erickson

• Politics Come to School: Using ERP’s Reflective Language and Relationship Based Practice Principles to Address Reactive Anxiety In Young Children (pdf)
• Using ERP Reflective Language and Relationship Based Practice to Address Post-Election Anxiety in Young Children (pdf)

• Workbook for Kids Whose Schools Have Closed (pdf)
• Handout for Parents on Children’s Reactions to COVID-19 (pdf)
• Handout for Teachers Working with Developmentally Salient Themes (pdf)
• Template for Teacher-Made Book on School Closures (English)
• Template for Teacher-Made Book on School Closures (English & Spanish)
• My Mom Still Goes to Work by Noelle Dean, illustrated by Rachel Nolasco (pdf)
• A Template for Schools Using the Hybrid Model in the Time of COVID (Word)
• A Long Time Ago I Went to School, A Story Template for Preschool Children Returning After COVID Pause (Word)
• ERP-Recommended Children’s Books Related to COVID-19 Experience
• Lilah in the Land of The Littles: A Story for Children in the Time of Covid
• Jasmine’s Big Idea: A Story for Children in the Time of Covid

• Politics Aside: Our Children and Their Teachers in Score-Driven Times
• Bears, Bears Everywhere: Supporting the Emotional Health of Young Children in the Classroom
• Unsmiling Faces: How Preschools Can Heal
• Creating Schools That Heal: Real Life Solutions
• Emotionally Responsive Practice: A Path for Schools That Heal, Infancy–Grade 6

• Center on the Developing Child at Harvard
• Center on the Developing Child at Harvard: Research and Working Papers
• The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress
• The Heart of Learning and Teaching: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success (pdf)
• The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty
• Attachment: The First Core Strength, by Dr. Bruce Perry
• The Power of Relationships: How to be a Good Mirror in Child Care (pdf)
• The Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice’s Assessment Instrument (pdf)